Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2021-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given. Consignments today included several loads of grass cattle from reputation Sandhill ranches. Rain showers and foggy conditions in the area. Next Auction Dates May 12th Special Feeder Cattle and Pair Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.95/cwt on 2,575 head.

Average price

$156.95

2,575 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$16.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.58

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	662	157.83	1,044	2,439
Medium and Large 1-2	684	141.12	966	136

One grade step is worth $16.71/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,575 hd

156.95

—

NE average5 barns · 6,209 hd

157.52

−0.58

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	741	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	971	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	797	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,008	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	124.32/cwt	123.50–126.50	1,077	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	158.59/cwt	155.00–167.00	663	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	134.97/cwt	134.00–135.50	914	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	128.78/cwt	125.50–134.00	1,011	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	130.46/cwt	126.00–133.50	948	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,162	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	131.07/cwt	128.75–136.00	1,070	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	126.44/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,152	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	148.67/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,073	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	167.27/cwt	164.50–181.00	984	592
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	790	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,114	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	161.96/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,030	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	176.26/cwt	171.00–182.00	945	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	149.45/cwt	143.50–153.50	853	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	684	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	129.62/cwt	124.50–132.50	1,056	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	143.63/cwt	134.50–148.50	1,110	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	167.94/cwt	161.00–174.00	806	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	187.18/cwt	174.50–200.00	897	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	996	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	346	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	557	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	132.42/cwt	131.75–138.00	961	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	160.92/cwt	160.00–162.00	615	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	720	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	764	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	158.59/cwt	151.00–160.25	1,070	313
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	942	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	651	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	159.03/cwt	151.00–164.50	843	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	141.21/cwt	135.50–144.00	876	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	151.02/cwt	149.00–156.00	714	40

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Apr 28, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 4,170Last week 6,300Year ago 4,190

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	741	131.00	131.00
67	—	797	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	853	136.25	136.25
92	—	816	128.75–136.00	131.07
114	—	911	126.00–127.00	126.44
264	—	722	142.00–152.00	148.67
592	—	588	164.50–181.00	167.27
79	—	636	155.00–167.00	161.96
320	—	536	171.00–182.00	176.26
8	—	372	184.00	184.00
260	—	773	134.50–148.50	143.63
158	—	479	174.50–200.00	187.18
22	—	416	173.00	173.00
313	—	675	151.00–160.25	158.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	790	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	699	142.50	142.50
56	—	726	131.75–138.00	132.42
13	—	610	154.50	154.50
9	—	438	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	866	123.50–126.50	124.32
59	—	418	155.00–167.00	158.59
75	—	677	134.00–135.50	134.97
88	—	785	125.50–134.00	128.78
232	—	727	126.00–133.50	130.46
224	—	571	143.50–153.50	149.45
17	—	815	124.50–132.50	129.62
170	—	480	161.00–174.00	167.94
7	—	346	161.00	161.00
24	—	382	160.00–162.00	160.92
90	—	530	151.00–164.50	159.03
189	—	620	135.50–144.00	141.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	690	128.50	128.50
20	—	523	146.00	146.00
14	—	434	150.00	150.00
40	—	473	149.00–156.00	151.02

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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