Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 850 to 950 lbs steers traded 3.00 to 9.00 higher, 850 lbs heifers traded steady. Demand was very good with several buyers today. A nice shower came through during the sale. Next Auction Date Sept 8th Special Fall Calves and Yearlings

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $164.58/cwt on 1,872 head.

Average price

$164.58

1,872 head · 881 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$358

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

$1.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	885	164.62	1,457	1,836
Medium and Large 1-2	676	162.68	1,099	36

One grade step is worth $1.94/cwt here — about $358 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 sale1,872 hd

164.58

—

NE average7 barns · 10,100 hd

163.75

+0.84

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

28 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	978	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,113	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,022	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,416	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	151.04/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,020	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	167.27/cwt	163.00–169.50	865	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	162.48/cwt	152.50–165.00	1,417	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	989	159.75/cwt	153.50–162.60	1,580	395
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,190	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	171.19/cwt	168.50–178.50	924	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,042	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	170.22/cwt	169.50–170.50	1,142	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,012	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,402	263
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	145.47/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,340	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,262	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	168.54/cwt	158.50–172.85	1,412	301
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	175.70/cwt	175.00–176.50	1,098	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,592	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	145.40/cwt	143.50–147.25	1,428	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	150.46/cwt	147.00–154.50	1,177	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,335	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	163.25/cwt	154.00–168.25	1,505	537
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	150.87/cwt	142.00–157.25	1,234	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	149.09/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,309	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	937	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,354	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	849	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,318	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	170.45/cwt	169.00–171.25	1,318	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	173.66/cwt	164.50–175.50	1,263	125

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 Aug 25, 2021

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

Receipts 3,250Last week 4,135Year ago 3,025

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	598	163.50	163.50
6	—	742	150.00	150.00
10	—	641	159.50	159.50
12	—	1,008	140.50	140.50
13	—	675	150.00–152.00	151.04
50	—	517	163.00–169.50	167.27
97	—	921	144.00–146.00	145.47
74	—	982	143.50–147.25	145.40
85	—	782	147.00–154.50	150.46
127	—	818	142.00–157.25	150.87
178	—	878	146.00–152.00	149.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
263	—	1,012	138.50	138.50
123	—	937	144.50	144.50
130	—	849	155.25	155.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	872	152.50–165.00	162.48
395	—	989	153.50–162.60	159.75
5	—	592	176.00	176.00
28	—	671	169.50–170.50	170.22
301	—	838	158.50–172.85	168.54
50	—	625	175.00–176.50	175.70
60	—	1,014	157.00	157.00
537	—	922	154.00–168.25	163.25
95	—	773	169.00–171.25	170.45
125	—	727	164.50–175.50	173.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	768	155.00	155.00
18	—	540	168.50–178.50	171.19
5	—	836	151.00	151.00
5	—	856	156.00	156.00

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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