Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2021-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 700 to 1000 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 lower, no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good for several load lots of home raised offerings

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.76/cwt on 3,144 head.

Average price

$157.76

3,144 head · 909 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,435

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$5.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.94

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	910	157.79	1,436	3,129
Medium and Large 1-2	825	152.20	1,255	15thin

One grade step is worth $5.59/cwt here — about $180 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 sale3,144 hd

157.76

—

NE average7 barns · 11,432 hd

160.70

−2.94

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	—	1,043	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,400	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	882	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,096	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,373	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,121	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	150.28/cwt	143.50–156.00	1,175	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	155.21/cwt	154.50–155.50	1,034	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,323	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	168.32/cwt	164.50–170.25	1,234	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,143	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	162.64/cwt	157.00–163.50	1,267	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	163.30/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,122	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	161.14/cwt	159.25–162.75	1,412	579
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	785	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,179	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	1,019	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,386	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	944	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	165.42/cwt	163.00–166.00	1,391	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	969	154.37/cwt	146.50–157.25	1,496	648
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	156.19/cwt	150.00–158.25	1,432	915
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,286	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	142.54/cwt	142.00–145.50	1,368	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	152.35/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,542	447
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,035	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	156.29/cwt	154.00–168.00	1,003	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	931	144.50/cwt	140.50–148.50	1,345	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,160	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	871	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,359	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	833	158.05/cwt	157.25–159.50	1,317	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	143.20/cwt	137.00–146.75	1,323	31

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 Sep 22, 2021

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

Receipts 4,270Last week 1,860Year ago 3,680

Compared with two weeks ago 700 to 1000 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 lower, no comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was good for several load lots of home raised offerings

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,043	134.25	134.25
9	—	558	158.00	158.00
14	—	1,096	125.25	125.25
18	—	716	156.50	156.50
20	—	782	143.50–156.00	150.28
21	—	666	154.50–155.50	155.21
61	—	857	150.00	150.00
83	—	960	142.00–145.50	142.54
30	—	642	154.00–168.00	156.29
31	—	924	137.00–146.75	143.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	785	150.25	150.25
57	—	1,019	136.00	136.00
127	—	931	140.50–148.50	144.50
166	—	871	156.00	156.00
186	—	833	157.25–159.50	158.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	817	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	894	148.00	148.00
6	—	721	158.50	158.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	733	164.50–170.25	168.32
89	—	779	157.00–163.50	162.64
36	—	687	160.00–167.00	163.30
579	—	876	159.25–162.75	161.14
9	—	562	168.00	168.00
249	—	841	163.00–166.00	165.42
648	—	969	146.50–157.25	154.37
915	—	917	150.00–158.25	156.19
447	—	1,012	150.00–153.00	152.35
30	—	629	164.50	164.50

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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