Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 850 to 950 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 lower and 850 lbs spayed heifers traded 2.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and high internet bidding. Rain in the Sandhills with cooler weather on its way. Next Auction Dates Oct 20th Special Bred Cow & Pairs Oct 27th Special Calves & Yearlings

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.71/cwt on 3,100 head.

Average price

$166.71

3,100 head · 795 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,325

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$423

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

$3.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.46

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	169.72	912	66
Medium and Large 1	801	166.64	1,334	3,034

One grade step is worth $3.08/cwt here — about −$423 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 sale3,100 hd

166.71

—

NE average12 barns · 17,867 hd

173.17

−6.46

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

38 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	—	631	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	915	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	177.04/cwt	171.00–179.00	680	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	173.41/cwt	170.50–177.50	716	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	153.65/cwt	150.00–155.00	877	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,497	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	170.23/cwt	163.00–173.25	826	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	164.68/cwt	159.00–165.50	1,357	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	651	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	842	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	818	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,280	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	699	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,174	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	755	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,261	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	165.88/cwt	162.50–169.00	1,309	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	178.20/cwt	167.00–183.50	1,037	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	170.01/cwt	162.50–173.00	1,049	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,598	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	788	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,226	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	160.53/cwt	156.50–162.25	1,495	768
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	966	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,053	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	163.16/cwt	158.25–165.00	1,433	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,129	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,679	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	166.44/cwt	163.00–171.00	1,125	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	169.04/cwt	161.00–172.00	889	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	918	154.21/cwt	153.00–155.25	1,416	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	877	153.98/cwt	153.50–154.25	1,350	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	153.65/cwt	152.25–154.00	1,507	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	190.33/cwt	181.00–199.25	995	299
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	767	155.31/cwt	154.00–156.00	1,191	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	982	150.36/cwt	148.00–152.75	1,477	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	693	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,053	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	848	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,340	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	924	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	758	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	806	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	162.63/cwt	159.50–166.00	683	12

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

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

Receipts 4,290Last week 4,155Year ago 3,795

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	631	145.00	145.00
25	—	384	171.00–179.00	177.04
38	—	413	170.50–177.50	173.41
41	—	571	150.00–155.00	153.65
55	—	1,043	143.50	143.50
121	—	485	163.00–173.25	170.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
254	—	918	153.00–155.25	154.21
180	—	877	153.50–154.25	153.98
67	—	767	154.00–156.00	155.31
116	—	982	148.00–152.75	150.36
10	—	693	152.00	152.00
62	—	848	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	541	149.00	149.00
12	—	420	159.50–166.00	162.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
267	—	824	159.00–165.50	164.68
5	—	313	208.00	208.00
15	—	422	199.50	199.50
146	—	789	162.50–169.00	165.88
171	—	582	167.00–183.50	178.20
254	—	617	162.50–173.00	170.01
58	—	1,053	151.75	151.75
11	—	368	214.00	214.00
13	—	743	165.00	165.00
768	—	931	156.50–162.25	160.53
270	—	878	158.25–165.00	163.16
100	—	1,129	148.75	148.75
138	—	676	163.00–171.00	166.44
283	—	981	152.25–154.00	153.65
299	—	523	181.00–199.25	190.33
56	—	453	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	818	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	699	168.00	168.00
71	—	755	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	591	163.50	163.50
7	—	709	148.50	148.50
7	—	465	182.00	182.00
30	—	526	161.00–172.00	169.04
8	—	397	191.00	191.00

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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