Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2021-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week, 450 to 650 lbs steers traded 2.00 to 11.00 lower, 500 lbs heifers traded 4.0 lower. Demand was good, cooler windy day in the Sandhills. Next Auction Date Dec 1st Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.90/cwt on 1,063 head.

Average price

$174.90

1,063 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$14.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	177.00	1,105	904
Medium and Large 1-2	592	162.93	965	159

One grade step is worth $14.07/cwt here — about $140 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 sale1,063 hd

174.90

—

NE average8 barns · 12,171 hd

176.53

−1.63

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,211	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,298	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,474	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	144.16/cwt	139.00–149.50	1,341	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	738	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	670	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,218	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,004	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,571	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	176.46/cwt	168.50–183.50	1,009	267
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,506	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	167.23/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,057	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	201.01/cwt	195.00–210.00	977	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	152.53/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,008	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,066	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	169.58/cwt	166.50–174.00	1,145	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	965	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	205	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	420	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	184.61/cwt	177.00–190.50	966	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	155.94/cwt	150.00–166.00	887	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,130	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	819	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	144.09/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,014	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	141.28/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,086	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	166.53/cwt	162.50–168.00	721	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	148.68/cwt	140.00–154.00	920	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	160.71/cwt	156.00–165.00	845	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	907	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	136.91/cwt	136.00–138.00	869	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	204.50/cwt	198.50–210.00	883	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	164.22/cwt	162.00–166.00	621	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	736	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	142.63/cwt	140.00–145.00	953	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	147.56/cwt	147.00–148.00	797	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	156.52/cwt	155.50–157.50	911	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,284	6

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 Nov 17, 2021

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

Receipts 1,935Last week 6,120Year ago 2,810

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	847	143.00	143.00
6	—	895	145.00	145.00
6	—	1,068	138.00	138.00
11	—	930	139.00–149.50	144.16
17	—	461	160.00	160.00
18	—	360	186.00	186.00
50	—	704	142.00–145.00	144.09
53	—	433	162.50–168.00	166.53
76	—	619	140.00–154.00	148.68
224	—	526	156.00–165.00	160.71
25	—	668	140.00–145.00	142.63
48	—	582	155.50–157.50	156.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	635	136.00–138.00	136.91
16	—	378	162.00–166.00	164.22
13	—	472	156.00	156.00
32	—	540	147.00–148.00	147.56
6	—	944	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	725	168.00	168.00
60	—	1,004	156.50	156.50
267	—	572	168.50–183.50	176.46
56	—	910	165.50	165.50
109	—	632	160.00–173.00	167.23
102	—	486	195.00–210.00	201.01
138	—	675	166.50–174.00	169.58
15	—	205	205.00	205.00
96	—	523	177.00–190.50	184.61
29	—	432	198.50–210.00	204.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	661	150.00–154.00	152.53
12	—	725	147.00	147.00
13	—	643	150.00	150.00
17	—	569	150.00–166.00	155.94
5	—	831	136.00	136.00
15	—	431	190.00	190.00
15	—	769	138.00–146.00	141.28
63	—	520	174.50	174.50

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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