Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2021-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 450 to 650 lbs steers traded 5.00 to 19.00 higher, with a limited number of comparable lots for heifers, 500 lbs offerings trading 7.00 higher. Demand was very good with repeat buyers on select offerings from the Sandhills and active bidding from out of state buyers and the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.47/cwt on 2,434 head.

Average price

$186.47

2,434 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,156

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$20.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.22

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	618	189.47	1,171	2,084
Medium and Large 1-2	631	168.66	1,064	350

One grade step is worth $20.80/cwt here — about $107 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 sale2,434 hd

186.47

—

NE average4 barns · 11,903 hd

179.25

+7.22

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

34 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	—	988	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,373	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,406	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,205	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	974	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	173.25/cwt	170.25–182.00	832	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,132	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,041	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	220.57/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,046	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	204.77/cwt	204.00–212.00	891	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	176.26/cwt	170.00–180.50	1,186	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	176.13/cwt	170.00–179.25	1,254	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	170.63/cwt	165.00–176.00	1,003	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	169.28/cwt	151.00–183.00	1,044	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	862	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,550	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,168	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	168.63/cwt	161.50–173.50	1,300	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	609	162.61/cwt	162.50–163.00	990	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	158.63/cwt	152.50–160.75	1,231	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	198.33/cwt	189.00–212.00	1,027	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	179.11/cwt	173.00–183.00	1,136	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	618	192.57/cwt	188.00–195.00	1,190	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	179.14/cwt	175.00–181.00	957	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	152.95/cwt	150.00–156.50	823	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	154.42/cwt	141.00–165.00	908	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	166.63/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,101	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	197.84/cwt	183.00–211.00	1,134	421
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	167.82/cwt	160.50–175.50	884	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	161.42/cwt	157.50–163.75	1,080	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	150.70/cwt	149.00–157.00	928	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	701	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,164	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	158.58/cwt	151.75–162.75	1,150	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	685	188.24/cwt	185.75–191.00	1,289	165

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 Dec 1, 2021

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

Receipts 3,670Last week 1,935Year ago 2,035

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	988	139.00	139.00
6	—	1,065	132.00	132.00
9	—	831	145.00	145.00
10	—	399	177.50	177.50
24	—	590	165.00	165.00
54	—	480	170.25–182.00	173.25
55	—	776	152.50–160.75	158.63
142	—	527	160.50–175.50	167.82
108	—	669	157.50–163.75	161.42
123	—	616	149.00–157.00	150.70
92	—	725	151.75–162.75	158.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	609	162.50–163.00	162.61
23	—	701	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	538	150.00–156.50	152.95
45	—	588	141.00–165.00	154.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	710	159.50	159.50
18	—	631	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	474	212.00–225.00	220.57
63	—	435	204.00–212.00	204.77
266	—	673	170.00–180.50	176.26
145	—	712	170.00–179.25	176.13
6	—	392	220.00	220.00
10	—	997	155.50	155.50
158	—	771	161.50–173.50	168.63
125	—	518	189.00–212.00	198.33
249	—	634	173.00–183.00	179.11
421	—	573	183.00–211.00	197.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	588	165.00–176.00	170.63
99	—	617	151.00–183.00	169.28
4	—	739	158.00	158.00
23	—	534	175.00–181.00	179.14
175	—	661	165.00–168.00	166.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	618	188.00–195.00	192.57
165	—	685	185.75–191.00	188.24

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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