Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2022-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, light weight grass steer calves 500 to 550 lbs traded 21.00 to 22.00 higher, 650 to 800 lbs steers traded steady to 9.00 higher. Heifer offerings 500 to 650 lbs, traded steady to 9.00 higher. Demand was very good with several buyers, an active internet should be noted. Next Auction Date Jan 19th and 26th

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.48/cwt on 2,879 head.

Average price

$189.48

2,879 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,247

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$13.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.96

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	190.49	1,256	2,665
Medium and Large 1-2	638	176.88	1,128	214

One grade step is worth $13.60/cwt here — about $128 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 sale2,879 hd

189.48

—

NE average11 barns · 26,511 hd

178.51

+10.96

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

41 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	—	702	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,179	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,220	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	194.55/cwt	185.00–197.50	953	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	161.45/cwt	157.50–162.00	1,108	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	158.01/cwt	154.00–159.25	1,206	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,034	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	168.10/cwt	167.50–168.50	1,405	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	209.53/cwt	202.00–213.00	1,192	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	219.37/cwt	219.00–221.50	1,038	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	923	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,338	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	205.06/cwt	198.00–218.00	1,107	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	174.79/cwt	172.00–178.50	1,292	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	163.36/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,163	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	188.49/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,174	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	760	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,239	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	182.80/cwt	179.00–189.25	1,225	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,018	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	181.50/cwt	171.00–184.00	1,122	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,286	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	173.84/cwt	168.50–175.50	1,319	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	874	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,215	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	170.04/cwt	169.00–171.00	1,131	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	171.45/cwt	166.00–180.00	1,075	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	629	197.57/cwt	195.75–200.50	1,243	513
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	728	181.32/cwt	180.25–182.50	1,320	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	654	193.82/cwt	193.00–195.00	1,268	421
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	757	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	195.56/cwt	193.00–197.00	1,050	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	677	183.85/cwt	172.00–191.00	1,245	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	757	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,279	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	725	178.25/cwt	173.50–180.00	1,292	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	630	189.07/cwt	184.00–192.00	1,191	316
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	176.64/cwt	176.00–177.00	922	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	826	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	1,266	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	149.62/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,077	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	207.33/cwt	203.50–225.00	906	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	163.58/cwt	163.00–164.50	1,040	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	399	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	726	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	178.85/cwt	175.00–184.50	1,032	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	186.71/cwt	183.50–195.00	997	297

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 Jan 12, 2022

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

Receipts 5,490Last week 6,050Year ago 3,780

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	702	168.00	168.00
28	—	813	150.00	150.00
78	—	490	185.00–197.50	194.55
106	—	686	157.50–162.00	161.45
115	—	763	154.00–159.25	158.01
242	—	627	166.00–180.00	171.45
62	—	437	203.50–225.00	207.33
241	—	577	175.00–184.50	178.85
297	—	534	183.50–195.00	186.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	689	150.00	150.00
5	—	425	178.00	178.00
25	—	522	176.00–177.00	176.64
24	—	720	147.00–151.00	149.62
57	—	636	163.00–164.50	163.58
14	—	399	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	874	139.00	139.00
57	—	826	153.25	153.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
259	—	677	172.00–191.00	183.85
11	—	757	169.00	169.00
216	—	725	173.50–180.00	178.25
316	—	630	184.00–192.00	189.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	836	167.50–168.50	168.10
236	—	569	202.00–213.00	209.53
117	—	473	219.00–221.50	219.37
195	—	540	198.00–218.00	205.06
218	—	739	172.00–178.50	174.79
5	—	434	219.00	219.00
135	—	623	185.00–193.00	188.49
228	—	670	179.00–189.25	182.80
168	—	759	168.50–175.50	173.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	923	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	712	162.00–166.00	163.36
5	—	553	184.00	184.00
31	—	618	171.00–184.00	181.50
6	—	761	169.00	169.00
49	—	665	169.00–171.00	170.04
58	—	537	193.00–197.00	195.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	760	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
513	—	629	195.75–200.50	197.57
205	—	728	180.25–182.50	181.32
421	—	654	193.00–195.00	193.82

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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