Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2022-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week , with several lots of mixed colored cattle. A considerable change in the market with 500 to 700 lbs steers trading 3.00 to 17.00 lower, comparable heifer offerings 500 to 650 lbs trading steady to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with high internet bidding. Colder weather in the area with no snow but very cold wind out of the North

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.86/cwt on 1,171 head.

Average price

$181.86

1,171 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$5.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	182.41	1,160	1,047
Medium and Large 1-2	573	177.21	1,016	124

One grade step is worth $5.20/cwt here — about $144 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 sale1,171 hd

181.86

—

NE average10 barns · 23,125 hd

177.88

+3.98

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

24 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	—	390	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	741	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,062	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	184.79/cwt	179.00–190.00	806	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	174.00/cwt	172.00–182.00	839	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	165.79/cwt	164.50–170.50	1,043	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	176.64/cwt	173.00–182.50	934	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	207.61/cwt	203.50–210.00	974	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	183.08/cwt	173.50–186.75	1,122	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	163.73/cwt	160.00–164.75	1,275	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	170.37/cwt	170.00–171.50	1,213	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	201.71/cwt	193.00–207.00	1,053	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	921	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,335	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	189.19/cwt	189.00–190.00	918	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,026	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	991	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	192.04/cwt	187.00–199.00	1,087	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	176.54/cwt	172.50–181.75	1,186	378
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	841	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	774	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	164.69/cwt	158.50–165.25	930	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	166.47/cwt	158.00–170.00	1,192	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	160.61/cwt	156.00–163.00	1,081	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	174.97/cwt	170.00–177.00	997	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,107	25

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 19, 2022

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

Receipts 2,575Last week 5,490Year ago 2,800

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	390	190.00	190.00
18	—	775	137.00	137.00
45	—	436	179.00–190.00	184.79
129	—	482	172.00–182.00	174.00
131	—	629	164.50–170.50	165.79
165	—	529	173.00–182.50	176.64
167	—	716	158.00–170.00	166.47
197	—	673	156.00–163.00	160.61
208	—	570	170.00–177.00	174.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	414	187.00	187.00
72	—	565	158.50–165.25	164.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	469	203.50–210.00	207.61
90	—	613	173.50–186.75	183.08
98	—	779	160.00–164.75	163.73
100	—	712	170.00–171.50	170.37
146	—	522	193.00–207.00	201.71
18	—	921	145.00	145.00
164	—	566	187.00–199.00	192.04
378	—	672	172.50–181.75	176.54
21	—	393	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	485	189.00–190.00	189.19
36	—	611	168.00	168.00
37	—	533	186.00	186.00
25	—	671	165.00	165.00

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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