Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2022-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 lbs steers traded 3.00 lower and 750 lbs steers traded 9.00 higher. Heifer offerings 450 lbs traded 16.00 higher and 550 to 650 lbs offerings steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was very good with an active internet bidding and several out of state buyers. Next Auction Date Feb 9th Bob Huffman Bull Auction and Special Bred Cow Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.55/cwt on 1,623 head.

Average price

$191.55

1,623 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$23.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.98

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	655	191.80	1,256	1,606
Medium and Large 1-2	669	168.53	1,128	17thin

One grade step is worth $23.27/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 sale1,623 hd

191.55

—

NE average10 barns · 20,146 hd

178.57

+12.98

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

27 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	—	377	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	818	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,235	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,155	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	166.69/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,100	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	198.82/cwt	196.00–200.50	938	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	176.85/cwt	175.50–185.00	1,125	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	1,461	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	211.26/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,101	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	164.72/cwt	159.50–170.00	1,021	236
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	730	182.33/cwt	182.00–182.50	1,331	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	658	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,306	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,163	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	229.95/cwt	221.00–234.50	1,088	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	176.21/cwt	167.50–179.00	1,337	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	181.76/cwt	174.00–183.50	1,056	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	192.70/cwt	188.00–194.00	1,016	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	151.66/cwt	150.00–153.50	1,095	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	168.31/cwt	167.50–170.00	1,368	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	198.61/cwt	193.50–203.00	1,156	388
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,004	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	936	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	885	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	732	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,252	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	178.53/cwt	176.00–183.50	1,212	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	219.70/cwt	213.00–226.00	938	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	172.75/cwt	172.75–172.75	1,290	34

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 Feb 2, 2022

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

Receipts 2,985Last week 4,500Year ago 3,455

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	197.00	197.00
14	—	415	197.00	197.00
15	—	807	153.00	153.00
27	—	760	152.00	152.00
256	—	660	159.00–169.00	166.69
131	—	472	196.00–200.50	198.82
236	—	620	159.50–170.00	164.72
193	—	581	174.00–183.50	181.76
63	—	527	188.00–194.00	192.70
127	—	722	150.00–153.50	151.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	495	189.00	189.00
5	—	533	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	732	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	636	175.50–185.00	176.85
64	—	898	162.75	162.75
53	—	521	205.00–215.00	211.26
134	—	473	221.00–234.50	229.95
147	—	759	167.50–179.00	176.21
122	—	813	167.50–170.00	168.31
388	—	582	193.50–203.00	198.61
75	—	679	176.00–183.50	178.53
48	—	427	213.00–226.00	219.70
34	—	747	172.75	172.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
216	—	730	182.00–182.50	182.33
251	—	658	198.50	198.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	727	160.00	160.00
5	—	531	189.00	189.00

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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