Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2022-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 650 and 750 lbs steers traded steady and 700 lbs steers traded 10.00 higher. Heifer offerings 550 to 650 lbs traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet. Next Auction Date March 2nd Hall Ranch Bull Sale and Bred Females to follow

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $192.88/cwt on 2,009 head.

Average price

$192.88

2,009 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,275

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$178

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

$6.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.10

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	193.37	1,289	1,854
Medium and Large 1-2	594	187.06	1,111	155

One grade step is worth $6.31/cwt here — about $178 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 sale2,009 hd

192.88

—

NE average7 barns · 11,395 hd

178.78

+14.10

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

37 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	—	518	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	938	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	189.38/cwt	185.00–199.00	812	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	151.67/cwt	150.50–154.50	1,162	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	200.80/cwt	200.50–202.00	777	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	200.35/cwt	193.50–206.00	922	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	158.24/cwt	158.00–158.50	1,163	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	154.34/cwt	151.00–157.25	1,397	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	226.19/cwt	222.50–232.00	921	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	186.82/cwt	180.75–190.75	1,283	337
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	195.01/cwt	188.50–202.00	1,201	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,016	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,121	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,318	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,265	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	166.90/cwt	165.00–168.50	1,350	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	181.40/cwt	176.00–186.25	1,136	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	170.82/cwt	169.50–171.25	1,339	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	181.65/cwt	172.00–183.50	1,322	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	709	187.25/cwt	187.25–187.25	1,328	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,431	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	165.50/cwt	163.50–167.50	1,218	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,139	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	760	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	225.22/cwt	217.00–227.50	1,182	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	732	163.28/cwt	162.50–164.00	1,195	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	211.80/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,131	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	517	195.43/cwt	194.50–196.00	1,010	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	177.44/cwt	171.00–182.50	1,045	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	676	170.73/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,154	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	661	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,342	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	172.77/cwt	165.50–182.25	1,083	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	1,205	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	902	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	162.09/cwt	157.00–166.00	1,096	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	178.21/cwt	171.00–180.50	952	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	710	5

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 23, 2022

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

Receipts 3,250Last week 3,135Year ago 4,400

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	518	181.00	181.00
26	—	429	185.00–199.00	189.38
27	—	766	150.50–154.50	151.67
28	—	387	200.50–202.00	200.80
42	—	460	193.50–206.00	200.35
46	—	735	158.00–158.50	158.24
141	—	589	171.00–182.50	177.44
159	—	627	165.50–182.25	172.77
310	—	676	157.00–166.00	162.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	732	162.50–164.00	163.28
76	—	676	170.00–172.00	170.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	517	194.50–196.00	195.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	555	162.50	162.50
47	—	534	171.00–180.50	178.21
5	—	441	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	905	151.00–157.25	154.34
29	—	407	222.50–232.00	226.19
337	—	687	180.75–190.75	186.82
335	—	616	188.50–202.00	195.01
15	—	494	227.00	227.00
190	—	598	211.50	211.50
42	—	809	165.00–168.50	166.90
116	—	784	169.50–171.25	170.82
283	—	728	172.00–183.50	181.65
65	—	866	165.25	165.25
137	—	525	217.00–227.50	225.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	498	204.00	204.00
6	—	789	167.00	167.00
5	—	431	198.00	198.00
80	—	626	176.00–186.25	181.40
14	—	736	163.50–167.50	165.50
12	—	550	207.00	207.00
12	—	398	191.00	191.00
12	—	534	207.00–215.00	211.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	709	187.25	187.25
168	—	661	203.00	203.00
35	—	560	215.25	215.25

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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