Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2022-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and some new buyers in the barn today. Next auction Date March 30th Special Bred Cow Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $198.32/cwt on 1,685 head.

Average price

$198.32

1,685 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,221

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$24.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.54

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	613	199.41	1,222	1,611
Medium and Large 1-2	675	174.63	1,179	74

One grade step is worth $24.77/cwt here — about $43 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 sale1,685 hd

198.32

—

NE average7 barns · 8,275 hd

179.78

+18.54

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	—	756	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,176	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	914	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,216	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	650	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	198.33/cwt	192.00–202.00	718	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	144.95/cwt	141.00–147.50	1,070	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	154.66/cwt	152.75–157.00	987	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	904	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	200.25/cwt	200.25–200.25	1,159	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	223.72/cwt	220.00–226.00	765	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	183.98/cwt	179.00–188.25	1,308	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	226.79/cwt	225.00–233.00	928	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	795	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,208	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	226.49/cwt	222.00–228.50	1,026	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,305	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	522	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,159	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	183.69/cwt	176.00–185.50	1,231	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	194.47/cwt	184.50–196.75	1,210	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	169.54/cwt	161.75–175.25	1,053	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	181.07/cwt	179.00–183.00	967	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	164.46/cwt	161.00–168.00	1,207	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	213.66/cwt	209.50–217.00	1,147	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	584	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,215	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	648	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,296	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	187.26/cwt	184.00–188.00	904	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	138.93/cwt	137.75–140.25	1,136	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,156	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	202.06/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,087	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	152.97/cwt	149.00–156.50	1,097	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	185.80/cwt	185.00–189.00	780	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	769	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	161.13/cwt	155.00–166.00	1,088	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	170.47/cwt	167.25–174.50	982	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	717	160.75/cwt	160.75–160.75	1,153	20

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 Mar 16, 2022

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

Receipts 3,060Last week 3,250Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	756	155.50	155.50
24	—	914	133.00	133.00
9	—	317	205.00	205.00
46	—	362	192.00–202.00	198.33
265	—	621	161.75–175.25	169.54
52	—	534	179.00–183.00	181.07
38	—	483	184.00–188.00	187.26
38	—	818	137.75–140.25	138.93
118	—	717	149.00–156.50	152.97
75	—	420	185.00–189.00	185.80
235	—	675	155.00–166.00	161.13
62	—	576	167.25–174.50	170.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	738	141.00–147.50	144.95
44	—	638	152.75–157.00	154.66
6	—	409	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	717	160.75	160.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	388	233.00	233.00
85	—	579	200.25	200.25
24	—	342	220.00–226.00	223.72
259	—	711	179.00–188.25	183.98
49	—	409	225.00–233.00	226.79
46	—	453	222.00–228.50	226.49
14	—	834	156.50	156.50
99	—	670	176.00–185.50	183.69
271	—	622	184.50–196.75	194.47
156	—	537	209.50–217.00	213.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	211.00	211.00
45	—	734	161.00–168.00	164.46
11	—	694	166.50	166.50
12	—	538	200.00–205.00	202.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	795	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	522	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	584	208.00	208.00
270	—	648	200.00	200.00

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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