Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2022-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparable offerings from two weeks ago for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given. Demand was moderate to good. Rain in the Sandhills past few weeks. Next Auction Date May 18th Special Bred Cow and Pairs May 25th No Sale

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.56/cwt on 613 head.

Average price

$173.56

613 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$994

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$2.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.33

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	173.79	1,009	557
Medium and Large 1-2	493	171.27	844	56

One grade step is worth $2.51/cwt here — about $165 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 sale613 hd

173.56

—

NE average6 barns · 3,998 hd

159.23

+14.33

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	195.07/cwt	190.50–200.00	1,155	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	138.74/cwt	136.00–141.00	1,079	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,249	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	163.90/cwt	157.00–170.00	928	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	142.25/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,169	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	178.21/cwt	175.00–185.00	893	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	730	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,407	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,408	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	158.05/cwt	157.50–158.50	1,187	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	186.44/cwt	179.00–191.00	1,139	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	1,113	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,376	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	181.87/cwt	171.00–197.00	1,119	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	473	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,017	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,010	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	162.30/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,109	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	883	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	155.42/cwt	151.00–164.00	1,043	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	160.94/cwt	157.50–164.50	1,173	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	961	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	221.35/cwt	216.00–226.50	1,018	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,031	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	215.00/cwt	210.50–216.00	1,159	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	164.17/cwt	160.00–167.00	860	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	169.87/cwt	165.00–176.00	809	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	156.63/cwt	148.50–159.50	1,136	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	166.40/cwt	160.50–169.50	1,047	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	449	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	957	9

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 May 11, 2022

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

Receipts 1,360Last week 5,480Year ago 145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	592	190.50–200.00	195.07
8	—	957	147.00	147.00
9	—	942	149.50	149.50
29	—	751	157.50–158.50	158.05
38	—	611	179.00–191.00	186.44
105	—	453	245.75	245.75
37	—	847	162.50	162.50
17	—	421	240.00	240.00
18	—	683	161.00–165.00	162.30
43	—	729	157.50–164.50	160.94
34	—	383	251.00	251.00
92	—	539	210.50–216.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	360	219.00	219.00
5	—	445	222.00	222.00
14	—	460	216.00–226.50	221.35
6	—	537	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	615	171.00–197.00	181.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	473	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	778	136.00–141.00	138.74
10	—	915	136.50	136.50
23	—	566	157.00–170.00	163.90
49	—	822	140.00–146.00	142.25
53	—	501	175.00–185.00	178.21
54	—	365	200.00	200.00
125	—	435	203.00	203.00
54	—	671	151.00–164.00	155.42
55	—	725	148.50–159.50	156.63
108	—	629	160.50–169.50	166.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	422	183.00	183.00
6	—	553	186.00	186.00
17	—	524	160.00–167.00	164.17
27	—	476	165.00–176.00	169.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	449	186.00	186.00
9	—	634	151.00	151.00

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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