Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2022-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 800 lbs steers traded 3.00 higher, 850 lbs steers traded 5.00 lower and 950 lbs steers traded 6.00 higher. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 850 lbs Spade heifer trading 2.00 lower. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next auction date, Wed. Sept 7th Special Fall Calves & Yearlings Weigh Ups at 9 am

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.02/cwt on 2,073 head.

Average price

$185.02

2,073 head · 802 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$222

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

$4.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.35

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	679	188.74	1,282	194
Medium and Large 1	815	184.63	1,505	1,879

One grade step is worth $4.11/cwt here — about −$222 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 sale2,073 hd

185.02

—

NE average8 barns · 7,433 hd

188.36

−3.35

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

43 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	—	489	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	993	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	177.58/cwt	171.00–183.00	1,382	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	903	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	218.05/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,269	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,099	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,624	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	849	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,486	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	234.18/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,370	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	186.41/cwt	182.25–188.50	1,735	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	192.94/cwt	188.00–195.00	1,574	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,463	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	214.56/cwt	206.00–217.00	1,515	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	218.46/cwt	213.00–221.50	1,499	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	185.07/cwt	173.00–189.00	1,616	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	181.02/cwt	171.00–182.75	1,823	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	207.51/cwt	200.00–208.75	1,602	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	225.84/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,199	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	218.72/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,378	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	226.49/cwt	226.00–226.75	1,375	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	241.26/cwt	232.00–249.00	1,257	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	934	177.70/cwt	177.50–178.00	1,660	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,024	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	875	180.06/cwt	176.00–184.00	1,576	541
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	822	181.18/cwt	174.00–184.25	1,489	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,347	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	182.57/cwt	178.25–185.00	1,776	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	766	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,375	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,416	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	190.44/cwt	184.50–199.00	1,390	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,299	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	178.38/cwt	177.50–179.00	1,648	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	872	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	1,476	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	204.22/cwt	203.00–206.00	1,066	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	733	189.48/cwt	182.25–193.50	1,389	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	205.34/cwt	198.00–210.50	1,263	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	159.77/cwt	154.00–167.50	1,649	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	173.55/cwt	172.00–174.25	1,663	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	228.54/cwt	225.00–231.50	1,168	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	193.00/cwt	188.00–200.00	1,164	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	178.49/cwt	177.50–179.75	1,571	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,204	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	213.75/cwt	189.00–218.00	1,227	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	979	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,238	30

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 Aug 24, 2022

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

Receipts 3,735Last week 2,975Year ago 3,250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	489	203.00	203.00
13	—	778	171.00–183.00	177.58
19	—	426	212.00	212.00
21	—	582	210.00–227.00	218.05
25	—	1,099	147.75	147.75
33	—	849	175.00	175.00
210	—	730	184.50–199.00	190.44
76	—	656	198.00	198.00
63	—	924	177.50–179.00	178.38
106	—	615	198.00–210.50	205.34
68	—	1,032	154.00–167.50	159.77
84	—	958	172.00–174.25	173.55
63	—	511	225.00–231.50	228.54
65	—	880	177.50–179.75	178.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	934	177.50–178.00	177.70
541	—	875	176.00–184.00	180.06
162	—	822	174.00–184.25	181.18
58	—	766	179.50	179.50
118	—	733	182.25–193.50	189.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	872	169.25	169.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	522	203.00–206.00	204.22
24	—	603	188.00–200.00	193.00
8	—	665	181.00	181.00
41	—	574	189.00–218.00	213.75
8	—	466	210.00	210.00
30	—	728	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	585	228.00–238.00	234.18
164	—	931	182.25–188.50	186.41
120	—	816	188.00–195.00	192.94
91	—	706	206.00–217.00	214.56
133	—	686	213.00–221.50	218.46
112	—	873	173.00–189.00	185.07
76	—	1,007	171.00–182.75	181.02
89	—	772	200.00–208.75	207.51
58	—	607	226.00–226.75	226.49
122	—	521	232.00–249.00	241.26
17	—	425	241.00	241.00
320	—	973	178.25–185.00	182.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	793	184.50	184.50
42	—	531	220.00–231.00	225.84
26	—	630	217.00–220.00	218.72
11	—	687	196.00	196.00
14	—	869	163.00	163.00

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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