Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2022-12-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-28

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 for all offerings today with several buyers and an active internet bidding. Extreme weather changes in the Sandhills, this past week, calves showed some fill in the ring. Next Auction Date Jan 4th expecting 6,000 head starting at 10:00 am

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $209.77/cwt on 2,369 head.

Average price

$209.77

2,369 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

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

$9.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.54

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	210.60	1,401	2,153
Medium and Large 1-2	577	201.44	1,162	216

One grade step is worth $9.17/cwt here — about $239 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 sale2,369 hd

209.77

—

NE average2 barns · 4,280 hd

200.22

+9.54

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

38 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	—	926	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,006	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	197.24/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,026	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,280	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,652	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	188.92/cwt	181.00–194.50	1,109	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,071	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	220.03/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,127	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	211.94/cwt	209.00–213.00	1,401	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	196.44/cwt	191.00–203.50	1,414	634
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	424	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,119	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	556	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,348	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	879	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	482	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,224	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	193.16/cwt	188.50–199.50	1,495	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	206.28/cwt	205.75–209.00	1,114	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	217.22/cwt	216.00–224.00	1,253	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	208.69/cwt	200.00–213.50	1,296	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	979	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	194.46/cwt	188.00–196.00	1,575	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	577	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,327	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	544	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,316	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,342	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	196.64/cwt	196.00–197.00	1,209	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	837	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,540	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	200.75/cwt	195.50–203.00	1,180	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,154	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,219	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,043	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	810	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	205.39/cwt	200.00–213.00	793	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	720	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,006	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	177.99/cwt	177.00–181.00	1,374	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	615	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,187	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	466	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,002	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	212.62/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,093	324
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	204.75/cwt	197.00–209.00	946	35

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 Dec 28, 2022

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

Receipts 3,740Last week 4,800Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	926	160.00	160.00
131	—	443	227.00	227.00
9	—	717	178.50	178.50
16	—	955	173.00	173.00
149	—	587	181.00–194.50	188.92
26	—	681	179.00	179.00
97	—	386	200.00–213.00	205.39
18	—	343	210.00	210.00
156	—	455	221.00	221.00
73	—	772	177.00–181.00	177.99
324	—	514	207.00–217.00	212.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	520	191.00–205.00	197.24
8	—	641	180.00	180.00
35	—	462	197.00–209.00	204.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	432	248.00	248.00
27	—	512	212.00–224.00	220.03
264	—	661	209.00–213.00	211.94
634	—	720	191.00–203.50	196.44
13	—	389	226.00	226.00
220	—	774	188.50–199.50	193.16
100	—	577	216.00–224.00	217.22
107	—	621	200.00–213.50	208.69
213	—	810	188.00–196.00	194.46
13	—	471	221.50	221.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	424	264.00	264.00
105	—	556	242.50	242.50
151	—	482	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	540	205.75–209.00	206.28
23	—	463	211.50	211.50
39	—	699	192.00	192.00
52	—	615	196.00–197.00	196.64
32	—	588	195.50–203.00	200.75
12	—	382	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	577	230.00	230.00
63	—	544	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	837	184.00	184.00
14	—	615	193.00	193.00
28	—	466	215.00	215.00

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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