Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2023-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 lbs steers traded steady, 600 to 700 lbs steers traded 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifer offerings 550 to 600 lbs traded 4.00 to 11.00 lower and 650 lbs heifers traded 9.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet. Several loads of replacement heifers in the sale today. Next Auction Date, Jan 18th Special Bred Cow and Heifer Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $203.08/cwt on 3,544 head.

Average price

$203.08

3,544 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,363

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$13.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.36

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	674	204.20	1,376	3,242
Medium and Large 1-2	640	191.09	1,222	302

One grade step is worth $13.11/cwt here — about $154 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 sale3,544 hd

203.08

—

NE average13 barns · 30,260 hd

200.72

+2.36

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

40 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 1Fancy	—	487	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,101	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	546	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,147	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	588	205.25/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,207	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	828	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	208.56/cwt	205.00–215.00	884	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	177.77/cwt	172.75–185.00	1,273	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,447	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	454	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,151	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	205.84/cwt	198.00–213.00	1,301	352
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	204.59/cwt	192.00–211.00	1,399	525
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	197.07/cwt	193.00–200.00	1,421	1,024
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	211.65/cwt	211.00–212.00	1,232	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	191.56/cwt	187.00–208.00	1,109	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	216.58/cwt	212.00–221.00	1,046	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	231.04/cwt	227.00–239.00	984	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	233.93/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,090	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	192.89/cwt	181.00–194.00	1,206	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	177.04/cwt	170.00–178.75	1,544	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	631	204.26/cwt	197.00–209.00	1,289	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	678	202.75/cwt	199.00–205.00	1,375	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	229.23/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,222	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	180.65/cwt	170.00–187.50	1,389	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	609	220.49/cwt	218.00–224.50	1,343	455
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,210	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	193.41/cwt	183.00–199.00	1,118	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	186.81/cwt	181.00–193.00	994	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	214.11/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,116	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	184.24/cwt	177.00–186.50	1,319	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	192.20/cwt	191.00–193.00	1,294	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	710	202.19/cwt	190.00–215.00	1,436	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	209.83/cwt	202.50–216.50	999	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	175.95/cwt	172.00–185.00	999	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	205.37/cwt	197.00–207.50	1,093	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	184.76/cwt	174.00–189.75	1,158	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	164.16/cwt	164.00–165.00	1,197	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	869	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,142	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	158.85/cwt	155.00–159.50	1,307	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	169.17/cwt	163.00–175.00	1,150	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	166.07/cwt	165.00–167.25	1,269	150

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 Jan 11, 2023

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

Receipts 5,930Last week 4,400Year ago 5,490

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	487	226.00	226.00
108	—	546	210.00	210.00
115	—	588	205.00–206.00	205.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	396	209.00	209.00
34	—	424	205.00–215.00	208.56
331	—	716	172.75–185.00	177.77
233	—	578	183.00–199.00	193.41
227	—	673	191.00–193.00	192.20
94	—	476	202.50–216.50	209.83
94	—	532	197.00–207.50	205.37
342	—	627	174.00–189.75	184.76
76	—	823	155.00–159.50	158.85
150	—	764	165.00–167.25	166.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	631	197.00–209.00	204.26
113	—	678	199.00–205.00	202.75
160	—	710	190.00–215.00	202.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	532	181.00–193.00	186.81
24	—	568	172.00–185.00	175.95
36	—	729	164.00–165.00	164.16
7	—	455	191.00	191.00
12	—	638	179.00	179.00
100	—	680	163.00–175.00	169.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	804	180.00	180.00
352	—	632	198.00–213.00	205.84
525	—	684	192.00–211.00	204.59
1,024	—	721	193.00–200.00	197.07
33	—	582	211.00–212.00	211.65
37	—	426	227.00–239.00	231.04
47	—	466	231.00–236.00	233.93
86	—	872	170.00–178.75	177.04
238	—	533	220.00–234.00	229.23
350	—	769	170.00–187.50	180.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	454	253.50	253.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	579	187.00–208.00	191.56
12	—	483	212.00–221.00	216.58
109	—	625	181.00–194.00	192.89
26	—	661	183.00	183.00
15	—	521	210.00–217.00	214.11
96	—	716	177.00–186.50	184.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
455	—	609	218.00–224.50	220.49

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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