Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2023-02-15

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 15
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
5,560 head
1,410 vs last sale 4,150 2,425 vs year ago 3,135 · +77.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, light weight grass steers , traded 17.00 higher, 650 and 750 lbs steers traded steady. Heifer offerings 500 to 600 lbs traded steady to 5.00 lower and 650 lbs heifers traded steady. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet. Cold wind today, compared with couple days of warm weather that melted a lot of snow, in the area. No Auction next week. March 1st: Bred Cow and Hall Bull Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $211.27/cwt on 2,841 head.
Average price
$211.27
2,841 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,409
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.99
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1671211.651,4202,627
Medium and Large 1-2622206.561,285214
One grade step is worth $5.10/cwt here — about $134 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 sale2,841 hd
211.27
NE average8 barns · 12,632 hd
197.28
+13.99
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1333234.00/cwt234.00–234.0077922
HeifersMedium and Large 1844171.25/cwt171.25–171.251,44529
HeifersMedium and Large 1439204.99/cwt200.00–218.0090038
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488188.72/cwt180.00–192.0092118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2641177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,13821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2598183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,09713
SteersMedium and Large 1524245.64/cwt239.00–250.001,287211
SteersMedium and Large 1871186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,62048
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533220.68/cwt217.00–229.001,17619
SteersMedium and Large 1762193.77/cwt188.50–195.001,477409
SteersMedium and Large 1-2691196.45/cwt195.00–197.001,357102
SteersMedium and Large 1825182.23/cwt181.00–183.501,503241
SteersMedium and Large 1427243.68/cwt241.00–246.001,04134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,27412
SteersMedium and Large 1575232.87/cwt225.00–242.001,339369
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC615233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,433177
SteersMedium and Large 1727195.28/cwt191.50–200.001,420293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2448227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,01719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680175.28/cwt174.50–175.501,19226
HeifersMedium and Large 1760178.56/cwt176.50–180.001,35786
SteersMedium and Large 1475239.42/cwt233.00–246.001,13750
SteersMedium and Large 1906174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,58137
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy625211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,31957
SteersMedium and Large 1672205.18/cwt197.00–213.001,379414
HeifersMedium and Large 1739181.16/cwt177.00–189.751,339139
HeifersMedium and Large 1577196.53/cwt186.00–205.001,134491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575217.34/cwt212.00–221.501,25062
SteersMedium and Large 1625223.03/cwt216.00–229.501,394287
HeifersMedium and Large 1528201.78/cwt193.50–208.001,065403
HeifersMedium and Large 1477207.03/cwt200.00–213.50988191
HeifersMedium and Large 1673178.83/cwt177.50–181.001,204225
HeifersMedium and Large 1624188.44/cwt181.00–192.251,176373
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement667187.32/cwt184.50–201.001,249223
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement600208.25/cwt208.25–208.251,250160

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.