Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2023-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-08

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 with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: March 29th Dvorak Brothers red angus bull auction and Special Bred Cow Auction

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.83/cwt on 1,211 head.

Average price

$191.83

1,211 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,312

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$9.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.07

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	192.79	1,328	1,086
Medium and Large 1-2	639	183.51	1,173	125

One grade step is worth $9.28/cwt here — about $155 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 sale1,211 hd

191.83

—

NE average9 barns · 8,879 hd

198.90

−7.07

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

33 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	—	362	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	854	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	894	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,484	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,502	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,366	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	210.59/cwt	205.50–214.50	1,120	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	185.52/cwt	183.50–186.50	1,365	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	236.20/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,245	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	215.39/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,417	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	200.05/cwt	193.00–204.00	1,314	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	840	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,495	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,031	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,208	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	229.48/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,349	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	189.59/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,579	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	214.02/cwt	212.00–223.00	1,303	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	200.44/cwt	192.50–225.00	1,259	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,198	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	202.81/cwt	200.00–206.50	1,162	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,192	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	202.63/cwt	197.00–211.50	1,481	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,294	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	177.64/cwt	177.00–178.00	1,370	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	937	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	218.67/cwt	213.00–221.00	1,012	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,391	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,594	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,127	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	185.18/cwt	184.00–186.00	1,163	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	178.81/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,214	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	190.70/cwt	187.50–195.00	1,308	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	867	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,565	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	787	191.00/cwt	189.00–193.00	1,503	158

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 Mar 8, 2023

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

Receipts 2,105Last week 5,560Year 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
8	—	362	236.00	236.00
8	—	894	166.00	166.00
12	—	913	164.50	164.50
16	—	828	165.00	165.00
35	—	532	205.50–214.50	210.59
51	—	736	183.50–186.50	185.52
113	—	628	192.50–225.00	200.44
153	—	573	200.00–206.50	202.81
92	—	771	177.00–178.00	177.64
47	—	463	213.00–221.00	218.67
323	—	686	187.50–195.00	190.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	744	161.00	161.00
8	—	444	211.00	211.00
15	—	598	188.50	188.50
43	—	628	184.00–186.00	185.18
54	—	679	171.00–181.00	178.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	867	180.50	180.50
158	—	787	189.00–193.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	527	234.00–238.00	236.20
160	—	658	210.00–222.00	215.39
12	—	426	242.00	242.00
24	—	588	229.00–231.00	229.48
49	—	833	185.00–193.00	189.59
50	—	609	212.00–223.00	214.02
195	—	731	197.00–211.50	202.63
16	—	871	183.00	183.00
10	—	490	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	657	193.00–204.00	200.05
15	—	532	227.00	227.00
6	—	565	211.00	211.00
7	—	622	208.00	208.00
17	—	748	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	840	178.00	178.00

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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