Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2023-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 500 to 700 lbs steers traded steady to 8.00 higher. Heifer offerings 550 lbs traded steady and 600 lbs heifers traded 8.00 lower. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates May 10th Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $246.85/cwt on 3,351 head.

Average price

$246.85

3,351 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$145

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

$62.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.96

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	442	306.00	1,353	36
Medium and Large 1	684	246.38	1,685	3,062
Medium and Large 1-2	614	244.00	1,498	253

One grade step is worth $62.00/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale3,351 hd

246.85

—

NE average8 barns · 11,536 hd

231.89

+14.96

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

56 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	296.24/cwt	293.00–298.00	1,511	83
Steers	Medium 1	—	442	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,353	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	975	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,750	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	255.23/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,549	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	215.35/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,635	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	560	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,523	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,442	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,178	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	230.66/cwt	223.50–233.50	1,709	314
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	303.39/cwt	298.00–308.00	1,423	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	813	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,764	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	855	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,796	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	215.84/cwt	190.00–220.50	1,781	269
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	284.36/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,501	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	664	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,547	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,193	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	615	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,430	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	629	263.67/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,658	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	314.04/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,332	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	248.01/cwt	244.50–256.50	1,684	621
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	661	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,725	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	—	723	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,569	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	227.12/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,424	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	289.68/cwt	272.50–294.00	1,246	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	203.89/cwt	198.00–210.00	1,456	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	253.92/cwt	247.50–262.00	1,115	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	260.50/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,248	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,572	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	213.35/cwt	207.00–216.00	1,363	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	187.80/cwt	185.00–192.00	1,375	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	258.36/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,336	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	234.82/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,353	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	247.24/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,328	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	269.32/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,029	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	294.50/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,140	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,284	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,292	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,305	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	200.84/cwt	200.00–201.50	1,358	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	247.69/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,139	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	478	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,362	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	188.12/cwt	180.00–192.25	1,529	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	203.67/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,597	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	224.00/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,485	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,516	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,562	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	817	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	732	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,753	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,743	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,574	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	588	249.25/cwt	249.25–249.25	1,466	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,403	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	252.88/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,497	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	278.35/cwt	265.00–292.50	1,319	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	267.19/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,510	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	195.03/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,775	125

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 Apr 26, 2023

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

Receipts 5,820Last week 6,445Year ago 5,480

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	510	293.00–298.00	296.24
34	—	560	272.00	272.00
201	—	629	262.00–266.00	263.67
27	—	661	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	442	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	975	179.50	179.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	607	249.00–257.00	255.23
80	—	759	214.00–218.00	215.35
314	—	741	223.50–233.50	230.66
163	—	469	298.00–308.00	303.39
269	—	825	190.00–220.50	215.84
233	—	528	276.00–290.00	284.36
12	—	388	307.50	307.50
23	—	424	311.00–320.00	314.04
621	—	679	244.50–256.50	248.01
35	—	867	201.00	201.00
149	—	565	261.00–268.00	267.19
125	—	910	190.00–198.00	195.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	544	265.00	265.00
7	—	417	282.50	282.50
48	—	784	200.00–209.00	203.67
30	—	663	220.00–226.00	224.00
22	—	645	244.00	244.00
55	—	592	250.00–255.00	252.88
53	—	474	265.00–292.50	278.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	813	217.00	217.00
60	—	855	210.00	210.00
60	—	723	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	664	233.00	233.00
16	—	615	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	817	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	732	239.50	239.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	627	219.00–230.00	227.12
106	—	430	272.50–294.00	289.68
94	—	714	198.00–210.00	203.89
79	—	479	255.00–272.50	260.50
65	—	888	177.00	177.00
181	—	517	254.00–268.00	258.36
247	—	576	225.00–241.00	234.82
45	—	387	290.00–297.00	294.50
257	—	813	180.00–192.25	188.12
37	—	683	222.00	222.00
19	—	908	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	439	247.50–262.00	253.92
34	—	639	207.00–216.00	213.35
111	—	732	185.00–192.00	187.80
16	—	537	240.00–253.00	247.24
16	—	382	260.00–277.00	269.32
17	—	581	221.00	221.00
75	—	676	200.00–201.50	200.84
35	—	460	240.00–250.00	247.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	564	229.00	229.00
22	—	518	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	478	285.00	285.00
90	—	588	249.25	249.25
54	—	512	274.00	274.00

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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