Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2023-09-20

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
3,070 head
380 vs last sale 3,450 220 vs year ago 3,290 · 6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 900 lbs steers traded 2.00 higher, 950 lbs steers traded 5.00 lower and 1000 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 higher. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 850 lbs trading 4.00 higher. Demand was good with a several buyers and a very active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates, Sept 27th and Oct 4th

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.85/cwt on 1,506 head.
Average price
$247.85
1,506 head · 839 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,080
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.79
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840248.562,0881,421
Medium and Large 1-2819235.951,93385
One grade step is worth $12.61/cwt here — about $156 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 sale1,506 hd
247.85
NE average11 barns · 9,818 hd
251.64
−3.79
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 1422271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1445
HeifersMedium and Large 1769255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9619
HeifersMedium and Large 1594280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,66311
HeifersMedium and Large 1524276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,44612
HeifersMedium and Large 1484277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,34115
HeifersMedium and Large 1634265.70/cwt259.50–275.501,68520
SteersMedium and Large 1715290.73/cwt286.50–294.502,07962
SteersMedium and Large 1447313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,39911
SteersMedium and Large 1961250.79/cwt247.00–253.502,410148
SteersMedium and Large 11,032245.50/cwt243.50–250.002,534332
SteersMedium and Large 11,054238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,514104
SteersMedium and Large 1932262.92/cwt260.00–263.502,450360
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed882242.06/cwt237.75–243.752,135330
HeifersMedium and Large 1728262.05/cwt256.50–265.001,908120
SteersMedium and Large 1470302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,41913
SteersMedium and Large 1861264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,27752
SteersMedium and Large 1-2551294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,62015
SteersMedium and Large 1669292.69/cwt291.00–295.501,95819
HeifersMedium and Large 1914239.63/cwt236.00–242.752,19087
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed927232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,15160
SteersMedium and Large 1571305.18/cwt299.00–311.501,74343
SteersMedium and Large 1645301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9418
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed950237.75/cwt237.75–237.752,25965
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed800261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,088124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2734244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,79511
HeifersMedium and Large 1880246.16/cwt240.50–248.002,166162
HeifersMedium and Large 11,016226.77/cwt226.50–227.002,30444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2960233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,23714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2621241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,49722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2921232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,13752
HeifersMedium and Large 1813257.54/cwt246.50–260.002,09490
HeifersMedium and Large 1675260.62/cwt253.00–263.001,759101
HeifersMedium and Large 1973233.46/cwt230.50–234.002,272103
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed775260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,01563

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.