Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2023-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, 500 to 600 lbs steers traded 12.00 to 17.00 lower and 500 lbs heifers traded 9.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Warmer weather in the area. Next Auction Date Nov 29th Bred Cows and Pairs

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $267.44/cwt on 1,839 head.

Average price

$267.44

1,839 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$30.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.63

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	270.82	1,855	1,638
Medium and Large 1-2	656	239.93	1,575	201

One grade step is worth $30.89/cwt here — about $280 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 sale1,839 hd

267.44

—

NE average9 barns · 15,047 hd

279.07

−11.63

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

35 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 1-2Full	—	669	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,412	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,498	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,069	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,114	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,161	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	272.08/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,159	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	263.17/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,261	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,396	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	258.98/cwt	253.50–265.00	1,717	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	261.27/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,622	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	332.65/cwt	317.00–338.00	1,537	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	274.86/cwt	265.00–280.50	1,597	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,788	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,042	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,679	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,340	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	308.34/cwt	297.00–322.00	1,619	317
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	233.72/cwt	225.00–236.50	1,561	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	254.91/cwt	254.50–255.75	1,861	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	2,229	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	256.58/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,470	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	261.83/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,325	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	244.37/cwt	243.50–246.00	2,165	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	737	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,964	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	228.08/cwt	208.00–240.00	1,638	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,392	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,405	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	244.10/cwt	242.00–246.50	1,504	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	229.02/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,418	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	250.48/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,525	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,292	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	983	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	2,160	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	252.71/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,433	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	221.09/cwt	207.00–223.25	1,968	75

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 Nov 15, 2023

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

Receipts 2,870Last week 3,250Year ago 2,300

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	669	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	681	220.00	220.00
17	—	386	277.00	277.00
39	—	1,114	194.00	194.00
44	—	426	270.00–274.00	272.08
70	—	479	261.00–271.00	263.17
118	—	506	252.50–267.50	261.83
58	—	609	250.00–251.00	250.48
81	—	983	219.75	219.75
116	—	567	251.00–255.00	252.71
75	—	890	207.00–223.25	221.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	669	210.00	210.00
40	—	619	225.00–235.00	229.02
27	—	536	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	435	321.00	321.00
279	—	663	253.50–265.00	258.98
163	—	621	251.00–267.00	261.27
60	—	462	317.00–338.00	332.65
171	—	581	265.00–280.50	274.86
7	—	357	292.00	292.00
317	—	525	297.00–322.00	308.34
53	—	730	254.50–255.75	254.91
65	—	924	241.25	241.25
191	—	886	243.50–246.00	244.37
150	—	1,007	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	580	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	809	221.00	221.00
14	—	770	218.00	218.00
6	—	462	290.00	290.00
58	—	668	225.00–236.50	233.72
22	—	573	241.00–261.00	256.58
7	—	420	300.00	300.00
19	—	718	208.00–240.00	228.08
53	—	616	242.00–246.50	244.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	737	266.50	266.50

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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