Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2024-02-07

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 7
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
4,315 head
185 vs last sale 4,130 165 vs year ago 4,150 · +4.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction at BLA steers 550 to 700 lbs traded steady to 7.00 higher. Heifer offerings 500 lbs traded 4.00 lower and 550 to 650 lbs offerings traded steady to as much as 13.00 higher. Demand was very good throughout the sale with several buyers today. Warm weather and rain melting a lot of snow in the area. Next Auction Date: Feb 14th Bred Cows and Heifers

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $270.19/cwt on 2,271 head.
Average price
$270.19
2,271 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1644271.771,7522,111
Medium and Large 1-2670249.281,671160
One grade step is worth $22.49/cwt here — about $81 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 sale2,271 hd
270.19
NE average7 barns · 11,854 hd
269.52
+0.67
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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1379335.40/cwt327.50–355.001,27120
HeifersMedium and Large 1473317.22/cwt312.00–321.001,50058
HeifersMedium and Large 1875207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,81662
HeifersMedium and Large 1726246.05/cwt242.00–250.001,78685
HeifersMedium and Large 1444324.09/cwt321.00–340.001,43987
HeifersMedium and Large 1811229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,857131
SteersMedium and Large 1431367.11/cwt355.00–401.001,58229
SteersMedium and Large 1612302.95/cwt302.50–304.501,854195
SteersMedium and Large 1832243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,02222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2658270.16/cwt265.00–274.501,77880
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478331.56/cwt330.00–338.001,58535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,73311
SteersMedium and Large 1869233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,02929
SteersMedium and Large 1518345.36/cwt344.00–348.001,789149
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519319.18/cwt311.00–329.001,65754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576281.24/cwt280.00–287.001,62029
SteersMedium and Large 1587310.27/cwt300.00–320.001,821276
SteersMedium and Large 1718268.37/cwt265.00–272.501,927164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2722255.24/cwt252.00–258.001,84367
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408337.86/cwt335.00–343.001,37820
SteersMedium and Large 1784253.98/cwt251.00–255.001,99176
HeifersMedium and Large 1668257.76/cwt246.50–266.001,722311
SteersMedium and Large 1681287.28/cwt276.50–290.001,956350
HeifersMedium and Large 1572289.45/cwt281.00–303.001,656321
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement667280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,86881
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement611296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,809117
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed622295.50/cwt295.50–295.501,83887
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2793215.31/cwt215.00–216.001,70732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2349352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2309
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,65989
HeifersMedium and Large 1773234.66/cwt233.50–236.501,814322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572276.34/cwt276.00–277.001,58121
HeifersMedium and Large 1633265.42/cwt261.00–272.001,680164
HeifersMedium and Large 1532307.33/cwt301.00–312.001,635265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2701235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,64718

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.