Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

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 very good with several buyers at the barn today. Next Auction Date April 17th Bred cow auction

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.32/cwt on 339 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −172.53 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$330.32

339 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$45.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.48

vs NE average

+19.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	332.89	1,847	320
Medium and Large 1-2	590	287.13	1,694	19thin

One grade step is worth $45.76/cwt here — about $152 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $523.82, low $428.50, median $502.85 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale339 hd

330.32

—

NE average5 barns · 913 hd

326.85

+3.48

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

+19.56

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−172.53

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

41 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	400–450	443	339.92/cwt	339.50–343.00	1,506	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,995	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	296.01/cwt	294.25–304.00	1,664	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	247.54/cwt	246.25–250.58	1,822	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	263.54/cwt	256.50–269.75	1,768	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,487	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,356	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	280.44/cwt	276.00–285.00	2,011	399
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	795	258.25/cwt	258.25–258.25	2,053	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	281.36/cwt	272.00–289.50	1,930	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	244.24/cwt	242.25–246.50	2,130	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,448	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	273.48/cwt	270.75–282.25	2,070	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,427	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	232.14/cwt	230.35–233.00	2,277	535
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	239.51/cwt	233.75–240.60	2,189	327
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,361	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,868	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	327.02/cwt	314.00–337.00	1,871	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	340.93/cwt	339.50–347.00	1,810	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	653	294.75/cwt	294.75–294.75	1,925	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	309.47/cwt	291.00–315.50	1,891	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	339.96/cwt	327.50–367.50	1,622	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,117	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	283.81/cwt	271.00–297.00	1,782	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	250.74/cwt	245.00–263.00	2,099	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	310.48/cwt	309.00–311.00	1,649	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,111	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	859	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,019	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	261.50/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,603	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	621	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,021	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	704	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,147	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,404	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	287.13/cwt	272.00–294.00	1,694	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,680	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,285	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	250.07/cwt	249.50–251.50	1,898	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,444	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	235.63/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,927	416

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 3, 2024

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	367	350.00	350.00
51	400–450	443	339.50–343.00	339.92
11	450–500	475	304.00	304.00
46	500–550	531	309.00–311.00	310.48
82	550–600	562	294.25–304.00	296.01
31	600–650	613	260.00–263.00	261.50
177	650–700	671	256.50–269.75	263.54
170	700–750	736	246.25–250.58	247.54
111	750–800	759	249.50–251.50	250.07
416	800–850	818	225.00–245.00	235.63
66	850–900	879	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	440	319.00	319.00
5	500–550	524	271.00	271.00
7	550–600	581	256.00	256.00
28	650–700	692	242.75	242.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
62	850–900	859	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	366	390.00	390.00
17	400–450	426	340.00	340.00
45	450–500	455	390.00	390.00
135	500–550	531	339.50–347.00	340.93
185	550–600	572	314.00–337.00	327.02
239	600–650	611	291.00–315.50	309.47
140	650–700	686	272.00–289.50	281.36
399	700–750	717	276.00–285.00	280.44
174	750–800	757	270.75–282.25	273.48
332	800–850	837	245.00–263.00	250.74
294	850–900	872	242.25–246.50	244.24
327	900–950	914	233.75–240.60	239.51
535	950–1000	981	230.35–233.00	232.14
120	1000–1050	1,011	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
134	750–800	795	258.25	258.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	363.00	363.00
49	450–500	477	327.50–367.50	339.96
19	550–600	590	272.00–294.00	287.13
16	600–650	628	271.00–297.00	283.81
37	700–750	720	259.50	259.50
13	750–800	795	265.50	265.50
7	950–1000	958	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	621	325.50	325.50
162	650–700	653	294.75	294.75
82	700–750	704	305.00	305.00

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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