Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 900 and 1000 lbs steers traded 7.00 to 8.00 lower. No comparable offerings for heifers. Demand was moderate to good, considering markets. Next Auction Date Aug 21st Special Fall Calves and Yearlings

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −142.80 against this barn's trailing median of $451.80.

Average price

$309.00

10 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+17.29

vs NE average

+63.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	309.00	1,622	10thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $485.41, low $389.69, median $451.80 across 15 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 sale10 hd

309.00

—

NE average5 barns · 195 hd

291.71

+17.29

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

+63.93

This barn, trailing median15 sales

451.80

−142.80

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

25 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 1	850–900	883	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,155	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,183	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	2,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,622	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,737	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,195	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,941	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,305	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	273.94/cwt	264.00–276.00	2,090	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,926	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	251.35/cwt	251.35–251.35	2,307	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,925	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,963	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	240.75/cwt	237.75–244.00	2,393	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,516	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	240.51/cwt	237.75–243.25	2,439	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	236.68/cwt	231.50–238.00	2,083	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	226.59/cwt	226.25–226.75	2,212	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	744	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,882	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	682	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,835	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	243.69/cwt	240.50–244.25	2,008	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	278.82/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,698	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	919	248.01/cwt	246.00–250.00	2,279	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	258.48/cwt	256.00–263.00	1,889	120

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 Aug 7, 2024

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

Receipts 1,875Last week 3,150Year ago 2,550

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	631	305.00	305.00
13	650–700	684	287.00	287.00
12	700–750	724	266.00	266.00
35	750–800	763	264.00–276.00	273.94
19	850–900	883	244.00	244.00
119	900–950	918	251.35	251.35
116	950–1000	994	237.75–244.00	240.75
240	1000–1050	1,014	237.75–243.25	240.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	525	309.00	309.00
33	600–650	647	300.00	300.00
20	650–700	653	266.00	266.00
120	700–750	731	256.00–263.00	258.48
211	800–850	824	240.50–244.25	243.69
178	850–900	880	231.50–238.00	236.68
22	900–950	930	236.00	236.00
83	950–1000	976	226.25–226.75	226.59
33	1000–1050	1,011	228.00	228.00
5	1150–1200	1,183	196.50	196.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	489	310.00	310.00
42	600–650	609	271.00–281.00	278.82
7	650–700	674	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
71	650–700	682	269.00	269.00
74	700–750	744	253.00	253.00
260	900–950	919	246.00–250.00	248.01

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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