Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 900 to 1000 lbs steers traded 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 800 lbs offerings trading 9.00 lower. Demand was good. Next Auction Date Sept 18th Special Fall Calves and Yearlings

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.00/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −201.85 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$301.00

46 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−0.15

vs NE average

+31.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	595	301.00	1,791	46

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

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 sale46 hd

301.00

—

NE average2 barns · 94 hd

301.15

−0.15

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+31.60

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−201.85

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

23 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	251.77/cwt	251.50–252.25	2,223	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,360	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,359	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,089	208.75/cwt	208.75–208.75	2,273	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	236.29/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,105	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	231.26/cwt	230.00–231.50	2,104	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	234.36/cwt	229.50–236.00	1,833	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,051	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	595	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,791	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,887	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,955	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	234.44/cwt	230.25–240.75	2,276	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,538	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	922	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,005	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	245.18/cwt	237.00–252.50	2,261	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	261.44/cwt	256.00–264.00	1,647	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	230.10/cwt	225.50–234.75	2,352	381
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	233.76/cwt	233.00–235.00	2,286	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	228.56/cwt	222.00–233.25	1,865	307
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	243.05/cwt	237.50–247.00	1,786	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	841	230.27/cwt	224.00–232.00	1,937	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	899	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,059	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,306	12

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 Sep 4, 2024

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

Receipts 2,540Last week 3,180Year ago 3,450

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	405	322.50	322.50
42	450–500	493	312.00	312.00
9	700–750	735	266.00	266.00
37	800–850	806	254.50	254.50
191	850–900	883	251.50–252.25	251.77
370	900–950	922	237.00–252.50	245.18
242	950–1000	971	230.25–240.75	234.44
381	1000–1050	1,022	225.50–234.75	230.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
46	550–600	595	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	817	231.00	231.00
12	900–950	922	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	494	275.00	275.00
8	500–550	523	260.00	260.00
77	600–650	630	256.00–264.00	261.44
125	700–750	735	237.50–247.00	243.05
52	750–800	782	229.50–236.00	234.36
307	800–850	816	222.00–233.25	228.56
29	850–900	891	230.00–237.00	236.29
51	900–950	910	230.00–231.50	231.26
116	950–1000	978	233.00–235.00	233.76
23	1050–1100	1,089	208.75	208.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
164	800–850	841	224.00–232.00	230.27
63	850–900	899	229.00	229.00

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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