Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 850 lbs steers traded steady 900 to 1000 lbs steers traded 2.0 to 7.00 higher. Limited number of comparable heifer offerings with 950 lbs offerings trading sharply lower. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Next Auction Date Oct 2nd Special Calves & Yearlings, Weigh Ups at 9:00 am

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $258.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −244.85 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$258.00

8 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,308

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−35.49

vs NE average

−8.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	258.00	1,308	8thin

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 sale8 hd

258.00

—

NE average8 barns · 477 hd

293.49

−35.49

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−8.64

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−244.85

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

38 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	500–550	547	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,477	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,870	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	255.03/cwt	252.00–258.00	1,594	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	220.35/cwt	215.00–224.50	2,140	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	225.18/cwt	224.50–226.00	2,087	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,808	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	900–950	920	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,337	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	950–1000	971	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,394	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,183	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,308	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	282.25/cwt	282.25–282.25	1,900	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	850–900	857	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,250	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	242.14/cwt	233.50–245.50	2,356	868
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,652	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,703	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	260.01/cwt	259.50–261.00	2,187	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,125	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,368	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	224.25/cwt	224.25–224.25	2,420	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,747	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,931	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,003	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,207	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	790	248.25/cwt	248.25–248.25	1,961	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	235.60/cwt	230.00–239.00	2,398	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	253.06/cwt	248.00–258.00	2,240	414
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	261.58/cwt	250.00–265.50	2,009	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,953	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,504	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,174	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	247.88/cwt	247.50–252.50	2,328	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	956	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,156	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	239.56/cwt	235.50–244.00	1,766	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	840	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	2,064	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	912	225.89/cwt	224.00–230.25	2,060	392
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	847	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	1,938	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	987	220.32/cwt	218.75–221.00	2,175	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	870	236.59/cwt	228.00–241.25	2,058	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	227.63/cwt	225.50–230.75	2,024	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	232.54/cwt	229.50–233.00	1,928	67

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 4,830Last week 2,540Year ago 3,070

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	547	270.00	270.00
54	600–650	625	252.00–258.00	255.03
70	700–750	737	235.50–244.00	239.56
41	750–800	799	234.00	234.00
67	800–850	829	229.50–233.00	232.54
144	850–900	889	225.50–230.75	227.63
103	900–950	927	224.50–226.00	225.18
170	950–1000	971	215.00–224.50	220.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	464	253.00	253.00
7	650–700	693	217.00	217.00
9	800–850	818	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
135	750–800	790	248.25	248.25
60	800–850	847	228.75	228.75
198	850–900	870	228.00–241.25	236.59
392	900–950	912	224.00–230.25	225.89
191	950–1000	987	218.75–221.00	220.32
117	1000–1050	1,003	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
65	800–850	840	245.75	245.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
51	850–900	857	262.50	262.50
65	900–950	920	254.00	254.00
123	950–1000	971	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	507	258.00	258.00
13	600–650	638	267.00	267.00
9	650–700	696	251.00	251.00
12	750–800	797	245.00	245.00
6	850–900	870	222.00	222.00
13	900–950	945	231.00	231.00
7	950–1000	956	225.50	225.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	600–650	612	270.00	270.00
89	650–700	673	282.25	282.25
166	750–800	768	250.00–265.50	261.58
104	800–850	841	259.50–261.00	260.01
414	850–900	885	248.00–258.00	253.06
237	900–950	939	247.50–252.50	247.88
868	950–1000	973	233.50–245.50	242.14
375	1000–1050	1,018	230.00–239.00	235.60
61	1050–1100	1,079	224.25	224.25
55	1100–1150	1,125	210.50	210.50

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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