Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was moderate to good. Next Auction Date Nov 13th Special Calves & Yearlings, Nov 20th Special Bred Cow & Pairs

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.47/cwt on 209 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −189.38 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$313.47

209 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$21.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.61

vs NE average

+11.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	314.09	1,706	203
Medium and Large 1-2	500	292.50	1,463	6thin

One grade step is worth $21.59/cwt here — about $244 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale209 hd

313.47

—

NE average12 barns · 7,285 hd

309.86

+3.61

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+11.62

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−189.38

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	350–400	384	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,440	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	306.74/cwt	297.00–309.00	1,748	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	271.91/cwt	269.00–274.50	1,805	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	402.48/cwt	400.00–406.50	1,368	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	326.56/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,349	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,904	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,246	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	232.98/cwt	229.00–236.00	2,069	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,417	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,358	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,407	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,857	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	364.38/cwt	359.00–367.50	1,545	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,067	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,043	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	337.00/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,560	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,463	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	322.12/cwt	319.00–324.00	1,656	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,543	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	296.69/cwt	292.00–312.50	1,442	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	258.59/cwt	253.00–262.00	1,608	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	375.19/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,223	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	280.76/cwt	267.00–286.00	1,567	68

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 Nov 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,285Last week 6,420Year ago 3,250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	300–350	340	400.00–406.50	402.48
40	350–400	384	375.00	375.00
45	400–450	424	359.00–367.50	364.38
125	450–500	463	325.00–338.00	337.00
97	500–550	514	319.00–324.00	322.12
106	550–600	570	297.00–309.00	306.74
32	600–650	636	292.00	292.00
76	750–800	774	267.00	267.00
58	850–900	883	267.00	267.00
59	900–950	916	262.75	262.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	650–700	664	269.00–274.50	271.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	496	311.00	311.00
6	500–550	500	292.50	292.50
5	850–900	853	239.50	239.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	300–350	326	360.00–385.00	375.19
36	350–400	398	356.00	356.00
61	400–450	413	310.00–330.00	326.56
106	450–500	486	292.00–312.50	296.69
68	550–600	558	267.00–286.00	280.76
6	750–800	759	241.00	241.00
7	800–850	812	234.50	234.50
16	850–900	888	229.00–236.00	232.98
4	900–950	916	228.00	228.00
11	950–1000	964	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	622	253.00–262.00	258.59

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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