Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2024-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's Auction started out the day with yearlings off, very dry grass, followed by weaned Spring calves and then onto non-weaned offerings. Some consignors only bringing steer offerings today. No weigh ups sold today. Compared with last week, 450 lbs steers and heifers traded sharply higher, 550 lbs steers also traded sharply higher. Demand was good with several buyers today and active internet bidding. A few light rain showers around the area, last night. Next Auction Date Nov 20th Special Bred Cow & Pairs

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $332.60/cwt on 809 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −170.25 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$332.60

809 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,811

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$25.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.27

vs NE average

+27.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	334.29	1,819	756
Medium and Large 1-2	548	308.53	1,690	53

One grade step is worth $25.76/cwt here — about $129 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 sale809 hd

332.60

—

NE average10 barns · 4,093 hd

315.33

+17.27

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+27.16

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−170.25

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	850–900	885	234.24/cwt	225.00–236.50	2,073	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,364	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,165	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	237.25/cwt	237.25–237.25	1,834	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,392	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,113	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	303.08/cwt	298.00–312.50	1,882	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	718	282.58/cwt	278.00–289.00	2,029	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	293.99/cwt	282.00–298.50	1,961	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,700	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	371.23/cwt	365.00–374.00	1,348	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,916	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,483	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,264	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	349.84/cwt	340.00–358.00	1,630	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	414	382.81/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,585	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	274.89/cwt	256.00–293.00	1,581	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	323.07/cwt	322.50–323.50	1,732	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,117	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	340.76/cwt	330.00–349.00	1,772	339
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	359.52/cwt	352.50–374.00	1,564	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	281.07/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,897	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	268.87/cwt	267.00–270.00	2,345	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	318.60/cwt	306.00–328.00	1,848	312
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,101	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,547	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	322.58/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,355	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,354	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	272.63/cwt	269.50–276.00	1,668	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	328.32/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,238	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	609	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	1,940	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	516	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,858	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	298.90/cwt	288.50–306.00	1,590	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,473	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	285.65/cwt	272.00–291.00	1,597	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,628	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,961	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	311.74/cwt	209.00–322.50	1,462	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,823	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	249.54/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,662	20

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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 3,520Last week 1,285Year ago 2,870

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	345	322.50	322.50
32	350–400	377	322.50–335.00	328.32
109	400–450	420	315.00–335.00	322.58
181	450–500	469	209.00–322.50	311.74
91	500–550	532	288.50–306.00	298.90
54	550–600	559	272.00–291.00	285.65
19	600–650	631	258.00	258.00
20	650–700	666	249.00–250.00	249.54
15	700–750	735	248.00	248.00
63	750–800	778	252.00	252.00
30	850–900	885	225.00–236.50	234.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	448	260.00	260.00
14	450–500	476	292.50	292.50
8	550–600	593	230.00	230.00
31	750–800	773	237.25	237.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	600–650	612	269.50–276.00	272.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
238	600–650	621	298.00–312.50	303.08
259	650–700	667	282.00–298.50	293.99
131	700–750	718	278.00–289.00	282.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	605	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	316	400.00	400.00
38	350–400	363	365.00–374.00	371.23
142	400–450	435	352.50–374.00	359.52
135	450–500	466	340.00–358.00	349.84
339	500–550	520	330.00–349.00	340.76
312	550–600	580	306.00–328.00	318.60
81	600–650	613	312.50	312.50
46	650–700	675	280.00–283.00	281.07
29	750–800	796	264.00	264.00
12	800–850	827	256.00	256.00
180	850–900	872	267.00–270.00	268.87
174	900–950	935	264.50	264.50
57	950–1000	995	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	423	320.00	320.00
22	450–500	491	315.00	315.00
37	500–550	536	322.50–323.50	323.07
16	550–600	575	256.00–293.00	274.89
5	700–750	735	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	400–450	414	380.00–385.00	382.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
105	500–550	516	360.00	360.00
52	600–650	609	318.50	318.50

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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