Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week, smaller packages of consignments as steers traded unevenly steady, no comparable offerings for heifers. All calves offered today were weaned. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Very cold weather in the area. Next Auction Date TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 - SPECIAL WEIGH UP AUCTION 11 A.M, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 - SPECIAL HOLIDAY BRED COWS & BRED HEIFERS AUCTION, 9:00 A.M. NO WEIGH UPS

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.39/cwt on 712 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −144.46 against this barn's trailing median of $502.85.

Average price

$358.39

712 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,968

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

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

$19.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.41

vs NE average

+34.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	360.00	1,977	654
Medium and Large 1-2	551	340.24	1,875	58

One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale712 hd

358.39

—

NE average8 barns · 3,594 hd

346.98

+11.41

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+34.04

This barn, trailing median13 sales

502.85

−144.46

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 1Fancy	500–550	507	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,754	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	427	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,533	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	338.46/cwt	333.00–341.00	1,449	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,254	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,024	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,760	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	310.65/cwt	301.00–321.00	2,097	770
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	331.49/cwt	323.00–339.00	1,880	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	351.79/cwt	341.00–357.00	1,864	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	437.03/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,652	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,687	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,003	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,086	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	356.03/cwt	350.00–370.50	1,905	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	327.71/cwt	314.50–344.50	2,071	669
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,580	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	295.58/cwt	294.25–297.00	2,223	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,215	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	389.40/cwt	378.00–400.00	1,830	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	628	353.38/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,219	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,568	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	706	312.10/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,203	180
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,121	242.88/cwt	242.00–243.75	2,723	423
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	352.50/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,988	323
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	2,535	452
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	313.73/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,528	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	296.58/cwt	287.00–305.00	2,174	683
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,693	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,975	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	253.00/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,981	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,122	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,244	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	312.85/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,833	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	534	378.68/cwt	377.00–387.00	2,022	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,703	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,768	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,299	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	340.57/cwt	328.00–345.00	1,665	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	270.96/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,813	36

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 Dec 11, 2024

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

Receipts 5,575Last week 3,450Year ago 3,730

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	427	359.00	359.00
42	500–550	507	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	338	371.00	371.00
10	350–400	368	353.00	353.00
64	400–450	428	333.00–341.00	338.46
39	450–500	489	328.00–345.00	340.57
51	500–550	516	330.00	330.00
39	550–600	586	311.00–315.00	312.85
32	600–650	607	290.00	290.00
36	650–700	669	269.00–274.00	270.96
10	700–750	707	250.00	250.00
86	750–800	783	250.00–254.00	253.00
10	800–850	830	238.00	238.00
4	1050–1100	1,065	190.00	190.00
3	1100–1150	1,122	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	487	312.50–317.50	313.73
9	500–550	524	323.00	323.00
5	800–850	827	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	378	435.00–440.00	437.03
16	400–450	427	395.00	395.00
183	450–500	470	378.00–400.00	389.40
166	500–550	535	350.00–370.50	356.03
323	550–600	564	345.00–360.00	352.50
669	600–650	632	314.50–344.50	327.71
770	650–700	675	301.00–321.00	310.65
683	700–750	733	287.00–305.00	296.58
146	750–800	752	294.25–297.00	295.58
8	900–950	923	240.00	240.00
452	950–1000	974	260.25	260.25
111	1000–1050	1,032	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	392	400.00	400.00
5	400–450	438	375.00	375.00
14	450–500	498	351.00	351.00
25	500–550	530	341.00–357.00	351.79
33	550–600	567	323.00–339.00	331.49
18	750–800	778	257.50	257.50
4	800–850	826	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
165	500–550	534	377.00–387.00	378.68
340	600–650	628	350.00–357.50	353.38
180	700–750	706	310.00–314.00	312.10
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
423	1100–1150	1,121	242.00–243.75	242.88

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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