Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2019-04-17

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 17
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
← earliestApr 17Apr 24 →
Receipts
3,420 head
▲ 3,420 vs last sale 0▲ 3,420 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 600 lb steers traded 11.00 higher, 650 and over sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. 600 to 650 lbs heifers traded 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and out of state bidders.

Warmer weather in the area after ice, snow and wind last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.48/cwt on 2,137 head.
Average price
$174.48
2,137 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,192
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$171
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$47.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.22
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685174.911,1982,069
Medium and Large 1-2604169.501,02355
Large 1-2805127.501,02613thin
One grade step is worth $47.41/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,137 hd
174.48
—
NE average5 barns · 7,076 hd
163.26
+11.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381191.13/cwt190.00–192.0072811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed425208.00/cwt208.00–208.0088442
Steers—Medium and Large 1457198.70/cwt194.50–200.0090825
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed485211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,023114
Steers—Medium and Large 1531200.76/cwt197.00–208.001,06633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,0079
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,13983
Steers—Medium and Large 1576188.09/cwt185.00–191.251,083214
Steers—Medium and Large 1609184.32/cwt180.75–192.001,123444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624168.99/cwt166.50–173.001,05421
Steers—Medium and Large 1676174.74/cwt167.50–179.001,181170
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699136.00/cwt136.00–136.009517
Steers—Medium and Large 1727164.75/cwt156.00–168.251,198265
Steers—Medium and Large 1774153.12/cwt146.00–157.501,18597
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy792164.75/cwt164.75–164.751,30575
Steers—Large 1-2805127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,02613
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy807161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,299138
Steers—Medium and Large 1827154.37/cwt153.50–156.001,277109
Steers—Medium and Large 1878152.52/cwt150.00–155.001,339133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2887145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,2917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy902147.28/cwt146.50–147.501,32878
Steers—Medium and Large 1914139.60/cwt138.00–140.001,27649
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417172.00/cwt172.00–172.007175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483169.50/cwt169.50–169.5081949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490164.50/cwt164.50–164.508066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522166.28/cwt161.00–170.2586854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542152.50/cwt152.50–152.508275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576165.94/cwt156.50–168.25956263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630162.06/cwt157.25–167.751,021199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672153.90/cwt148.00–159.751,034294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724145.89/cwt138.00–148.001,056155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762142.83/cwt142.00–144.001,088149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818135.27/cwt134.00–136.501,10724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,1608

This sale against other markets

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.