Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2019-04-24

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 24
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
5,310 head
▲ 1,890 vs last sale 3,420▲ 5,310 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers traded unevenly steady, and heifers under 500 lbs traded 1.00 to 4.00 higher and heifers over 500 lbs traded 2.00 to 7.00 lower.

Demand was good with several buyers for all consignments of fall and yearling calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.65/cwt on 3,171 head.
Average price
$176.65
3,171 head · 658 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$165
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.98
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567177.091,003130
Medium and Large 1661176.631,1683,041
One grade step is worth $0.46/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale3,171 hd
176.65
—
NE average4 barns · 8,178 hd
172.67
+3.98
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1369209.67/cwt205.00–211.0077422
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned384200.00/cwt200.00–200.007688
Steers—Medium and Large 1426210.61/cwt201.00–213.7589771
Steers—Medium and Large 1457206.98/cwt199.00–212.00946194
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464185.00/cwt185.00–185.008586
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474190.00/cwt190.00–190.0090123
Steers—Medium and Large 1527195.76/cwt189.00–205.501,032527
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed557205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,14578
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned561173.95/cwt173.00–174.5097630
Steers—Medium and Large 1578188.78/cwt183.00–198.501,091524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591179.22/cwt177.50–180.751,05917
Steers—Medium and Large 1621187.70/cwt181.00–192.001,166305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625171.61/cwt164.00–174.501,07326
Steers—Medium and Large 1679173.87/cwt167.25–178.001,18170
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688160.70/cwt160.00–161.001,10620
Steers—Medium and Large 1727160.15/cwt154.25–164.751,164150
Steers—Medium and Large 1770156.69/cwt154.25–159.251,207346
Steers—Medium and Large 1833149.19/cwt147.00–153.501,243412
Steers—Medium and Large 1866150.99/cwt143.00–155.001,308211
Steers—Medium and Large 1932139.79/cwt136.50–143.251,303131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318181.50/cwt181.50–181.5057714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned373171.00/cwt171.00–171.006386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383174.80/cwt174.50–175.5066927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421172.48/cwt169.00–177.0072674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned457173.50/cwt173.50–173.5079322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461173.44/cwt169.50–177.50800209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498169.00/cwt169.00–169.0084213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529163.29/cwt158.25–165.25864190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569161.11/cwt157.25–164.00917168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570156.75/cwt156.75–156.7589310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623154.20/cwt149.00–158.75961135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676150.29/cwt144.50–154.501,016204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720144.71/cwt135.00–147.751,042208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764140.69/cwt134.25–146.001,075443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827133.55/cwt130.00–138.001,104169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1893126.61/cwt125.50–128.501,13143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1951125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,1947

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.