Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2019-08-07

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
2,000 head
▼ 2,940 vs last sale 4,940▲ 2,000 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offering from two weeks ago, with 850 lbs steers trading 6.00 higher. No comparable offering for heifers a trend will not be given. Demand was good. Cooler weather in the Sandhills of Nebraska, raining again last evening. Next Auction Date: Aug 21st Special Fall Calf & Yearling Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.70/cwt on 1,079 head.
Average price
$154.70
1,079 head · 836 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,293
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$267
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.12
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840154.961,3021,042
Medium and Large 1-2702147.391,03537
One grade step is worth $7.57/cwt here — about $267 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 sale1,079 hd
154.70
—
NE average3 barns · 3,290 hd
150.58
+4.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1448189.00/cwt189.00–189.008478
Steers—Medium and Large 1532170.00/cwt170.00–170.0090411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540171.00/cwt171.00–171.009235
Steers—Medium and Large 1564175.33/cwt174.50–176.5098931
Steers—Medium and Large 1622166.88/cwt163.00–171.001,03834
Steers—Medium and Large 1655161.42/cwt161.00–162.501,05739
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681142.50/cwt142.50–142.509707
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741144.04/cwt138.00–145.501,06725
Steers—Medium and Large 1758161.38/cwt152.75–163.251,223150
Steers—Medium and Large 1819152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,24564
Steers—Medium and Large 1882153.06/cwt142.50–155.251,350526
Steers—Medium and Large 1904149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,35459
Steers—Medium and Large 1988145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,433120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1449171.50/cwt171.50–171.507707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475162.00/cwt162.00–162.007709
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482162.00/cwt162.00–162.0078113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1549151.50/cwt151.50–151.5083215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582159.20/cwt155.00–165.5092757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628147.65/cwt142.75–153.5092785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692140.91/cwt135.50–145.0097564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728142.51/cwt138.00–145.001,03753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750126.00/cwt126.00–126.009459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed780140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,09462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,10021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement823140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,15237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed860136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,17062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,21047

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.