Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2019-08-21

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Aug 21
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,670 head
▼ 330 vs last sale 2,000▲ 1,670 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 0▲ 0 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 750 lbs steers trading 3.00 lower. No comparable offering for heifers. Demand was good with several buyers and high internet activity. Cooler weather in the area with more rain in the Sandhills.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.42/cwt on 1,224 head.
Average price
$140.42
1,224 head · 743 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,044
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$209
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.44
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2588143.8984773
Medium and Large 1753140.201,0561,151
One grade step is worth $3.69/cwt here — about −$209 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 sale1,224 hd
140.42
—
NE average2 barns · 2,637 hd
136.98
+3.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. 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 1426189.00/cwt189.00–189.008057
Steers—Medium and Large 1479179.00/cwt179.00–179.008576
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493166.00/cwt166.00–166.0081811
Steers—Medium and Large 1534170.22/cwt168.00–174.0090946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538160.50/cwt160.50–160.508636
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561161.50/cwt161.50–161.5090628
Steers—Medium and Large 1567168.59/cwt165.00–174.00956110
Steers—Medium and Large 1608171.48/cwt169.50–176.001,043107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619156.67/cwt149.00–161.5097035
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural666169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,12912
Steers—Medium and Large 1667159.80/cwt156.00–162.751,066171
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy710166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,18090
Steers—Medium and Large 1715157.38/cwt156.00–160.001,12585
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural718157.25/cwt157.25–157.251,12938
Steers—Medium and Large 1766158.20/cwt154.50–160.001,212121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793148.48/cwt147.75–149.001,17729
Steers—Medium and Large 1817142.22/cwt140.00–145.251,16219
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural842146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,22912
Steers—Medium and Large 1874144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,25964
Steers—Medium and Large 1913140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,27863
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429164.00/cwt164.00–164.007045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470161.95/cwt156.00–166.0076122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486156.49/cwt154.00–160.0076114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518154.65/cwt150.00–161.0080175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539147.42/cwt146.00–148.5079516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568148.16/cwt147.00–154.00842139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578144.00/cwt144.00–144.0083217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615138.50/cwt138.50–138.5085211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619142.92/cwt141.00–145.0088560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665142.99/cwt135.50–145.75951149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716140.13/cwt138.50–140.751,00334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2729132.21/cwt128.00–136.0096415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791132.87/cwt129.00–136.001,05140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed796139.75/cwt139.75–139.751,11235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed840139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,170140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1847134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed860137.25/cwt137.25–137.251,180140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1868134.00/cwt129.50–135.001,163183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925129.58/cwt128.75–131.001,199105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1995126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,26115
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4601,850.00/cwt1,850.00–1,850.0027,0108

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.