Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2020-01-08

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 8
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
6,865 head
▲ 6,865 vs last sale 0▲ 6,865 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First big show of the year. No recent test of market, a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good all day with several buyers and high internet bidding. Next Auction Dates for Jan 15th, 22nd, and 29th. Jan 11th at 12 pm Orton Ranch Red Angus Bull and Bred Heifer Auction followed by Special Bred Cow and Bred Heifer Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.90/cwt on 4,475 head.
Average price
$175.90
4,475 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,068
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.62
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1613177.751,0893,780
Medium 1-2401171.0068618thin
Medium and Large 1-2580165.68961677
One grade step is worth $12.07/cwt here — about $128 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 sale4,475 hd
175.90
—
NE average9 barns · 17,536 hd
165.28
+10.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

31 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381195.00/cwt195.00–195.0074312
Steers—Medium 1-2401171.00/cwt171.00–171.0068618
Steers—Medium and Large 1424196.41/cwt182.00–207.00833104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437188.01/cwt183.50–196.0082291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462185.00/cwt185.00–185.0085513
Steers—Medium and Large 1485212.52/cwt191.50–217.251,031389
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518176.53/cwt174.00–180.0091454
Steers—Medium and Large 1520195.02/cwt188.00–200.001,014206
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy557193.07/cwt191.00–195.251,075165
Steers—Medium and Large 1573181.80/cwt174.00–188.001,042565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591163.28/cwt151.00–170.00965306
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy625184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,15394
Steers—Medium and Large 1627168.88/cwt162.00–177.501,059849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656153.84/cwt143.50–158.251,009173
Steers—Medium and Large 1665165.80/cwt160.00–170.001,103672
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy677180.38/cwt180.25–180.501,221161
Steers—Medium and Large 1717161.86/cwt155.75–164.251,161560
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717150.05/cwt149.50–151.001,07628
Steers—Medium and Large 1798148.25/cwt148.25–148.251,18315
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405178.38/cwt176.00–180.0072262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428159.08/cwt158.00–160.0068129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478164.97/cwt161.50–169.50789424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2489154.00/cwt154.00–154.007538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533164.65/cwt154.00–168.00878417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567148.00/cwt148.00–148.0083940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570156.45/cwt153.50–164.00892438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600139.50/cwt139.50–139.5083719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609149.41/cwt147.00–150.25910255
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657143.32/cwt141.00–145.00942159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1704144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,01425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1794135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,07859

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.