Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2020-01-15

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 15
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
5,570 head
▼ 1,295 vs last sale 6,865▲ 5,570 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week steers and heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with a high demand for replacement quality heifers. Colder weather in the area. Next Auction dates for Jan 22nd and 29th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.46/cwt on 3,100 head.
Average price
$173.46
3,100 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.78
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628174.251,0942,792
Medium and Large 1-2571166.98954288
Medium 1-2548156.7585920
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $234 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 sale3,100 hd
173.46
—
NE average11 barns · 23,090 hd
164.68
+8.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 1370206.04/cwt200.00–212.0076221
Steers—Medium and Large 1439190.84/cwt186.00–196.0083869
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474174.61/cwt173.00–176.0082811
Steers—Medium and Large 1488184.66/cwt180.00–186.5090196
Steers—Medium 1-2492165.00/cwt165.00–165.008129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514171.83/cwt165.00–172.50883109
Steers—Medium and Large 1537194.09/cwt192.00–197.501,042200
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy554193.75/cwt193.75–193.751,07399
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580161.85/cwt160.50–165.0093963
Steers—Medium and Large 1582177.08/cwt170.00–183.501,031374
Steers—Medium 1-2594150.00/cwt150.00–150.0089111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy600181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,086171
Steers—Medium and Large 1623175.37/cwt168.50–178.251,093575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634164.99/cwt157.00–166.501,04697
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2654155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0148
Steers—Medium and Large 1673166.53/cwt160.00–170.001,121736
Steers—Medium and Large 1716161.78/cwt159.50–163.001,158251
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy756164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,24470
Steers—Medium and Large 1759158.22/cwt157.25–161.001,201130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315169.00/cwt169.00–169.005325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376170.00/cwt170.00–170.0063916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432164.00/cwt160.00–169.5070883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy451175.50/cwt175.50–175.5079252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491161.28/cwt160.00–162.0079238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524154.23/cwt152.00–155.0080831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531161.75/cwt158.00–164.25859441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574145.50/cwt145.50–145.5083523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577156.30/cwt150.00–158.50902641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625151.09/cwt146.50–156.00944598
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637143.00/cwt143.00–143.009115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement647160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,03569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653138.00/cwt138.00–138.0090114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement661159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,05194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683150.56/cwt148.00–156.501,028188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722143.32/cwt143.00–144.001,03585

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.