Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2020-01-29

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 29
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
5,550 head
▲ 2,145 vs last sale 3,405▲ 5,550 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 650 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, 700 lbs steers traded 4.00 lower. 400 lbs heifer offerings traded 6.00 lower and 550 to 650 lbs heifers traded unevenly steady. Demand was good with several buyers in the barn today. Warm and sunny weather in the area cattle were clean and dry coming through the ring. Next Auction Dates for Feb 5th RJ Cline Bull Auction and Special Feeder Cattle Auction expecting 5000 head. Feb 12th Huffman Bull Auction and Special Bred Cow Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $167.13/cwt on 2,867 head.
Average price
$167.13
2,867 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,045
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.18
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1629168.091,0572,589
Medium and Large 1-2597158.17944278
One grade step is worth $9.92/cwt here — about $113 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 sale2,867 hd
167.13
—
NE average9 barns · 19,289 hd
162.95
+4.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1388203.00/cwt203.00–203.0078822
Steers—Medium and Large 1432200.11/cwt198.00–202.0086450
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy448197.00/cwt197.00–197.0088310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471186.00/cwt186.00–186.0087610
Steers—Medium and Large 1479197.62/cwt191.00–200.00947115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512174.16/cwt170.50–176.5089231
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy515193.50/cwt193.50–193.5099790
Steers—Medium and Large 1524183.79/cwt178.25–188.00963228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569159.65/cwt159.25–160.0090863
Steers—Medium and Large 1578171.56/cwt164.00–177.25992471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623154.44/cwt150.50–158.50962151
Steers—Medium and Large 1627168.47/cwt162.75–173.751,056574
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy650170.25/cwt170.25–170.251,10779
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671145.00/cwt145.00–145.0097323
Steers—Medium and Large 1677159.55/cwt157.25–162.251,080327
Steers—Medium and Large 1726153.12/cwt149.10–156.501,112405
Steers—Medium and Large 1780145.84/cwt145.25–146.501,138148
Steers—Medium and Large 1823142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,17370
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381171.20/cwt164.00–175.0065268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440165.30/cwt164.00–168.0072759
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472150.00/cwt150.00–150.0070810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475166.32/cwt162.00–173.00790199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517155.21/cwt154.00–157.0080227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521164.06/cwt150.00–168.00855436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566145.02/cwt141.00–149.5082152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement580172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,00194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581157.67/cwt151.50–164.50916605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616153.86/cwt152.00–158.50948302
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638140.94/cwt140.50–141.2589919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement644171.77/cwt171.00–172.501,106117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement659166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,09780
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672148.32/cwt142.50–153.00997176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,10414

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.