Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2020-02-19

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 19
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
3,455 head
▼ 1,030 vs last sale 4,485▲ 3,455 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 500 to 600 lbs steers traded 3.00 to 12.00 higher, 650 to700 lbs steers traded steady, and 450 to 650 lbs heifers traded 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and an active internet. Next Auction Feb 26th Special Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.01/cwt on 1,814 head.
Average price
$175.01
1,814 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,082
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.32
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1620175.621,0891,696
Medium and Large 1-2597166.21993118
One grade step is worth $9.41/cwt here — about $96 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 sale1,814 hd
175.01
—
NE average8 barns · 14,312 hd
162.69
+12.32
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 1393213.00/cwt213.00–213.008376
Steers—Medium and Large 1438205.76/cwt200.00–211.0090137
Steers—Medium and Large 1463204.81/cwt200.00–208.0094874
Steers—Medium and Large 1525188.17/cwt184.00–197.50988288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532182.00/cwt182.00–182.0096815
Steers—Medium and Large 1577183.07/cwt174.00–189.001,056238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587162.18/cwt159.00–163.5095252
Steers—Medium and Large 1613181.25/cwt171.00–185.001,111403
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627165.68/cwt154.00–169.001,03951
Steers—Medium and Large 1673163.80/cwt158.50–170.001,102284
Steers—Medium and Large 1723158.53/cwt156.25–160.501,146218
Steers—Medium and Large 1759149.51/cwt149.25–149.751,135105
Steers—Medium and Large 1807144.75/cwt144.75–144.751,16843
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430175.00/cwt175.00–175.0075335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473171.59/cwt168.00–175.00812128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521170.97/cwt167.50–175.50891199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521160.40/cwt159.00–162.0083643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569151.44/cwt145.00–153.0086237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574160.24/cwt156.00–168.25920330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615150.89/cwt146.50–157.00928189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement676175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,18362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682141.60/cwt139.75–147.00966248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,02981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement726168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,22370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768139.33/cwt131.00–142.751,07098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,13464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,08116

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.