Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2020-02-26

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
2,610 head
▼ 845 vs last sale 3,455▲ 2,610 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week, 500 lbs steers traded 1.00 lower and 800 lbs steers traded 9.00 lower, 500 to 650 lbs heifers traded 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with an active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates: Monday, March 2nd Arrowsmith Red Angus Bull & Replacement Auction, and Wed. March 4th Hall Ranch Bull Auction and Special Bred Cow Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.56/cwt on 1,409 head.
Average price
$153.56
1,409 head · 591 lb average
Value per head Derived
$907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.75
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592154.499151,293
Medium 1-2536152.0181538
Medium and Large 1-2591138.9482178
One grade step is worth $15.55/cwt here — about $94 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 sale1,409 hd
153.56
—
NE average8 barns · 10,242 hd
147.81
+5.75
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 1348190.50/cwt190.50–190.506638
Steers—Medium and Large 1381187.00/cwt187.00–187.007126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2404168.00/cwt168.00–168.006796
Steers—Medium and Large 1421189.73/cwt183.00–194.0079929
Steers—Medium and Large 1459194.80/cwt186.00–200.0089445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485179.00/cwt179.00–179.0086816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522166.53/cwt157.00–178.0086976
Steers—Medium and Large 1536186.33/cwt178.00–190.50999193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557174.00/cwt173.00–177.0096932
Steers—Medium and Large 1560184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,03010
Steers—Medium 1-2624151.00/cwt151.00–151.0094224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629161.72/cwt160.00–166.001,017135
Steers—Medium and Large 1644174.29/cwt173.00–181.001,12248
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2652145.00/cwt145.00–145.009458
Steers—Medium and Large 1678151.56/cwt150.50–153.001,02864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705136.00/cwt136.00–136.0095917
Steers—Medium and Large 1711151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,07587
Steers—Medium and Large 1776134.63/cwt133.00–136.001,04515
Steers—Medium and Large 1801135.25/cwt132.00–136.501,083104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359165.00/cwt165.00–165.005925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422162.45/cwt160.00–165.0068678
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482162.98/cwt158.00–169.0078656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512148.57/cwt148.00–149.0076130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522163.63/cwt153.50–167.00854182
Heifers—Medium 1-2536152.01/cwt150.00–152.5081538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575151.07/cwt143.50–158.00869321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577139.43/cwt139.00–140.0080519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609135.00/cwt135.00–135.0082211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement625168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,05086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638143.25/cwt138.00–149.50914287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1652139.32/cwt134.00–140.75908117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement671182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,22569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement702161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,13080
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727124.78/cwt124.00–125.0090718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760127.00/cwt127.00–127.0096512

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.