Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2020-10-07

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
3,960 head
▲ 280 vs last sale 3,680▲ 260 vs year ago 3,700 · +7.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 850 to 1000 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 higher, 800 and 900 lbs spayed heifers traded unevenly steady, 900 lbs heifers traded 3.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers. Next Auction Dates for Oct 14th and 21st

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.26/cwt on 2,405 head.
Average price
$142.26
2,405 head · 943 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$608
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.17
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2491150.0073715thin
Medium and Large 1945142.211,3442,390
One grade step is worth $7.79/cwt here — about −$608 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 sale2,405 hd
142.26
—
NE average10 barns · 17,529 hd
154.43
−12.17
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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491150.00/cwt150.00–150.0073715
Steers—Medium and Large 1599153.50/cwt153.50–153.509199
Steers—Medium and Large 1740152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,12916
Steers—Medium and Large 1779148.22/cwt145.00–151.751,15549
Steers—Medium and Large 1837140.34/cwt139.00–145.501,17563
Steers—Medium and Large 1863148.07/cwt141.00–150.251,278366
Steers—Medium and Large 1938144.66/cwt140.75–147.501,357650
Steers—Medium and Large 1971139.91/cwt133.50–142.601,359790
Steers—Medium and Large 11,026136.94/cwt134.25–137.501,405447
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1548149.50/cwt149.50–149.508198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629154.50/cwt154.50–154.5097262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673139.00/cwt139.00–139.0093513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734138.39/cwt135.50–142.001,01646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed768142.36/cwt141.25–144.001,093300
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2783132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,03412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Spayed791136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,07624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810137.85/cwt135.00–140.751,117146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed839139.89/cwt139.50–140.251,174271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed866139.92/cwt139.50–141.001,212248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2894130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,16219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1897134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,20624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1919136.01/cwt132.25–137.251,250137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed919134.61/cwt132.75–137.001,237254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2954129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed955131.51/cwt127.00–132.501,25634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1956133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,27164
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,018129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,31324

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.