Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2020-12-02

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
2,035 head
▲ 165 vs last sale 1,870▼ 1,375 vs year ago 3,410 · −40.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction 500 to 550 lbs steers traded 5.00 higher and 500 lbs heifers traded 2.0 higher. Demand was good with an active internet bidding. Next Auction Date for Dec. 9th and 16th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.14/cwt on 1,491 head.
Average price
$168.14
1,491 head · 592 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.72
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590169.329991,384
Medium and Large 1-2618152.92946107
One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $53 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 sale1,491 hd
168.14
—
NE average5 barns · 12,115 hd
160.42
+7.72
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1398179.00/cwt179.00–179.0071210
Steers—Medium and Large 1400175.00/cwt175.00–175.007006
Steers—Medium and Large 1485187.44/cwt180.00–191.00909124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492165.38/cwt156.00–169.0081418
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned499174.50/cwt174.50–174.5087135
Steers—Medium and Large 1532176.53/cwt169.00–185.00939264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548161.00/cwt161.00–161.008828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586147.49/cwt140.00–151.0086416
Steers—Medium and Large 1588166.03/cwt165.00–167.00976276
Steers—Medium and Large 1612165.79/cwt158.50–168.001,015370
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637151.31/cwt150.00–152.5096419
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy664169.75/cwt169.75–169.751,127106
Steers—Medium and Large 1670160.22/cwt158.00–160.751,073134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674150.84/cwt145.00–154.501,01739
Steers—Medium and Large 1708152.90/cwt152.50–153.501,08335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0327
Steers—Medium and Large 1758148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,12624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391164.00/cwt164.00–164.006418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438160.00/cwt160.00–160.007017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443164.00/cwt164.00–164.007278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459165.96/cwt163.00–170.0076281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484145.00/cwt145.00–145.007026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522153.67/cwt147.00–158.00802170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585150.90/cwt141.00–152.5088384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633135.23/cwt130.00–140.5085624

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.