Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2021-01-06

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 6
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
4,730 head
▲ 2,545 vs last sale 2,185▼ 2,135 vs year ago 6,865 · −31.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First Sale of the New Year for Bassett Livestock Auction. Demand was very good with several buyers in the seats and out of state bidders. Cooler weather in the area. Next Auction Dates for Jan 13th and 20th Special Feeder Cattle Auctions

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.48/cwt on 3,334 head.
Average price
$163.48
3,334 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,022
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.22
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1624165.331,0322,848
Medium and Large 1-2631152.64963486
One grade step is worth $12.69/cwt here — about $69 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 sale3,334 hd
163.48
—
NE average5 barns · 11,958 hd
152.26
+11.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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 1436197.50/cwt197.50–197.5086116
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy468205.50/cwt205.50–205.50962109
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478173.12/cwt172.00–175.0082813
Steers—Medium and Large 1484186.37/cwt178.00–192.50902139
Steers—Medium and Large 1533183.16/cwt180.00–187.50976309
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540170.52/cwt162.00–172.76921133
Steers—Medium and Large 1580170.35/cwt163.50–173.75988555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581153.74/cwt153.00–157.0089326
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy600174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,04498
Steers—Medium and Large 1626160.79/cwt152.50–165.501,007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631148.03/cwt145.50–153.2593489
Steers—Medium and Large 1662160.31/cwt150.25–165.501,061485
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679145.25/cwt144.50–150.00986155
Steers—Medium and Large 1718148.67/cwt140.00–150.501,067538
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732138.49/cwt136.00–139.501,01431
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2754135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,02039
Steers—Medium and Large 1769142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,09275
Steers—Medium and Large 1819140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,14970
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439168.87/cwt162.00–170.5074129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475169.21/cwt160.00–174.00804132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533158.95/cwt157.00–160.2584779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575152.53/cwt146.00–155.00877279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618143.89/cwt143.00–145.00889194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement623153.54/cwt152.00–157.00957261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692131.98/cwt126.00–136.0091374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement700139.00/cwt139.00–139.0097380

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.