Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2021-01-20

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 20
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
2,800 head
▼ 980 vs last sale 3,780▼ 605 vs year ago 3,405 · −17.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction in Bassett, 500 to 700 lbs steers traded unevenly steady, 500 to 600 lbs heifers traded steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good with several buyers and some internet bidding. Warmer weather in the area temperatures topping 50 degrees today. Next Auction Date, Jan 27th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.92/cwt on 1,407 head.
Average price
$150.92
1,407 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$915
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.62
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1606151.009151,401
Medium and Large 1-2674130.008766thin
One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $39 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 sale1,407 hd
150.92
—
NE average11 barns · 16,049 hd
142.29
+8.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 1-2389175.00/cwt175.00–175.006819
Steers—Medium and Large 1434190.89/cwt180.00–195.0082830
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441165.00/cwt165.00–165.0072818
Steers—Medium and Large 1480187.42/cwt187.00–188.0090031
Steers—Medium and Large 1508177.00/cwt177.00–177.008998
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527165.00/cwt165.00–165.0087065
Steers—Medium and Large 1571171.89/cwt167.00–174.75981197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586157.50/cwt150.00–161.5092341
Steers—Medium and Large 1632160.97/cwt159.85–162.001,017170
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641141.00/cwt141.00–141.009049
Steers—Medium and Large 1677145.13/cwt142.50–150.00983265
Steers—Medium and Large 1719143.39/cwt141.00–146.001,031173
Steers—Medium and Large 1781138.06/cwt135.25–140.001,078170
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429166.35/cwt166.00–167.0071412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485167.50/cwt165.00–170.0081283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529158.24/cwt153.00–163.75837232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571152.95/cwt147.50–155.50873327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement611154.00/cwt154.00–154.0094164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637144.90/cwt139.75–147.50923380
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement666147.93/cwt143.25–155.50985150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674130.00/cwt130.00–130.008766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1694134.00/cwt134.00–134.0093011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707135.99/cwt132.00–139.2596162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement774149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,15380

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.