Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2021-03-24

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 24
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
3,155 head
▼ 1,245 vs last sale 4,400▲ 3,155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison, a trend will not be given. Demand was good with several buyers and high internet bidding. Next Auction Dates March 31st Special Bred Cow Auction, April 7th Special Back to grass Feeder Cattle Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.49/cwt on 1,872 head.
Average price
$144.49
1,872 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$948
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.76
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1663144.599591,765
Medium and Large 1-2542142.85774107
One grade step is worth $1.75/cwt here — about $185 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 sale1,872 hd
144.49
—
NE average8 barns · 8,810 hd
142.73
+1.76
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 1-2364188.00/cwt188.00–188.0068410
Steers—Medium and Large 1436193.67/cwt192.00–196.5084421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437181.00/cwt181.00–181.0079124
Steers—Medium and Large 1458191.27/cwt190.00–192.0087638
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471178.00/cwt178.00–178.008388
Steers—Medium and Large 1513190.55/cwt180.00–196.75978105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530171.16/cwt163.00–176.0090735
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed568187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,06523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577159.62/cwt158.00–161.0092119
Steers—Medium and Large 1586175.54/cwt172.00–178.001,02953
Steers—Medium and Large 1635158.52/cwt155.00–161.001,007183
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666145.00/cwt145.00–145.0096626
Steers—Medium and Large 1691150.16/cwt150.00–151.001,03890
Steers—Medium and Large 1714151.51/cwt146.50–154.001,082259
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy741136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,00818
Steers—Medium and Large 1824138.84/cwt131.00–139.751,144141
Steers—Medium and Large 1851138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,17449
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340150.00/cwt150.00–150.005109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382166.21/cwt165.00–169.0063516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435160.70/cwt155.00–165.0069949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474161.06/cwt156.00–167.00763106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527160.48/cwt152.50–167.00846234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540143.48/cwt140.00–148.5077546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578141.05/cwt136.00–144.0081552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588149.10/cwt146.50–159.00877104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623147.05/cwt141.50–154.00916328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673140.89/cwt134.00–145.00948344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement715164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,17640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733135.80/cwt134.50–136.50995118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1794132.49/cwt126.00–134.501,05273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815129.63/cwt129.00–130.501,056141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869126.94/cwt126.00–127.001,103152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement877133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,16960

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.