Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2021-04-28

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Apr 28
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
4,170 head
▼ 2,130 vs last sale 6,300▼ 20 vs year ago 4,190 · −0.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given. Consignments today included several loads of grass cattle from reputation Sandhill ranches. Rain showers and foggy conditions in the area. Next Auction Dates May 12th Special Feeder Cattle and Pair Auction

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.95/cwt on 2,575 head.
Average price
$156.95
2,575 head · 663 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.58
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1662157.831,0442,439
Medium and Large 1-2684141.12966136
One grade step is worth $16.71/cwt here — about $79 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 sale2,575 hd
156.95
—
NE average5 barns · 6,209 hd
157.52
−0.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1372184.00/cwt184.00–184.006848
Steers—Medium and Large 1416173.00/cwt173.00–173.0072022
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438167.00/cwt167.00–167.007319
Steers—Medium and Large 1479187.18/cwt174.50–200.00897158
Steers—Medium and Large 1536176.26/cwt171.00–182.00945320
Steers—Medium and Large 1588167.27/cwt164.50–181.00984592
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610154.50/cwt154.50–154.5094213
Steers—Medium and Large 1636161.96/cwt155.00–167.001,03079
Steers—Medium and Large 1675158.59/cwt151.00–160.251,070313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699142.50/cwt142.50–142.5099658
Steers—Medium and Large 1722148.67/cwt142.00–152.001,073264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726132.42/cwt131.75–138.0096156
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy741131.00/cwt131.00–131.0097118
Steers—Medium and Large 1773143.63/cwt134.50–148.501,110260
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC790141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,11475
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy797126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,00867
Steers—Medium and Large 1816131.07/cwt128.75–136.001,07092
Steers—Medium and Large 1853136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,16257
Steers—Medium and Large 1911126.44/cwt126.00–127.001,152114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1346161.00/cwt161.00–161.005577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382160.92/cwt160.00–162.0061524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418158.59/cwt155.00–167.0066359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434150.00/cwt150.00–150.0065114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473151.02/cwt149.00–156.0071440
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480167.94/cwt161.00–174.00806170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523146.00/cwt146.00–146.0076420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530159.03/cwt151.00–164.5084390
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571149.45/cwt143.50–153.50853224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620141.21/cwt135.50–144.00876189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677134.97/cwt134.00–135.5091475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690128.50/cwt128.50–128.508877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727130.46/cwt126.00–133.50948232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785128.78/cwt125.50–134.001,01188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815129.62/cwt124.50–132.501,05617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1866124.32/cwt123.50–126.501,07726

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.