Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2021-10-13

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
4,290 head
▲ 135 vs last sale 4,155▲ 495 vs year ago 3,795 · +13.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from last week with 850 to 950 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 lower and 850 lbs spayed heifers traded 2.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers and high internet bidding. Rain in the Sandhills with cooler weather on its way. Next Auction Dates Oct 20th Special Bred Cow & Pairs Oct 27th Special Calves & Yearlings

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.71/cwt on 3,100 head.
Average price
$166.71
3,100 head · 795 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,325
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$423
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.46
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537169.7291266
Medium and Large 1801166.641,3343,034
One grade step is worth $3.08/cwt here — about −$423 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 sale3,100 hd
166.71
—
NE average12 barns · 17,867 hd
173.17
−6.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1313208.00/cwt208.00–208.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 1368214.00/cwt214.00–214.0078811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2397191.00/cwt191.00–191.007588
Steers—Medium and Large 1422199.50/cwt199.50–199.5084215
Steers—Medium and Large 1453204.00/cwt204.00–204.0092456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465182.00/cwt182.00–182.008467
Steers—Medium and Large 1523190.33/cwt181.00–199.25995299
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526169.04/cwt161.00–172.0088930
Steers—Medium and Large 1582178.20/cwt167.00–183.501,037171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2591163.50/cwt163.50–163.5096614
Steers—Medium and Large 1617170.01/cwt162.50–173.001,049254
Steers—Medium and Large 1676166.44/cwt163.00–171.001,125138
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC699168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,17444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2709148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,0537
Steers—Medium and Large 1743165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,22613
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC755167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,26171
Steers—Medium and Large 1789165.88/cwt162.50–169.001,309146
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural818156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,28065
Steers—Medium and Large 1824164.68/cwt159.00–165.501,357267
Steers—Medium and Large 1878163.16/cwt158.25–165.001,433270
Steers—Medium and Large 1931160.53/cwt156.50–162.251,495768
Steers—Medium and Large 1981153.65/cwt152.25–154.001,507283
Steers—Medium and Large 11,053151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,59858
Steers—Medium and Large 11,129148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,679100
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384177.04/cwt171.00–179.0068025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413173.41/cwt170.50–177.5071638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420162.63/cwt159.50–166.0068312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485170.23/cwt163.00–173.25826121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2541149.00/cwt149.00–149.008069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571153.65/cwt150.00–155.0087741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631145.00/cwt145.00–145.0091519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed693152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,05310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed767155.31/cwt154.00–156.001,19167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed848158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,34062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed877153.98/cwt153.50–154.251,350180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed918154.21/cwt153.00–155.251,416254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed982150.36/cwt148.00–152.751,477116
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,043143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,49755

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.