Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2021-12-08

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2021-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-08

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 8

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Dec 1Dec 8Jan 5 →

Receipts

3,735 head

▲ 65 vs last sale 3,670▲ 1,330 vs year ago 2,405 · +55.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500 to 650 lbs steers traded steady to 6.00 higher and a limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 500 lb offerings trading 10.00 higher. Demand was very good with several buyers and high internet bidding. Next Auction Date: Dec 15th Special Holiday Bred Cow and Heifer Auction

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $189.01/cwt on 2,829 head.

Average price

$189.01

2,829 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,193

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$2.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.21

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	634	189.10	1,198	2,696
Medium and Large 1-2	584	187.07	1,093	133

One grade step is worth $2.03/cwt here — about $105 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 sale2,829 hd

189.01

—

NE average10 barns · 18,067 hd

185.80

+3.21

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	397	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	893	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	865	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	206.67/cwt	200.00–217.00	992	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	981	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	977	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,118	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	204.68/cwt	199.00–209.00	1,095	271
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	200.60/cwt	194.00–202.50	1,149	203
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	187.97/cwt	180.00–191.50	1,098	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	612	199.65/cwt	196.00–205.35	1,222	464
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	182.45/cwt	173.00–187.25	1,144	516
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	673	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,174	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	176.69/cwt	170.25–182.50	1,205	435
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,166	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	690	183.83/cwt	183.25–184.50	1,268	237
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	177.31/cwt	170.25–181.00	1,312	352
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	1,319	33
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	399	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	742	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	181.26/cwt	180.00–185.00	788	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	183.78/cwt	178.00–189.00	847	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	844	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	177.88/cwt	169.00–184.25	959	205
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	932	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	177.05/cwt	169.50–180.00	1,000	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	984	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	168.17/cwt	166.00–173.50	1,049	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	647	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,013	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	1,144	14

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Dec 8, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,735Last week 3,670Year ago 2,405

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	624	166.00–173.50	168.17
120	—	565	169.50–180.00	177.05
205	—	539	169.00–184.25	177.88
14	—	754	151.75	151.75
52	—	435	180.00–185.00	181.26
29	—	461	178.00–189.00	183.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	399	186.00	186.00
19	—	623	158.00	158.00
6	—	558	167.00	167.00
9	—	488	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	647	156.50	156.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	770	171.25	171.25
516	—	627	173.00–187.25	182.45
271	—	535	199.00–209.00	204.68
5	—	414	209.00	209.00
11	—	397	225.00	225.00
352	—	740	170.25–181.00	177.31
435	—	682	170.25–182.50	176.69
93	—	480	200.00–217.00	206.67
203	—	573	194.00–202.50	200.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	673	174.50	174.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	584	180.00–191.50	187.97
6	—	493	199.00	199.00
9	—	509	192.00	192.00
12	—	688	169.50	169.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
237	—	690	183.25–184.50	183.83
464	—	612	196.00–205.35	199.65
58	—	520	215.00	215.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.