Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2022-01-26

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 26
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
4,500 head
▲ 1,925 vs last sale 2,575▲ 260 vs year ago 4,240 · +6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 550 lbs steers traded 10.00 higher, 650 to 700 lbs steers traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifer offerings 450 to 500 lbs traded 8.00 to 9.00 higher and 550 to 650 lbs heifers traded steady. Demand was very good with several buyers and an active internet. Next Auction Date Feb 2nd RJ Cline bull sale and 3,300 Feeder Auction starting at 12:30 pm

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $171.10/cwt on 2,100 head.
Average price
$171.10
2,100 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,043
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.42
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610171.121,0442,081
Medium and Large 1-2556168.6193819thin
One grade step is worth $2.52/cwt here — about $106 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 sale2,100 hd
171.10
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NE average9 barns · 13,514 hd
164.68
+6.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1381225.00/cwt225.00–225.0085712
Steers—Medium and Large 1481213.10/cwt203.00–217.001,02588
Steers—Medium and Large 1532213.71/cwt212.00–217.001,13766
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537197.41/cwt196.75–198.001,06021
Steers—Medium and Large 1569202.49/cwt192.50–207.001,152166
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed606196.50/cwt196.50–196.501,19132
Steers—Medium and Large 1627183.85/cwt179.50–192.001,153207
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2647170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,10324
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy672188.75/cwt188.75–188.751,26882
Steers—Medium and Large 1674180.66/cwt179.00–183.251,218356
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684171.24/cwt169.50–174.001,17139
Steers—Medium and Large 1722172.60/cwt163.00–177.251,246530
Steers—Medium and Large 1771166.91/cwt163.25–170.001,287338
Steers—Medium and Large 1807167.75/cwt167.75–167.751,35472
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394194.87/cwt193.00–196.0076821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434181.64/cwt180.00–185.0078825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473181.99/cwt175.00–187.00861104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed474200.00/cwt200.00–200.0094899
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521186.49/cwt175.00–189.75972194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536171.50/cwt171.50–171.5091914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570175.31/cwt166.00–186.50999438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement606176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,06778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613160.50/cwt160.50–160.509845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621165.84/cwt160.25–170.001,030343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678159.92/cwt153.00–168.501,084471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement690177.25/cwt177.25–177.251,22376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714154.17/cwt151.00–155.501,10166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement745162.78/cwt162.00–163.001,21384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1753145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,09211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement759154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,16971

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.