Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2022-02-16

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
3,135 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 2,985▲ 935 vs year ago 2,200 · +42.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago with 750 lbs steers trading 7.00 lower. Heifer offerings 550 lbs, 650 lbs to 700 lbs trading steady and 600 lbs heifers trading 4.00 higher. Demand was good with an active internet bidding through out the sale. Next Auction Date Feb 23rd Special 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 $173.45/cwt on 1,488 head.
Average price
$173.45
1,488 head · 648 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,124
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.41
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1648173.811,1271,459
Medium and Large 1-2646155.281,00229
One grade step is worth $18.54/cwt here — about $124 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 sale1,488 hd
173.45
—
NE average8 barns · 11,687 hd
169.04
+4.41
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 1434233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,01112
Steers—Medium and Large 1478237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,13334
Steers—Medium and Large 1537214.19/cwt210.50–218.001,15032
Steers—Medium and Large 1566209.74/cwt203.50–213.001,18760
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,12725
Steers—Medium and Large 1621185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,15259
Steers—Medium and Large 1675182.42/cwt173.00–189.251,231397
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680170.71/cwt170.50–171.001,16151
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full681160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,09063
Steers—Medium and Large 1731170.68/cwt167.50–173.001,248168
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full750153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,15120
Steers—Medium and Large 1769168.64/cwt165.50–171.001,297408
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,19413
Steers—Medium and Large 1817163.78/cwt160.00–166.001,33852
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487196.61/cwt194.00–202.0095749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531186.44/cwt182.00–191.0099082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573182.70/cwt175.00–188.001,047339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577164.00/cwt164.00–164.0094612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement617195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,20393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624168.73/cwt160.00–175.501,053306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673165.79/cwt159.50–170.001,116145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement683189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,29480
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2694149.12/cwt145.00–155.001,03517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722153.30/cwt149.00–155.001,107101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768164.65/cwt152.00–166.501,265165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,28037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,30062

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.