Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2023-05-10

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, May 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
4,990 head
▼ 830 vs last sale 5,820▲ 3,630 vs year ago 1,360 · +266.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 550 to 700 lbs steers traded steady to 14.00 higher and comparable heifer offerings 400 to 550 lbs offerings traded steady to 9.00 lower and 600 lbs heifers traded 9.00 higher. Demand was good with several buyers for light weight grass calves. Some yearling offerings at the barn today due to grass conditions. The Sandhills have been getting a few rain showers and pastures are slowly greening up. Next auction Date May 17th Special Bred Cow 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 $271.55/cwt on 2,428 head.
Average price
$271.55
2,428 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$16.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.93
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589272.581,6052,203
Medium and Large 1-2553265.071,465136
Medium 1591256.001,51389
One grade step is worth $16.58/cwt here — about $92 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 sale2,428 hd
271.55
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NE average5 barns · 5,578 hd
240.62
+30.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 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 1338316.59/cwt316.00–318.001,07035
Steers—Medium and Large 1370312.93/cwt300.00–318.001,15880
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,1637
Steers—Medium and Large 1426304.32/cwt299.00–309.501,296206
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434280.95/cwt280.00–282.001,21915
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy463305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,41242
Steers—Medium and Large 1477294.28/cwt287.00–298.001,404173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490283.00/cwt281.00–284.001,38730
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed492312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,53835
Steers—Medium and Large 1522290.48/cwt286.00–293.001,51657
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522281.60/cwt280.00–283.001,47033
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy528306.55/cwt306.00–307.251,619238
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4547
Steers—Medium and Large 1565276.21/cwt270.50–283.001,561130
Steers—Medium 1591256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,51389
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy593287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,70247
Steers—Medium and Large 1620269.85/cwt260.00–275.001,673178
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,55316
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed654273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,78590
Steers—Medium and Large 1670249.70/cwt241.50–255.001,673495
Steers—Medium and Large 1704237.43/cwt233.50–238.001,672329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,56428
Steers—Medium and Large 1842206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,73514
Steers—Medium and Large 1881202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,78054
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318295.58/cwt290.00–301.0094053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384282.51/cwt275.00–289.001,085130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424280.54/cwt274.00–287.001,189123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436265.43/cwt257.50–270.001,15748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474276.43/cwt270.00–285.001,310295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476264.03/cwt255.00–268.001,257117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy507300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,521131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517256.40/cwt250.00–268.001,326114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526239.76/cwt230.00–247.001,26166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562232.73/cwt230.00–240.001,308158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy584252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,47297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed597242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,44839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611236.83/cwt233.00–239.751,447203
Heifers—Medium 1621229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,42290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed658235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,54680
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,4158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684221.15/cwt221.00–222.501,51386
Heifers—Medium 1716208.75/cwt208.75–208.751,495138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772201.50/cwt201.50–201.501,55641
Heifers—Medium and Large 1NHTC785199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,56270

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.