Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2023-07-26

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Jul 26
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
4,025 head
▼ 2,955 vs last sale 6,980▼ 4,205 vs year ago 8,230 · −51.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 600 and 900 lbs steers traded 5.00 to 7.00 higher, 950 lbs steers traded 3.00 lower and 1000 lbs steers traded 2.00 higher. Heifer offerings 550 lbs traded 11.00 lower and 700 lbs offerings traded steady. Demand was good for the day with several buyers and active internet bidding. The heat has hit the Sandhills of Nebraska with high humidity. Next Auction Dates Aug 9th and 23rd

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $260.41/cwt on 2,689 head.
Average price
$260.41
2,689 head · 911 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,372
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$449
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.32
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1913260.412,3782,651
Medium and Large 1-2742260.141,92938
One grade step is worth $0.27/cwt here — about $449 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 sale2,689 hd
260.41
—
NE average5 barns · 6,693 hd
256.09
+4.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1394345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,35916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2406312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,2697
Steers—Medium and Large 1438340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4895
Steers—Medium and Large 1473328.50/cwt328.50–328.501,55453
Steers—Medium and Large 1537326.17/cwt325.50–329.501,75245
Steers—Medium and Large 1568310.50/cwt300.00–319.001,76480
Steers—Medium and Large 1629311.86/cwt299.00–315.751,962166
Steers—Medium and Large 1684284.20/cwt278.00–289.001,94434
Steers—Medium and Large 1733280.74/cwt279.00–285.502,05890
Steers—Medium and Large 1751264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,98320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,91616
Steers—Medium and Large 1817246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,01020
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural865262.75/cwt262.75–262.752,27373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2873246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,14815
Steers—Medium and Large 1914262.36/cwt258.00–266.002,398492
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural978249.75/cwt249.75–249.752,443110
Steers—Medium and Large 1984248.42/cwt233.50–253.252,444593
Steers—Medium and Large 11,026241.25/cwt235.00–246.002,475417
Steers—Medium and Large 11,055241.78/cwt241.00–243.252,551437
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,24119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,32018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486283.32/cwt278.00–290.001,37723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575283.29/cwt270.00–289.501,629167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2597267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,59419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634264.02/cwt262.50–268.001,674126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666260.14/cwt258.50–265.001,733128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1709256.62/cwt253.50–258.001,819133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1758247.28/cwt243.50–254.001,87449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,98034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed849247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,10164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed866252.75/cwt252.75–252.752,189324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1908210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,90730
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,015215.25/cwt215.25–215.252,18562

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.