Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2023-09-20

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
3,070 head
▼ 380 vs last sale 3,450▼ 220 vs year ago 3,290 · −6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago, 900 lbs steers traded 2.00 higher, 950 lbs steers traded 5.00 lower and 1000 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 higher. A limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 850 lbs trading 4.00 higher. Demand was good with a several buyers and a very active internet bidding. Next Auction Dates, Sept 27th and Oct 4th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $247.85/cwt on 1,506 head.
Average price
$247.85
1,506 head · 839 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,080
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.79
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840248.562,0881,421
Medium and Large 1-2819235.951,93385
One grade step is worth $12.61/cwt here — about $156 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 sale1,506 hd
247.85
—
NE average11 barns · 9,818 hd
251.64
−3.79
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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1447313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,39911
Steers—Medium and Large 1470302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,41913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2551294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,62015
Steers—Medium and Large 1571305.18/cwt299.00–311.501,74343
Steers—Medium and Large 1645301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9418
Steers—Medium and Large 1669292.69/cwt291.00–295.501,95819
Steers—Medium and Large 1715290.73/cwt286.50–294.502,07962
Steers—Medium and Large 1861264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,27752
Steers—Medium and Large 1932262.92/cwt260.00–263.502,450360
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2960233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,23714
Steers—Medium and Large 1961250.79/cwt247.00–253.502,410148
Steers—Medium and Large 11,032245.50/cwt243.50–250.002,534332
Steers—Medium and Large 11,054238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,514104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,34115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,44612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1594280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,66311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,49722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634265.70/cwt259.50–275.501,68520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675260.62/cwt253.00–263.001,759101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728262.05/cwt256.50–265.001,908120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,79511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed775260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,01563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed800261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,088124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813257.54/cwt246.50–260.002,09490
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880246.16/cwt240.50–248.002,166162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed882242.06/cwt237.75–243.752,135330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914239.63/cwt236.00–242.752,19087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2921232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,13752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed927232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,15160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed950237.75/cwt237.75–237.752,25965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1973233.46/cwt230.50–234.002,272103
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,016226.77/cwt226.50–227.002,30444

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.