Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2023-09-27

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 27
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
2,800 head
▼ 270 vs last sale 3,070▲ 360 vs year ago 2,440 · +14.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 900 lbs steers traded 7.00 lower, 950 to 1000 steers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Limited number of comparable offerings for heifers with 850 lbs offerings trading 8.00 lower. Several load lots today with active internet bidding and several buyers at the barn. Next Auction Dates Oct 4th, 11th, and 25th Calves and Yearlings. Oct 18th Bred Cows

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $251.51/cwt on 1,495 head.
Average price
$251.51
1,495 head · 944 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,375
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$441
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.99
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2749259.841,94644
Medium and Large 1950251.262,3881,451
One grade step is worth $8.58/cwt here — about −$441 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 sale1,495 hd
251.51
—
NE average4 barns · 2,836 hd
267.50
−15.99
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,74511
Steers—Medium and Large 1757268.76/cwt261.50–270.002,03583
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782256.96/cwt254.50–258.002,00933
Steers—Medium and Large 1834258.31/cwt257.75–259.002,154118
Steers—Medium and Large 1863257.64/cwt256.50–258.752,223146
Steers—Medium and Large 1930255.28/cwt240.25–256.502,374257
Steers—Medium and Large 1967251.42/cwt244.25–256.002,431427
Steers—Medium and Large 11,001242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,42258
Steers—Medium and Large 11,054240.82/cwt240.00–241.502,538362
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,63411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2651251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,63714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728260.25/cwt260.25–260.251,89545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741247.11/cwt245.00–253.001,83160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed747249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,86028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed803245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,96770
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,924145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed858242.20/cwt240.00–244.252,078136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1874239.30/cwt235.00–239.752,091303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1903244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,20351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed929244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,267115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1993222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,20915
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,002231.91/cwt226.00–232.502,324100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,003223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,23712
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,113196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,18124

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.