Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2023-10-25

Bassett

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 25
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852
Receipts
3,390 head
▼ 1,050 vs last sale 4,440▲ 295 vs year ago 3,095 · +9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A limited number of comparable offerings from two weeks ago, with 900 lbs steers trading steady. Demand was good with several buyers and active internet bidding. Cooler weather in the area with light rain showers today. Next Auction Dates Special Calves and Yearlings: Nov 1st 8th 15th and Special Bred Cows & Pairs Nov 29th

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $289.30/cwt on 1,691 head.
Average price
$289.30
1,691 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$277
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.29
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628290.241,8221,462
Medium and Large 1-2546283.291,546229
One grade step is worth $6.95/cwt here — about $277 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 sale1,691 hd
289.30
—
NE average12 barns · 17,598 hd
294.59
−5.29
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1361348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,25614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,3708
Steers—Medium and Large 1433343.56/cwt332.00–354.001,488107
Steers—Medium and Large 1464342.98/cwt335.00–345.001,59168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2507294.60/cwt265.00–300.001,494117
Steers—Medium and Large 1526320.70/cwt312.00–330.501,687320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571273.66/cwt262.00–276.001,56353
Steers—Medium and Large 1591286.24/cwt282.00–290.001,692180
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned618284.74/cwt284.00–289.001,760124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627261.14/cwt256.00–269.001,63751
Steers—Medium and Large 1630282.75/cwt282.75–282.751,781160
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned663264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,75047
Steers—Medium and Large 1679252.68/cwt249.75–258.001,716115
Steers—Medium and Large 1713268.06/cwt266.50–270.001,911128
Steers—Medium and Large 1865246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,12815
Steers—Medium and Large 1921245.75/cwt239.25–248.502,263184
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384294.62/cwt292.00–296.001,13114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412304.47/cwt303.00–306.001,25478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437288.08/cwt287.00–295.001,25975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474289.59/cwt282.00–295.001,373179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479266.98/cwt258.00–271.001,27929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521257.11/cwt250.00–268.001,34033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526278.44/cwt273.00–280.001,465123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568264.80/cwt258.00–270.001,50452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,45014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618242.14/cwt240.00–243.001,49624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716241.71/cwt239.50–247.001,73162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,83060
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817238.76/cwt234.75–240.501,95184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed823243.50/cwt243.50–243.502,00471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed889238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,12064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1890235.61/cwt220.00–237.752,097130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed910238.75/cwt238.75–238.752,17353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1918234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,14858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2927226.50/cwt226.50–226.502,10010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed988226.50/cwt226.50–226.502,238108
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,023219.88/cwt213.25–224.002,249119
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,123187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,1008
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,183181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,1415

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.