Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2023-12-13

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2023-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 13

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Dec 6Dec 13Jan 3 →

Receipts

3,730 head

▲ 625 vs last sale 3,105▼ 1,070 vs year ago 4,800 · −22.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 450 to 700 lbs steers traded unevenly steady with no comparable offering for heifers. Demand was good with active internet bidding. Another warm week of weather in the Sandhills, a little snow flurries yesterday with no moisture. Next Auction Date Dec 20th Special Holiday Bred Cow and Heifer Auction

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $274.97/cwt on 2,563 head.

Average price

$274.97

2,563 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$15.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.15

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	632	276.57	1,749	2,296
Medium and Large 1-2	621	261.21	1,621	267

One grade step is worth $15.35/cwt here — about $128 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 sale2,563 hd

274.97

—

NE average9 barns · 16,754 hd

273.82

+1.15

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,231	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	307.21/cwt	299.00–313.00	1,299	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,444	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,395	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	309.29/cwt	216.50–331.75	1,494	131
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	300.67/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,569	151
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	290.42/cwt	279.50–296.50	1,644	277
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	275.38/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,572	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,830	198
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	276.86/cwt	264.00–281.00	1,739	513
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	262.41/cwt	262.00–262.75	1,669	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	665	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,786	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	245.36/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,644	96
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	262.24/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,773	313
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	712	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	1,853	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	251.65/cwt	250.50–253.25	1,809	240
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	732	240.74/cwt	234.50–244.00	1,762	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	240.36/cwt	239.00–241.00	1,858	170
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,040	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	281.29/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,198	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,162	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	281.19/cwt	274.00–283.00	1,372	112
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,399	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,308	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	245.15/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,358	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	262.81/cwt	259.00–263.50	1,509	170
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,479	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,569	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	221.09/cwt	219.50–229.00	1,490	128

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.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bassett Livestock Auction - Bassett, NE

Wed Dec 13, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 3,730Last week 3,105Year ago 4,800

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	518	270.00	270.00
16	—	620	253.00	253.00
21	—	365	285.00	285.00
112	—	488	274.00–283.00	281.19
128	—	674	219.50–229.00	221.09
77	—	426	280.00–285.00	281.29
170	—	574	259.00–263.50	262.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	437	266.00	266.00
31	—	519	252.00	252.00
66	—	554	245.00–246.00	245.15
19	—	615	240.50	240.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
513	—	628	264.00–281.00	276.86
22	—	435	332.00	332.00
27	—	380	324.00	324.00
151	—	522	295.00–305.00	300.67
240	—	719	250.50–253.25	251.65
313	—	676	255.00–264.00	262.24
170	—	773	239.00–241.00	240.36
277	—	566	279.50–296.50	290.42
131	—	483	216.50–331.75	309.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	636	262.00–262.75	262.41
28	—	481	290.00	290.00
32	—	732	234.50–244.00	240.74
54	—	571	275.00–277.00	275.38
12	—	423	299.00–313.00	307.21
96	—	670	242.00–250.00	245.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	600	305.00	305.00
87	—	665	268.50	268.50
167	—	712	260.25	260.25

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.