Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2024-02-07

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2024-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-07

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Feb 7

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Jan 31Feb 7Feb 21 →

Receipts

4,315 head

▲ 185 vs last sale 4,130▲ 165 vs year ago 4,150 · +4.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last weeks auction at BLA steers 550 to 700 lbs traded steady to 7.00 higher. Heifer offerings 500 lbs traded 4.00 lower and 550 to 650 lbs offerings traded steady to as much as 13.00 higher. Demand was very good throughout the sale with several buyers today. Warm weather and rain melting a lot of snow in the area. Next Auction Date: Feb 14th Bred Cows and Heifers

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $270.19/cwt on 2,271 head.

Average price

$270.19

2,271 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$22.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.67

vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	644	271.77	1,752	2,111
Medium and Large 1-2	670	249.28	1,671	160

One grade step is worth $22.49/cwt here — about $81 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 sale2,271 hd

270.19

—

NE average7 barns · 11,854 hd

269.52

+0.67

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	349	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,230	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	337.86/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,378	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	367.11/cwt	355.00–401.00	1,582	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	331.56/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,585	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	345.36/cwt	344.00–348.00	1,789	149
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	319.18/cwt	311.00–329.00	1,657	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	281.24/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,620	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	310.27/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,821	276
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	302.95/cwt	302.50–304.50	1,854	195
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,733	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	270.16/cwt	265.00–274.50	1,778	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	287.28/cwt	276.50–290.00	1,956	350
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	268.37/cwt	265.00–272.50	1,927	164
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	255.24/cwt	252.00–258.00	1,843	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	253.98/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,991	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,022	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,029	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	335.40/cwt	327.50–355.00	1,271	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	324.09/cwt	321.00–340.00	1,439	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	317.22/cwt	312.00–321.00	1,500	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	307.33/cwt	301.00–312.00	1,635	265
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	289.45/cwt	281.00–303.00	1,656	321
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	276.34/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,581	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	611	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,809	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	622	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,838	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	265.42/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,680	164
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	643	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,659	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	667	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,868	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	257.76/cwt	246.50–266.00	1,722	311
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	701	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,647	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	246.05/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,786	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	234.66/cwt	233.50–236.50	1,814	322
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	215.31/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,707	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,857	131
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,816	62

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 Feb 7, 2024

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

Receipts 4,315Last week 4,130Year ago 4,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	379	327.50–355.00	335.40
58	—	473	312.00–321.00	317.22
62	—	875	207.50	207.50
85	—	726	242.00–250.00	246.05
87	—	444	321.00–340.00	324.09
131	—	811	229.00	229.00
311	—	668	246.50–266.00	257.76
321	—	572	281.00–303.00	289.45
322	—	773	233.50–236.50	234.66
164	—	633	261.00–272.00	265.42
265	—	532	301.00–312.00	307.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	667	280.00	280.00
117	—	611	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	622	295.50	295.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	793	215.00–216.00	215.31
89	—	643	258.00	258.00
21	—	572	276.00–277.00	276.34
18	—	701	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	431	355.00–401.00	367.11
195	—	612	302.50–304.50	302.95
22	—	832	243.00	243.00
29	—	869	233.50	233.50
149	—	518	344.00–348.00	345.36
276	—	587	300.00–320.00	310.27
164	—	718	265.00–272.50	268.37
76	—	784	251.00–255.00	253.98
350	—	681	276.50–290.00	287.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	658	265.00–274.50	270.16
35	—	478	330.00–338.00	331.56
11	—	619	280.00	280.00
54	—	519	311.00–329.00	319.18
29	—	576	280.00–287.00	281.24
67	—	722	252.00–258.00	255.24
20	—	408	335.00–343.00	337.86
9	—	349	352.50	352.50

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.