Sale reports / Nebraska / Bassett / 2024-03-13

Bassett

Name: Bassett livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Feeder Cattle · Bassett, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 13

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1852

← Feb 21Mar 13Apr 3 →

Receipts

3,455 head

▼ 2,955 vs last sale 6,410▲ 1,350 vs year ago 2,105 · +64.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent test of market for an accurate comparison a trend will not be given for steers or heifers. Demand was good start to finish with active internet bidding. Next Auction Date April 3rd Back to Grass feeder Auction

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $297.38/cwt on 408 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −151.93 against this barn's trailing median of $449.31.

Average price

$297.38

408 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$20.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.59

vs NE average

+21.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	302.60	1,671	306
Medium and Large 1-2	573	281.71	1,613	102

One grade step is worth $20.89/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale408 hd

297.38

—

NE average9 barns · 1,362 hd

292.79

+4.59

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

+21.21

This barn, trailing median13 sales

449.31

−151.93

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $485.41, low $389.69, median $449.31 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	296	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	876	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	396.45/cwt	395.00–399.00	1,673	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,589	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	388.33/cwt	386.00–395.00	1,880	79
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,860	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,889	76
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	324.02/cwt	309.00–338.00	1,766	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	322.44/cwt	320.50–326.50	1,906	147
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	315.00/cwt	299.00–318.00	1,972	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	299.14/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,891	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	294.44/cwt	284.00–297.50	2,005	110
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	278.90/cwt	273.00–288.75	2,028	177
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,981	55
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,005	38
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,088	78
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	257.66/cwt	253.50–262.00	2,136	65
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	243.64/cwt	242.00–252.00	2,110	108
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	902	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	2,158	17
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,187	20
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,019	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,206	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	333.29/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,390	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	302.53/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,419	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	323.33/cwt	318.00–326.50	1,581	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	310.28/cwt	290.00–322.00	1,623	89
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	280.92/cwt	272.50–291.00	1,489	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	299.45/cwt	297.00–308.50	1,689	217
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	281.85/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,635	87
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	286.64/cwt	274.00–291.50	1,789	515
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	267.79/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,692	62
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	271.34/cwt	262.00–273.00	1,826	243
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	256.59/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,755	143
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	253.85/cwt	240.25–257.00	1,825	158
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	247.75/cwt	247.75–247.75	1,791	61
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	236.69/cwt	233.50–242.50	1,813	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	781	265.53/cwt	257.00–273.50	2,074	58
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	230.24/cwt	229.50–232.00	1,934	53
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,927	43
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,027	7

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 Mar 13, 2024

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

Receipts 3,455Last week 6,410Year ago 2,105

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	450–500	489	318.00–326.50	323.33
89	500–550	523	290.00–322.00	310.28
217	550–600	564	297.00–308.50	299.45
515	600–650	624	274.00–291.50	286.64
243	650–700	673	262.00–273.00	271.34
158	700–750	719	240.25–257.00	253.85
68	750–800	766	233.50–242.50	236.69
53	800–850	840	229.50–232.00	230.24
43	850–900	878	219.50	219.50
7	950–1000	965	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
58	750–800	781	257.00–273.50	265.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	417	330.00–337.50	333.29
16	450–500	469	292.50–315.00	302.53
15	500–550	530	272.50–291.00	280.92
87	550–600	580	270.00–290.00	281.85
62	600–650	632	261.00–271.00	267.79
143	650–700	684	250.00–260.00	256.59
61	700–750	723	247.75	247.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	250–300	296	296.00	296.00
6	400–450	433	367.00	367.00
20	450–500	492	378.00	378.00
71	500–550	545	309.00–338.00	324.02
30	600–650	632	290.00–313.00	299.14
55	700–750	739	268.00	268.00
38	750–800	777	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	422	395.00–399.00	396.45
79	450–500	484	386.00–395.00	388.33
76	500–550	514	367.50	367.50
147	550–600	591	320.50–326.50	322.44
49	600–650	626	299.00–318.00	315.00
110	650–700	681	284.00–297.50	294.44
177	700–750	727	273.00–288.75	278.90
78	750–800	788	265.00	265.00
65	800–850	829	253.50–262.00	257.66
108	850–900	866	242.00–252.00	243.64
17	900–950	902	239.25	239.25
20	950–1000	983	222.50	222.50
7	1000–1050	1,019	216.50	216.50

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.