Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 900 lbs steers sold 6.00 lower with 950 lbs steers being sharply lower. Breaker and lean cows sold 4.00 lower with boner type cows and bulls selling sharply lower with no other comparisons. There was a good crowd on hand today for bigger strings and some packages of yearling type calves as well as pregged open heifers. Trade was moderate with demand being moderate throughout the sale. Sheridans next sale will be a feeder calf special September 25.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.34/cwt on 615 head.

Average price

$124.34

615 head · 934 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$226

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

$0.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	753	125.00	941	17thin
Medium and Large 1	939	124.32	1,167	598

One grade step is worth $0.68/cwt here — about −$226 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 sale615 hd

124.34

—

NE average9 barns · 9,330 hd

133.58

−9.24

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,714	73.58	1,261	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,612	58.09	936	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,401	53.94	756	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,224	51.80	634	20

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Sheridan Livestock Auction Co. - Rushville, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,056	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,225	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	119.81/cwt	119.25–120.25	1,223	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	125.29/cwt	122.50–126.25	1,099	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	122.29/cwt	120.50–123.25	1,145	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	130.42/cwt	124.00–130.75	1,062	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	122.98/cwt	122.25–123.00	1,218	304
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	929	120.85/cwt	120.85–120.85	1,123	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	960	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,266	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	140.47/cwt	139.50–141.00	999	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,174	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	138.87/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,103	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,143	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,254	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	131.36/cwt	127.00–133.50	1,224	256
Bulls	—	—	1,907	76.09/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,451	10
Bulls	—	—	1,686	69.18/cwt	64.00–74.00	1,166	14
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	945	91.87/cwt	88.00–95.50	868	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	56.72/cwt	54.50–60.00	822	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,419	51.05/cwt	45.00–54.00	724	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,437	51.30/cwt	50.00–53.50	737	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,258	57.73/cwt	55.00–59.50	726	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,758	51.77/cwt	49.50–57.00	910	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	61.00/cwt	58.25–62.50	942	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	48.33/cwt	45.50–50.50	579	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	54.64/cwt	52.50–56.50	680	11

How this sale compares

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 →

Sheridan Livestock Auction Co. - Rushville, NE

Wed Sep 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,292Last week 2,814Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 82Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,056	116.00	116.00
23	—	1,021	119.25–120.25	119.81
48	—	877	122.50–126.25	125.29
66	—	936	120.50–123.25	122.29
126	—	814	124.00–130.75	130.42
304	—	990	122.25–123.00	122.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	929	120.85	120.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	796	125.00	125.00
12	—	735	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	674	142.50	142.50
16	—	1,011	125.25	125.25
29	—	711	139.50–141.00	140.47
35	—	893	131.50	131.50
60	—	794	134.00–141.00	138.87
67	—	828	138.00	138.00
107	—	980	128.00	128.00
256	—	932	127.00–133.50	131.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,907	74.00–79.00	76.09
14	—	1,686	64.00–74.00	69.18
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	88.00–95.50	91.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,450	54.50–60.00	56.72
18	—	1,419	45.00–54.00	51.05
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	50.00–53.50	51.30
7	—	1,258	55.00–59.50	57.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,758	49.50–57.00	51.77
13	—	1,545	58.25–62.50	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,198	45.50–50.50	48.33
11	—	1,245	52.50–56.50	54.64

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.

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