Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2020-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 900 - 1000 lbs steers sold mostly steady. Light to average run of yearling cattle with many preg checked open heifers offered. Sheridan's next sale will be a feeder calf special October 14.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.69/cwt on 791 head.

Average price

$144.69

791 head · 806 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,165

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$10.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.74

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	812	145.24	1,179	750
Medium and Large 1-2	688	134.63	927	41

One grade step is worth $10.61/cwt here — about $253 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 sale791 hd

144.69

—

NE average10 barns · 17,529 hd

154.43

−9.74

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	165.24/cwt	154.00–166.25	750	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	749	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,015	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	727	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	696	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	943	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	1,274	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,194	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	143.04/cwt	141.50–144.25	737	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	625	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,000	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	859	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	632	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,061	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	837	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	137.67/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,118	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	943	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	132.40/cwt	131.75–133.75	1,104	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,358	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	140.03/cwt	138.00–140.25	1,214	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,165	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	137.51/cwt	132.00–138.25	1,364	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	143.04/cwt	142.00–143.50	1,046	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	993	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	155.77/cwt	155.50–156.00	830	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	152.52/cwt	149.50–154.75	863	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,218	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	611	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	960	9

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 Oct 7, 2020

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

Receipts 1,100Last week 470Year ago 1,700

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	454	154.00–166.25	165.24
32	—	1,010	134.50	134.50
90	—	867	138.00–140.25	140.03
38	—	838	139.00	139.00
305	—	992	132.00–138.25	137.51
16	—	731	142.00–143.50	143.04
27	—	645	154.00	154.00
39	—	533	155.50–156.00	155.77
47	—	566	149.50–154.75	152.52
7	—	374	163.50	163.50
9	—	660	145.50	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	625	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	465	136.00	136.00
28	—	792	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	749	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	494	147.25	147.25
13	—	696	135.50	135.50
13	—	1,038	122.75	122.75
20	—	881	135.50	135.50
23	—	515	141.50–144.25	143.04
48	—	585	143.00	143.00
55	—	812	137.00–140.00	137.67
43	—	939	129.75	129.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	960	122.00	122.00
17	—	646	133.00	133.00
9	—	712	132.50	132.50
15	—	834	131.75–133.75	132.40
4	—	672	131.00	131.00

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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