Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher and heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. A large crowd of buyers bid readily from start to finish for top quality South Dakota and Nebraska ranched raised calves. Several load lots with some packages sold on the day and most had precondition shots. All calves came from very dry summer and fall grass pastures and most lots of cattle sold are weighing 35 to 50 lbs per head less than last year. Very large supply of slaughter cows and bulls sold on the day as ranchers have limited winter feed and all open cows, young and old are coming to town.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.84/cwt on 2,668 head.

Average price

$163.84

2,668 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$8.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.85

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	164.67	909	2,395
Medium and Large 1-2	509	156.50	797	273

One grade step is worth $8.17/cwt here — about $113 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 sale2,668 hd

163.84

—

NE average10 barns · 15,029 hd

157.99

+5.85

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

32 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 1Fancy	—	529	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	762	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	482	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	889	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	406	200.75/cwt	200.75–200.75	815	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	551	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	909	161
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	659	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,056	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	1,206	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	181.32/cwt	178.00–184.50	785	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	166.05/cwt	161.00–169.50	872	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	186.28/cwt	181.00–191.00	671	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	947	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	155.60/cwt	153.00–160.50	610	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	137.92/cwt	136.50–140.50	844	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	157.73/cwt	153.25–161.25	916	979
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	159.00/cwt	155.00–160.00	727	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	154.73/cwt	151.50–160.00	676	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	139.54/cwt	135.00–141.00	727	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	138.37/cwt	137.25–138.75	779	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,066	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	155.66/cwt	150.50–156.75	984	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	172.71/cwt	165.00–179.75	839	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	576	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	143.38/cwt	142.00–145.50	701	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	422	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	961	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	304	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	426	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	146.61/cwt	145.50–148.00	887	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	155.24/cwt	149.00–162.00	829	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	735	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	681	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	173.12/cwt	171.50–174.00	732	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	853	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	159.18/cwt	152.00–166.00	758	82

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 Nov 4, 2020

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

Receipts 3,370Last week 2,291Year ago 6,300

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	529	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,056	114.25	114.25
46	—	392	153.00–160.50	155.60
47	—	612	136.50–140.50	137.92
66	—	457	155.00–160.00	159.00
84	—	437	151.50–160.00	154.73
175	—	521	135.00–141.00	139.54
77	—	563	137.25–138.75	138.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	392	147.00	147.00
15	—	489	142.00–145.50	143.38
12	—	304	140.00	140.00
10	—	559	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
215	—	482	184.50	184.50
55	—	406	200.75	200.75
161	—	551	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	433	178.00–184.50	181.32
284	—	525	161.00–169.50	166.05
19	—	360	181.00–191.00	186.28
24	—	653	145.00	145.00
979	—	581	153.25–161.25	157.73
82	—	712	149.75	149.75
227	—	632	150.50–156.75	155.66
276	—	486	165.00–179.75	172.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	277	152.50	152.50
10	—	712	135.00	135.00
25	—	605	145.50–148.00	146.61
33	—	534	149.00–162.00	155.24
16	—	389	175.00	175.00
27	—	423	171.50–174.00	173.12
70	—	567	150.50	150.50
82	—	476	152.00–166.00	159.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	127.00	127.00

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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