Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifer 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was good from a large group of buyers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.80/cwt on 1,939 head.

Average price

$153.80

1,939 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$974

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$70

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

$2.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.75

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	580	156.35	907	80
Medium and Large 1	636	153.69	977	1,859

One grade step is worth $2.66/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale1,939 hd

153.80

—

NE average11 barns · 25,058 hd

153.05

+0.75

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

30 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	—	441	197.85/cwt	197.00–199.00	873	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	176.21/cwt	171.00–180.00	920	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	671	142.97/cwt	139.00–146.00	959	304
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	153.90/cwt	147.50–158.50	797	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	185.74/cwt	183.00–190.00	890	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	137.42/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,044	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	142.65/cwt	135.50–144.00	1,034	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	163.18/cwt	150.00–167.50	942	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	167.33/cwt	164.50–170.00	788	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	152.53/cwt	145.00–159.00	943	485
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	133.24/cwt	132.50–134.50	894	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	145.43/cwt	138.25–149.50	838	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	138.73/cwt	135.50–140.75	864	348
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	145.34/cwt	138.00–151.00	987	493
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	798	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	156.24/cwt	153.50–157.50	905	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	130.23/cwt	129.00–132.00	944	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	790	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	157.83/cwt	157.00–159.00	750	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	163.87/cwt	159.00–171.00	875	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	551	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	858	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	551	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	944	73
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	735	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	147.97/cwt	147.00–149.00	537	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	170.70/cwt	168.50–174.00	722	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,039	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,091	13

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 Jan 20, 2021

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

Receipts 3,596Last week 0Year ago 2,094

Compared to two weeks ago steers and heifer 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was good from a large group of buyers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	441	197.00–199.00	197.85
87	—	522	171.00–180.00	176.21
93	—	479	183.00–190.00	185.74
136	—	760	137.00–138.00	137.42
178	—	725	135.50–144.00	142.65
271	—	577	150.00–167.50	163.18
6	—	362	181.00	181.00
485	—	618	145.00–159.00	152.53
493	—	679	138.00–151.00	145.34
10	—	831	125.00	125.00
13	—	902	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	420	190.00	190.00
19	—	579	153.50–157.50	156.24
19	—	725	129.00–132.00	130.23
35	—	534	159.00–171.00	163.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	551	171.25	171.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
304	—	671	139.00–146.00	142.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	518	147.50–158.50	153.90
76	—	471	164.50–170.00	167.33
121	—	671	132.50–134.50	133.24
335	—	576	138.25–149.50	145.43
348	—	623	135.50–140.75	138.73
5	—	787	127.00	127.00
10	—	363	147.00–149.00	147.97
13	—	423	168.50–174.00	170.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	577	137.00	137.00
8	—	510	142.00	142.00
15	—	475	157.00–159.00	157.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	551	155.75	155.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	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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