Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in several weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.70/cwt on 390 head.

Average price

$156.70

390 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,026

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$8.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.60

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	657	157.13	1,033	370
Medium and Large 1-2	613	148.75	912	20

One grade step is worth $8.38/cwt here — about $120 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 sale390 hd

156.70

—

NE average8 barns · 13,925 hd

157.30

−0.60

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

21 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	447	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	587	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	948	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	716	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,019	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	150.34/cwt	147.00–159.00	628	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	168.75/cwt	165.50–169.25	970	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	760	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	949	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	862	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	167.73/cwt	167.00–169.00	907	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	1,117	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	147.17/cwt	146.25–147.50	817	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	151.40/cwt	149.50–154.00	816	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	138.31/cwt	133.00–141.00	849	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	182.72/cwt	177.50–189.00	872	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	144.36/cwt	138.00–147.50	1,018	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	154.83/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,047	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	137.09/cwt	130.00–138.50	984	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	125.26/cwt	123.00–128.75	842	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	155.89/cwt	151.00–162.00	999	20

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 Mar 3, 2021

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

Receipts 801Last week 1,889Year ago 0

First reported sale in several weeks a trend is not applicable. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	447	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	345	170.00	170.00
8	—	824	115.00	115.00
11	—	468	153.00	153.00
15	—	860	118.50	118.50
18	—	418	147.00–159.00	150.34
58	—	555	146.25–147.50	147.17
35	—	539	149.50–154.00	151.40
46	—	614	133.00–141.00	138.31
62	—	718	130.00–138.50	137.09
31	—	672	123.00–128.75	125.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	575	165.50–169.25	168.75
19	—	440	196.00	196.00
36	—	541	167.00–169.00	167.73
98	—	764	146.25	146.25
13	—	477	177.50–189.00	182.72
54	—	705	138.00–147.50	144.36
85	—	676	152.00–156.00	154.83
20	—	641	151.00–162.00	155.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	434	175.00	175.00
14	—	690	137.50	137.50

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.

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