Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market up on most classes of feeder cattle. Demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.28/cwt on 733 head.

Average price

$151.28

733 head · 735 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$389

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

$24.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

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	424	174.16	739	37
Medium and Large 1	752	150.07	1,128	696

One grade step is worth $24.10/cwt here — about −$389 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 sale733 hd

151.28

—

NE average8 barns · 7,924 hd

150.81

+0.47

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

31 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	—	926	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,088	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	861	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	899	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	644	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	978	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	157.31/cwt	154.00–158.50	760	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	131.45/cwt	131.25–131.75	1,084	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	148.16/cwt	140.00–149.75	901	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	637	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,006	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	590	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	944	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	152.15/cwt	146.25–155.00	796	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	127.93/cwt	126.50–128.75	1,067	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,120	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,248	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	163.76/cwt	157.00–166.00	1,025	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	174.27/cwt	170.00–178.50	988	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	948	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	914	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	581	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,056	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	652	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,077	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	147.88/cwt	142.00–151.00	643	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	848	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	679	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,106	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	800	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	133.13/cwt	123.50–133.75	1,267	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	731	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	142.63/cwt	140.00–146.00	742	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 Mar 24, 2021

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

Receipts 1,549Last week 801Year ago 0

Market up on most classes of feeder cattle. Demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	926	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	683	126.00	126.00
7	—	705	127.50	127.50
9	—	410	157.00	157.00
14	—	936	104.50	104.50
36	—	483	154.00–158.50	157.31
118	—	608	140.00–149.75	148.16
49	—	523	146.25–155.00	152.15
113	—	834	126.50–128.75	127.93
40	—	585	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	637	158.00	158.00
147	—	590	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	600	134.00	134.00
17	—	395	165.00	165.00
33	—	435	142.00–151.00	147.88
7	—	460	147.50	147.50
11	—	520	140.00–146.00	142.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	825	131.25–131.75	131.45
88	—	794	141.00	141.00
54	—	935	133.50	133.50
163	—	626	157.00–166.00	163.76
78	—	567	170.00–178.50	174.27
10	—	521	182.00	182.00
20	—	481	190.00	190.00
45	—	733	144.00	144.00
37	—	684	157.50	157.50
5	—	888	124.50	124.50
136	—	952	123.50–133.75	133.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	321	181.00	181.00
13	—	491	163.00	163.00
19	—	406	180.00	180.00

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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