Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Heifer prices upward while the steers prices where up in some instances. Light run of feeder cattle demand was good to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.15/cwt on 224 head.

Average price

$146.15

224 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$3.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.24

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	146.70	984	189
Medium and Large 1-2	592	143.20	847	35

One grade step is worth $3.50/cwt here — about $136 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 sale224 hd

146.15

—

NE average8 barns · 8,379 hd

145.91

+0.24

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	—	601	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	895	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	969	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	656	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	964	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,075	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,025	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	155.92/cwt	155.00–157.00	770	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	145.86/cwt	145.50–146.00	861	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	719	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,122	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	127.84/cwt	126.25–130.00	1,062	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,164	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	890	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	149.57/cwt	147.00–155.00	942	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,201	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	158.28/cwt	156.25–159.50	1,138	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	163.83/cwt	158.50–167.00	1,014	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	835	31

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

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Heifer prices upward while the steers prices where up in some instances. Light run of feeder cattle demand was good to moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	601	149.00	149.00
22	—	668	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	405	162.00	162.00
9	—	656	147.00	147.00
15	—	744	144.50	144.50
15	—	762	134.50	134.50
25	—	590	145.50–146.00	145.86
30	—	831	126.25–130.00	127.84
18	—	630	147.00–155.00	149.57
31	—	537	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	494	155.00–157.00	155.92
17	—	725	130.00	130.00
5	—	392	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	719	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	683	155.50	155.50
5	—	791	134.00	134.00
8	—	807	144.25	144.25
12	—	489	182.00	182.00
16	—	929	129.25	129.25
19	—	719	156.25–159.50	158.28
63	—	619	158.50–167.00	163.83

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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