Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of yearling heifers and steers with a few feeders calves. Prices up and down on certain weights. Demand was good to moderate. Next yearling sale in two weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.46/cwt on 1,060 head.

Average price

$152.46

1,060 head · 928 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,414

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$556

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

$32.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.69

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	465	185.00	860	6thin
Medium and Large 1	930	152.28	1,417	1,054

One grade step is worth $32.72/cwt here — about −$556 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 sale1,060 hd

152.46

—

NE average7 barns · 11,872 hd

161.15

−8.69

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

26 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 1	—	1,021	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,419	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	147.23/cwt	147.00–147.50	1,128	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,219	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	945	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,042	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,191	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,444	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,102	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,405	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,009	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,438	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	150.76/cwt	148.50–154.00	1,254	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	1,159	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	151.23/cwt	144.25–154.35	1,478	584
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	155.33/cwt	143.50–157.85	1,367	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	757	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,143	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	689	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,073	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	833	146.51/cwt	145.50–148.50	1,220	224
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	857	145.32/cwt	143.00–145.50	1,245	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	149.97/cwt	144.50–151.00	1,377	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	155.27/cwt	152.25–157.00	1,210	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	987	142.70/cwt	140.25–143.00	1,408	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	154.98/cwt	148.00–160.50	1,038	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	135.06/cwt	134.00–135.50	1,425	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	155.20/cwt	149.00–156.50	1,125	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	143.59/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,347	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,132	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,421	19

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 Aug 11, 2021

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

Receipts 2,183Last week 1,162Year ago 0

Good run of yearling heifers and steers with a few feeders calves. Prices up and down on certain weights. Demand was good to moderate. Next yearling sale in two weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,021	139.00	139.00
11	—	766	147.00–147.50	147.23
144	—	810	150.50	150.50
62	—	556	170.00	170.00
7	—	854	139.50	139.50
45	—	987	140.25–143.00	142.70
42	—	670	148.00–160.50	154.98
31	—	1,055	134.00–135.50	135.06
29	—	725	149.00–156.50	155.20
28	—	938	142.00–144.00	143.59
19	—	1,132	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	766	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	757	151.00	151.00
64	—	689	155.75	155.75
224	—	833	145.50–148.50	146.51
221	—	857	143.00–145.50	145.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	465	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,050	137.50	137.50
9	—	1,102	127.50	127.50
7	—	1,009	142.50	142.50
27	—	832	148.50–154.00	150.76
11	—	683	169.75	169.75
584	—	977	144.25–154.35	151.23
265	—	880	143.50–157.85	155.33
76	—	918	144.50–151.00	149.97
69	—	779	152.25–157.00	155.27

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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