Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good supply of quality yearling steers, yearling spayed, and open heifers with a few fall calves. Prices mostly up on all weights of cattle. Demand was good to moderate. Special yearling sale in two weeks.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.31/cwt on 2,855 head.

Average price

$159.31

2,855 head · 923 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$4.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.44

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	924	159.34	1,472	2,838
Medium and Large 1-2	801	154.91	1,241	17thin

One grade step is worth $4.42/cwt here — about $230 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 sale2,855 hd

159.31

—

NE average7 barns · 10,100 hd

163.75

−4.44

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

24 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	—	925	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,323	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,127	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,403	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,403	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	153.72/cwt	152.00–158.25	1,099	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	151.79/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,334	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	149.48/cwt	141.00–152.50	1,155	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,404	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	161.29/cwt	155.50–163.50	1,323	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	151.94/cwt	145.00–153.75	1,532	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	160.23/cwt	159.75–161.00	1,386	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	158.43/cwt	155.25–160.50	1,530	710
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	159.86/cwt	150.50–163.75	1,479	1,382
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	713	156.72/cwt	147.50–158.75	1,117	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	881	149.93/cwt	149.00–150.50	1,321	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	826	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,280	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	166.50/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,274	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	167.53/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,248	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	981	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,155	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	540	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	152.64/cwt	145.50–156.50	1,256	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	921	149.43/cwt	149.00–150.10	1,376	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	—	659	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,041	10

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 25, 2021

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

Receipts 3,805Last week 2,183Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	925	143.00	143.00
8	—	1,127	124.50	124.50
10	—	961	146.00	146.00
33	—	715	152.00–158.25	153.72
33	—	879	151.00–154.00	151.79
34	—	773	141.00–152.50	149.48
189	—	823	145.50–156.50	152.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	713	147.50–158.75	156.72
111	—	881	149.00–150.50	149.93
148	—	826	155.00	155.00
151	—	921	149.00–150.10	149.43
10	—	659	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	819	141.00	141.00
5	—	383	141.00	141.00
6	—	626	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	941	149.25	149.25
7	—	602	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	820	155.50–163.50	161.29
178	—	1,008	145.00–153.75	151.94
409	—	865	159.75–161.00	160.23
710	—	966	155.25–160.50	158.43
1,382	—	925	150.50–163.75	159.86
41	—	765	158.00–168.00	166.50
55	—	745	167.00–170.00	167.53

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Sheridan