Sale reports / Nebraska / Sheridan / 2021-09-08

Sheridan

Feeder Cattle · Rushville, Nebraska · Wed, Sep 8
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1859
Receipts
1,002 head
2,803 vs last sale 3,805 1,002 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers under 1000 lbs sold 2.00 to 9.00 lower on a light test and over 1000 lbs sold 1.00 lower. Heifers sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good. Next Special Fall and Yearling sale is Sept. 22.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.60/cwt on 652 head.
Average price
$153.60
652 head · 945 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,451
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.96
vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1944153.821,453647
Medium and Large 1-2990125.501,2425thin
One grade step is worth $28.32/cwt here — about $210 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 sale652 hd
153.60
NE average7 barns · 7,397 hd
160.56
−6.96
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

16 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1831158.01/cwt156.50–160.001,31353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2990125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,2425
SteersMedium and Large 1864151.32/cwt148.00–154.501,30746
SteersMedium and Large 1733158.00/cwt151.00–162.001,15831
SteersMedium and Large 1782161.37/cwt160.00–162.501,26224
SteersMedium and Large 1959148.72/cwt140.50–151.751,42647
HeifersMedium and Large 1828150.03/cwt145.50–152.001,24273
HeifersMedium and Large 1872150.47/cwt150.00–151.501,31242
SteersMedium and Large 11,025150.84/cwt140.00–151.851,546279
SteersMedium and Large 1926157.72/cwt155.35–159.351,460167
HeifersMedium and Large 1908149.30/cwt147.00–150.001,35630
HeifersMedium and Large 1759152.41/cwt151.00–153.251,15729
HeifersMedium and Large 11,060132.36/cwt129.50–136.501,40327
HeifersMedium and Large 1984142.99/cwt140.50–144.501,40713
HeifersMedium and Large 1646159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0279
BullsMedium and Large 1600167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,00510

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.