Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A few yearlings and not enough feeder calves from one week ago to make a comparison to this week. So no trend will be applicable. Demand moderate to good. Had some rain and snow in the area. Next special feeder calf sale Oct. 20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.55/cwt on 935 head.

Average price

$176.55

935 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$13.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	601	176.87	1,062	912
Medium and Large 1-2	569	163.61	931	23

One grade step is worth $13.27/cwt here — about $131 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 sale935 hd

176.55

—

NE average12 barns · 17,867 hd

173.17

+3.38

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

18 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	—	329	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	615	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	897	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	159.31/cwt	159.00–160.00	825	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	154.06/cwt	153.50–155.00	883	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	163.70/cwt	159.00–165.50	701	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	133.88/cwt	131.50–136.00	831	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	195.50/cwt	195.00–197.00	860	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,423	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	187.76/cwt	181.50–193.50	888	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	185.29/cwt	181.50–186.75	976	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	171.32/cwt	166.50–177.00	1,074	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	171.42/cwt	162.00–175.00	1,154	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	164.08/cwt	160.00–166.00	806	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	724	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	176.97/cwt	172.00–180.25	1,014	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	759	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,056	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	893	18

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 Oct 13, 2021

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

Receipts 1,230Last week 953Year ago 1,814

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	329	187.00	187.00
12	—	685	131.00	131.00
19	—	518	159.00–160.00	159.31
21	—	573	153.50–155.00	154.06
41	—	428	159.00–165.50	163.70
43	—	621	131.50–136.00	133.88
47	—	491	160.00–166.00	164.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	523	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	440	195.00–197.00	195.50
59	—	927	153.50	153.50
63	—	473	181.50–193.50	187.76
151	—	527	181.50–186.75	185.29
172	—	627	166.50–177.00	171.32
175	—	673	162.00–175.00	171.42
230	—	573	172.00–180.25	176.97
13	—	366	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	681	155.00	155.00
18	—	538	166.00	166.00

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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