Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Good run of quality feeder cattle. Demand moderate to good. Good crowd showed up with little snow in the area.Market on the lighter side. Next feeder sale Oct.27.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.86/cwt on 2,527 head.

Average price

$170.86

2,527 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,085

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$14.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.42

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	638	171.81	1,096	2,364
Medium and Large 1-2	596	157.10	937	163

One grade step is worth $14.71/cwt here — about $159 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 sale2,527 hd

170.86

—

NE average9 barns · 14,937 hd

172.28

−1.42

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

29 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	—	752	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	628	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,105	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	598	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	170.69/cwt	165.00–175.00	650	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	892	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	936	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	911	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	168.41/cwt	164.25–173.00	1,214	565
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	172.40/cwt	165.00–176.00	1,081	557
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	751	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	896	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	152.99/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,037	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,308	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	175.30/cwt	170.00–185.00	927	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,301	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	144.56/cwt	141.00–148.00	775	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	170.02/cwt	160.00–173.50	1,151	463
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	753	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	182.75/cwt	176.00–186.50	857	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	158.68/cwt	155.00–163.00	919	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	173.78/cwt	165.00–177.50	997	293
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	761	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	153.45/cwt	147.00–155.50	733	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	151.42/cwt	150.00–156.00	650	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	138.20/cwt	131.00–144.00	785	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	144.55/cwt	143.50–145.50	888	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	139.52/cwt	137.00–143.50	674	30

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 20, 2021

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

Receipts 3,489Last week 1,230Year ago 4,477

Good run of quality feeder cattle. Demand moderate to good. Good crowd showed up with little snow in the area.Market on the lighter side. Next feeder sale Oct.27.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	752	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	628	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	332	180.00	180.00
12	—	381	165.00–175.00	170.69
19	—	731	122.00	122.00
41	—	687	136.25	136.25
203	—	536	141.00–148.00	144.56
86	—	478	147.00–155.50	153.45
42	—	429	150.00–156.00	151.42
96	—	568	131.00–144.00	138.20
51	—	614	143.50–145.50	144.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	625	130.00	130.00
39	—	583	130.50	130.50
30	—	483	137.00–143.50	139.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	601	151.50	151.50
16	—	540	166.00	166.00
36	—	678	152.00–156.00	152.99
7	—	490	157.00	157.00
82	—	579	155.00–163.00	158.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
565	—	721	164.25–173.00	168.41
557	—	627	165.00–176.00	172.40
10	—	429	175.00	175.00
13	—	810	161.50	161.50
275	—	529	170.00–185.00	175.30
66	—	796	163.50	163.50
463	—	677	160.00–173.50	170.02
7	—	357	211.00	211.00
115	—	469	176.00–186.50	182.75
293	—	574	165.00–177.50	173.78

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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