Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A quality run of good feeder cattle. Prices steady on most classes of feeder calves. Good attendance demand moderate to good. Nov. 3 next feeder calf sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.36/cwt on 2,406 head.

Average price

$177.36

2,406 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$4.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.73

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	177.49	992	2,339
Medium and Large 1-2	508	173.09	880	67

One grade step is worth $4.40/cwt here — about $112 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 sale2,406 hd

177.36

—

NE average12 barns · 17,783 hd

174.63

+2.73

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

27 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,022	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	175.91/cwt	170.50–181.00	858	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	162.07/cwt	156.00–165.00	684	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	143.82/cwt	140.00–145.50	818	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	158.13/cwt	150.00–163.00	745	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	172.29/cwt	166.00–178.00	1,079	553
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	168.61/cwt	158.50–172.50	1,113	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	173.68/cwt	165.00–178.00	987	708
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	162.88/cwt	160.00–165.00	998	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	135.61/cwt	135.00–136.00	827	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	647	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	813	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	857	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	195.39/cwt	185.00–203.50	819	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	140.31/cwt	135.00–146.00	746	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	158.10/cwt	150.00–162.00	808	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	161.60/cwt	159.00–165.00	614	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	151.06/cwt	149.50–153.00	1,080	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	207.50/cwt	204.00–208.00	793	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	177.14/cwt	170.00–186.50	935	367
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	557	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	880	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	549	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,040	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	485	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	825	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,121	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,446	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	699	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,000	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,004	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	189.82/cwt	185.00–200.00	900	407

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 27, 2021

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

Receipts 4,217Last week 3,489Year ago 2,291

A quality run of good feeder cattle. Prices steady on most classes of feeder calves. Good attendance demand moderate to good. Nov. 3 next feeder calf sale.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	631	162.00	162.00
47	—	488	170.50–181.00	175.91
5	—	449	181.00	181.00
6	—	532	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
553	—	626	166.00–178.00	172.29
173	—	660	158.50–172.50	168.61
708	—	568	165.00–178.00	173.68
58	—	419	185.00–203.50	195.39
18	—	715	149.50–153.00	151.06
55	—	382	204.00–208.00	207.50
367	—	528	170.00–186.50	177.14
407	—	474	185.00–200.00	189.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	422	156.00–165.00	162.07
229	—	569	140.00–145.50	143.82
291	—	471	150.00–163.00	158.13
47	—	613	160.00–165.00	162.88
143	—	511	150.00–162.00	158.10
67	—	380	159.00–165.00	161.60
9	—	1,121	129.00	129.00
11	—	699	143.00	143.00
30	—	712	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	610	135.00–136.00	135.61
15	—	498	130.00	130.00
116	—	532	135.00–146.00	140.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	557	158.00	158.00
117	—	549	189.50	189.50
288	—	485	170.00	170.00

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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