Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder cattle. Steers a little on the lower side while heifers lower on some weights. Good attendance at sale demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.01/cwt on 1,177 head.

Average price

$182.01

1,177 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$19.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.02

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	182.43	979	1,152
Medium and Large 1-2	480	162.84	781	25

One grade step is worth $19.59/cwt here — about $198 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 sale1,177 hd

182.01

—

NE average11 barns · 20,806 hd

177.99

+4.02

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

25 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	—	428	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	188.51/cwt	181.00–192.00	786	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	171.36/cwt	165.50–177.75	994	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,150	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	894	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	162.00/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,079	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,017	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	419	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	892	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	182.06/cwt	172.00–186.25	936	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,033	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	153.93/cwt	147.50–157.00	780	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	181.40/cwt	174.00–190.00	885	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	146.01/cwt	141.50–154.00	829	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	139.72/cwt	132.00–143.50	588	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	157.71/cwt	157.50–160.00	760	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	539	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,318	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,130	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	923	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	158.57/cwt	152.00–161.00	603	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	163.61/cwt	162.00–164.50	707	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	139.52/cwt	136.00–140.50	657	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	139.21/cwt	129.00–142.00	852	57

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 Nov 10, 2021

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

Receipts 1,837Last week 3,967Year ago 1,071

Quality run of feeder cattle. Steers a little on the lower side while heifers lower on some weights. Good attendance at sale demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	428	163.00	163.00
7	—	372	181.00	181.00
10	—	596	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	417	181.00–192.00	188.51
319	—	580	165.50–177.75	171.36
25	—	701	164.00	164.00
51	—	666	158.00–164.00	162.00
215	—	514	172.00–186.25	182.06
42	—	611	169.00	169.00
107	—	488	174.00–190.00	181.40
15	—	909	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	515	197.50	197.50
83	—	419	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	545	140.50	140.50
18	—	421	132.00–143.50	139.72
11	—	348	155.00	155.00
47	—	471	136.00–140.50	139.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	507	147.50–157.00	153.93
77	—	568	141.50–154.00	146.01
94	—	482	157.50–160.00	157.71
7	—	807	140.00	140.00
13	—	689	134.00	134.00
37	—	380	152.00–161.00	158.57
51	—	432	162.00–164.50	163.61
57	—	612	129.00–142.00	139.21

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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