Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2021-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Nice run of quality feeder calves with a few yearling cattle. No trend applicable being several weeks since last feeder calf sale. Good attendance with demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.31/cwt on 1,266 head.

Average price

$185.31

1,266 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,133

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$15.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.49

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	187.22	1,151	1,110
Medium and Large 1-2	584	171.67	1,002	156

One grade step is worth $15.55/cwt here — about $149 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 sale1,266 hd

185.31

—

NE average10 barns · 18,067 hd

185.80

−0.49

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

26 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	—	626	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	643	177.25/cwt	177.25–177.25	1,140	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	546	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	981	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	852	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,261	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	187.00/cwt	185.00–187.50	731	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	182.27/cwt	171.00–185.50	1,050	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,298	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	177.39/cwt	168.00–184.00	770	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	161.38/cwt	158.25–165.50	1,101	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	191.11/cwt	179.00–196.50	1,189	411
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	174.61/cwt	166.50–180.50	1,177	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	173.00/cwt	169.00–178.00	926	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	203.56/cwt	195.00–205.25	977	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	946	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	194.32/cwt	184.00–199.00	1,016	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	178.71/cwt	177.00–183.00	863	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	149.08/cwt	149.00–149.50	872	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	170.89/cwt	166.50–175.00	887	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	171.71/cwt	165.50–178.00	1,253	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	167.62/cwt	158.25–168.50	1,388	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,114	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	171.76/cwt	167.00–176.00	1,056	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	211.80/cwt	211.00–214.00	826	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	164.32/cwt	155.00–168.00	930	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	172.14/cwt	166.00–179.00	828	131

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 Dec 8, 2021

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

Receipts 2,254Last week 0Year ago 3,584

Nice run of quality feeder calves with a few yearling cattle. No trend applicable being several weeks since last feeder calf sale. Good attendance with demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	626	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	643	177.25	177.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	546	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	635	154.50	154.50
30	—	852	148.00	148.00
42	—	391	185.00–187.50	187.00
76	—	434	168.00–184.00	177.39
167	—	682	158.25–165.50	161.38
101	—	519	166.50–175.00	170.89
143	—	566	155.00–168.00	164.32
131	—	481	166.00–179.00	172.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	585	149.00–149.50	149.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	576	171.00–185.50	182.27
37	—	761	170.50	170.50
411	—	622	179.00–196.50	191.11
113	—	674	166.50–180.50	174.61
109	—	480	195.00–205.25	203.56
16	—	444	213.00	213.00
108	—	523	184.00–199.00	194.32
67	—	730	165.50–178.00	171.71
81	—	828	158.25–168.50	167.62
32	—	390	211.00–214.00	211.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	535	169.00–178.00	173.00
34	—	483	177.00–183.00	178.71
18	—	714	156.00	156.00
77	—	615	167.00–176.00	171.76

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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