Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2022-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A quality run of feeder calves and replacement heifers. No trend will be applicable since several weeks from last feeder sale. Good attendance with being cold with snow. Demand moderate to good. Next sale Jan. 12 with special bred cows and heifers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.82/cwt on 2,615 head.

Average price

$178.82

2,615 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$6.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.75

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	698	179.11	1,250	2,498
Medium and Large 1-2	592	172.68	1,022	117

One grade step is worth $6.43/cwt here — about $227 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 sale2,615 hd

178.82

—

NE average6 barns · 12,303 hd

177.07

+1.75

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	795	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	150.60/cwt	148.00–151.50	1,083	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	150.07/cwt	148.00–150.75	1,294	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,202	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	182.74/cwt	178.50–185.50	895	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	164.40/cwt	163.00–165.00	875	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	195.32/cwt	187.00–202.00	1,039	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	168.72/cwt	156.75–172.50	1,301	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	176.76/cwt	164.50–179.50	1,206	388
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	191.78/cwt	183.50–199.00	1,103	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	993	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,614	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	169.14/cwt	167.00–177.00	991	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	170.59/cwt	168.00–172.00	1,076	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	685	172.40/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,181	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	201.67/cwt	200.00–205.00	960	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	796	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,409	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	555	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,143	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	186.17/cwt	174.25–189.50	1,165	675
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	164.81/cwt	156.50–169.25	1,460	327
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	917	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	173.60/cwt	162.50–178.25	1,266	409
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	158.45/cwt	153.50–161.50	1,066	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	152.62/cwt	146.50–160.00	1,168	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	171.68/cwt	165.00–174.50	991	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	181.67/cwt	169.50–185.00	979	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	162.08/cwt	153.75–168.50	1,000	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	729	174.94/cwt	173.00–177.50	1,275	161

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 Jan 5, 2022

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

Receipts 4,753Last week 2,254Year ago 6,415

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	432	184.00	184.00
60	—	719	148.00–151.50	150.60
74	—	862	148.00–150.75	150.07
75	—	807	149.00	149.00
94	—	490	178.50–185.50	182.74
370	—	673	153.50–161.50	158.45
100	—	765	146.50–160.00	152.62
215	—	577	165.00–174.50	171.68
252	—	539	169.50–185.00	181.67
360	—	617	153.75–168.50	162.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	532	163.00–165.00	164.40
18	—	586	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	685	170.00–174.00	172.40
68	—	796	177.00	177.00
161	—	729	173.00–177.50	174.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	532	187.00–202.00	195.32
254	—	771	156.75–172.50	168.72
388	—	682	164.50–179.50	176.76
164	—	575	183.50–199.00	191.78
58	—	1,007	160.25	160.25
21	—	476	200.00–205.00	201.67
675	—	626	174.25–189.50	186.17
327	—	886	156.50–169.25	164.81
409	—	729	162.50–178.25	173.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	547	181.50	181.50
9	—	306	193.00	193.00
23	—	586	167.00–177.00	169.14
78	—	631	168.00–172.00	170.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	555	206.00	206.00

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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