Name: Sheridan livestock auction prices — 2022-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder heifers, replacement heifers, and feeder steers. Market higher on both heifers and steers comparing to several weeks ago. Attendance good with snow in the area. Demand moderate to good. Next special feeder sale is March 2.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.85/cwt on 1,724 head.

Average price

$183.85

1,724 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$18.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.81

vs NE average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	184.33	1,074	1,680
Medium and Large 1-2	607	165.57	1,006	44

One grade step is worth $18.77/cwt here — about $68 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 sale1,724 hd

183.85

—

NE average8 barns · 11,687 hd

169.04

+14.81

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

33 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 1Fancy	—	512	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,050	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,082	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	188.42/cwt	182.00–193.00	729	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,196	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	158.26/cwt	155.00–160.25	1,130	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	162.59/cwt	152.00–168.00	1,109	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	227.12/cwt	223.00–229.50	1,067	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	227.13/cwt	224.00–238.00	986	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	171.84/cwt	161.00–174.50	1,215	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	212.45/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,141	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	201.57/cwt	193.00–210.25	1,151	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,110	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,055	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,061	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,108	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	882	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	161.89/cwt	155.50–165.50	1,023	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	572	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,170	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	183.69/cwt	176.00–191.50	1,260	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	193.56/cwt	186.00–200.50	1,216	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	182.56/cwt	171.00–187.00	1,066	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	210.22/cwt	197.00–218.00	921	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	200.61/cwt	185.00–205.00	995	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,325	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,374	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	175.51/cwt	170.50–178.00	1,364	362
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	177.48/cwt	170.00–183.25	1,106	392
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	193.43/cwt	182.00–200.00	1,006	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	723	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	1,177	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	603	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,103	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	677	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,151	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	503	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,117	17

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 Feb 16, 2022

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	512	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	826	131.00	131.00
12	—	387	182.00–193.00	188.42
15	—	797	150.00	150.00
27	—	714	155.00–160.25	158.26
124	—	682	152.00–168.00	162.59
290	—	584	171.00–187.00	182.56
116	—	438	197.00–218.00	210.22
68	—	496	185.00–205.00	200.61
392	—	623	170.00–183.25	177.48
294	—	520	182.00–200.00	193.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	477	185.00	185.00
37	—	632	155.50–165.50	161.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	572	204.50	204.50
38	—	723	162.75	162.75
75	—	603	183.00	183.00
88	—	677	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	470	223.00–229.50	227.12
58	—	434	224.00–238.00	227.13
132	—	707	161.00–174.50	171.84
56	—	537	211.00–220.00	212.45
161	—	571	193.00–210.25	201.57
292	—	686	176.00–191.50	183.69
343	—	628	186.00–200.50	193.56
48	—	827	160.25	160.25
10	—	898	153.00	153.00
362	—	777	170.50–178.00	175.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	620	179.00	179.00
10	—	533	198.00	198.00
13	—	563	188.50	188.50
5	—	688	161.00	161.00
5	—	733	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	503	222.00	222.00

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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