Sale reports / Nebraska / Sheridan / 2019-04-13

Sheridan

Feeder Cattle · Rushville, Nebraska · Sat, Apr 13
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1859
← earliestApr 13Apr 17 →
Receipts
950 head
▲ 950 vs last sale 0▲ 950 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was Sheridan's postpone sale from Wednesday due to the "Bomb Cyclone" that swept through the trade area on Wednesday and Thursday. Demand was moderate to good with an average crowd of buyers in attendance. Bulk of the receipts were in the yards a couple days before the storm hit.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.72/cwt on 487 head.
Average price
$139.72
487 head · 738 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$288
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.23
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517148.3676743
Medium and Large 1760138.881,055444
One grade step is worth $9.48/cwt here — about −$288 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 sale487 hd
139.72
—
NE average2 barns · 2,692 hd
147.95
−8.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

17 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1421190.50/cwt190.50–190.508025
Steers—Medium and Large 1495188.00/cwt188.00–188.0093127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2556166.85/cwt166.50–167.0092823
Steers—Medium and Large 1632180.70/cwt175.50–181.001,142126
Steers—Medium and Large 1685161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1038
Steers—Medium and Large 1716165.02/cwt163.50–165.501,18249
Steers—Medium and Large 1820146.68/cwt144.00–147.251,20396
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417159.00/cwt159.00–159.006637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2493149.50/cwt149.50–149.5073722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550151.00/cwt151.00–151.008317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583162.66/cwt162.00–164.0094821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626157.13/cwt155.25–160.0098471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660131.50/cwt131.50–131.508687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,00554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755136.98/cwt136.50–137.751,034104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,07892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1889124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,102102

This sale against other markets

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.