Sale reports / Nebraska / Sheridan / 2019-10-09

Sheridan

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rushville, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 9
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1859
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,700 head
▼ 1,035 vs last sale 2,735▲ 1,700 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
282 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 186▲ 282 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 8▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with two weeks ago 900 - 1000 lbs steers sold 4.00-6.00 higher while harvest cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher with bulls being 2.00 lower. There was a moderate crowd on hand today for good strings of yearling type cattle as well as packages of pregged open heifers and bawling calves. Trade was moderate with demand being moderate to good throughout the sale. Sheridan's next sale will be a feeder calf special October 16.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.19/cwt on 1,098 head.
Average price
$144.19
1,098 head · 880 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,269
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$278
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.22
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2701145.181,018109
Medium and Large 1900144.081,296989
One grade step is worth $1.10/cwt here — about −$278 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 sale1,098 hd
144.19
—
NE average9 barns · 13,680 hd
154.41
−10.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,71072.801,24540
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,50584.501,2721thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56070.331,09710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42062.1688386
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24448.3260173

Every lot

43 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1487160.36/cwt158.00–163.0078150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2587146.49/cwt145.00–150.0086036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned631149.75/cwt149.75–149.7594511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned639153.94/cwt151.50–155.0098439
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,02136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,00320
Steers—Medium and Large 1790150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,18579
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,1278
Steers—Medium and Large 1818147.17/cwt144.50–147.501,20427
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830141.70/cwt141.70–141.701,17622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,19012
Steers—Medium and Large 1897145.78/cwt143.50–146.001,308145
Steers—Medium and Large 1918143.56/cwt140.75–145.101,318197
Steers—Medium and Large 11,012138.71/cwt127.25–140.101,404416
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444141.50/cwt141.50–141.5062822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460138.00/cwt138.00–138.006357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464140.54/cwt138.50–144.0065227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576129.52/cwt127.00–130.0074631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605129.00/cwt129.00–129.007805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned625130.00/cwt130.00–130.0081318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710128.00/cwt128.00–128.009098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735135.67/cwt134.00–138.5099729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2788128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,00910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834136.70/cwt135.00–137.001,14059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1874133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,1658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1906133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,20527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1955129.66/cwt129.50–129.751,23839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2996121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,2139
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,045119.85/cwt119.85–119.851,25210
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,21874.75/cwt73.00–76.509102
Bulls——1,73174.59/cwt70.00–80.001,29130
Bulls——1,75665.61/cwt61.50–69.501,1528
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20756.26/cwt54.50–58.506799
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23260.10/cwt58.50–62.007403
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24947.20/cwt42.00–52.0059064
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,37558.88/cwt54.50–61.5081017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41053.68/cwt46.00–57.5075721
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,45567.49/cwt62.00–75.0098245
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,50584.50/cwt84.50–84.501,2721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55473.50/cwt73.50–73.501,1425
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56567.16/cwt62.00–72.001,0515
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-294671.50/cwt70.00–73.006765
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,12587.68/cwt84.00–90.009863

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.