Sale reports / Nebraska / Sheridan / 2019-10-23

Sheridan

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rushville, Nebraska · Wed, Oct 23
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1859
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,000 head
▼ 953 vs last sale 3,953▲ 3,000 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
361 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 245▲ 361 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 17▲ 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last week 500-550 lbs steers sold 4.00-6.00 higher while 450 and 600 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 higher, 500-550 lbs heifers sold 5.00-8.00 higher with 450 and 600 lbs heifers sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-5.00 lower. There was a good crowd on hand today for good strings and packages of mainly preconditioned calve coming strait off the cow. Trade was good with with demand being moderate to good throughout the sale. Sheridan's next sale will be a feeder calf special October 30.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.18/cwt on 1,799 head.
Average price
$157.18
1,799 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$431
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$40.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.36
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578157.729111,714
Medium and Large 1-2517149.6377476
Large 11,147117.001,3429thin
One grade step is worth $40.72/cwt here — about −$431 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 sale1,799 hd
157.18
—
NE average11 barns · 17,750 hd
159.54
−2.36
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—Low1,81167.631,22523
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54666.301,02512
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34548.32650177
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15437.30431117

Every lot

42 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1345181.00/cwt181.00–181.006245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2350164.00/cwt164.00–164.0057410
Steers—Medium and Large 1393186.00/cwt186.00–186.007317
Steers—Medium and Large 1426165.99/cwt160.00–180.0070741
Steers—Medium and Large 1472169.32/cwt161.00–172.00799119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2476154.00/cwt154.00–154.0073314
Steers—Medium and Large 1520163.06/cwt158.00–172.50848361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538147.66/cwt141.00–150.0079427
Steers—Medium and Large 1581156.46/cwt151.25–169.00909619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585143.57/cwt133.00–147.0084025
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned621154.95/cwt149.75–159.85962448
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned667147.01/cwt145.50–149.5098144
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned715141.76/cwt141.50–142.501,01444
Steers—Medium and Large 1820130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0669
Steers—Medium and Large 11,088127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,38717
Steers—Large 11,147117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3429
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359151.00/cwt151.00–151.005426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419138.00/cwt138.00–138.005786
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426148.11/cwt147.00–149.2563137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481142.94/cwt141.00–146.00688199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482132.72/cwt130.00–141.0064024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505131.64/cwt130.00–133.0066520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533139.26/cwt133.50–143.75742220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement573158.00/cwt158.00–158.0090530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581139.00/cwt132.50–140.50808147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610134.66/cwt130.00–138.00821122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned641123.60/cwt119.00–125.0079225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1991130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,29310
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,060101.39/cwt94.00–109.001,0752
Bulls——Return to Feed1,42963.41/cwt62.00–72.009066
Bulls——2,05766.74/cwt64.50–70.001,37312
Bulls——2,09057.09/cwt51.00–61.501,1933
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10745.33/cwt45.00–46.5050223
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16635.33/cwt30.00–42.5041294
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,33245.59/cwt38.50–55.50607106
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,36458.15/cwt56.50–69.0079346
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36841.80/cwt37.00–50.5057225
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49668.56/cwt67.50–70.001,02610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,79555.00/cwt55.00–55.009872
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,04275.55/cwt71.00–81.0078723
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06565.44/cwt64.00–68.0069716

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.