Sale reports / Nebraska / Sheridan / 2020-01-22

Sheridan

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rushville, Nebraska · Wed, Jan 22
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1859
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,094 head
▲ 2,094 vs last sale 0▲ 2,094 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 317▲ 155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 673 vs last sale 683▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Compared to two weeks ago grass type steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with all other weights of cattle trading steady. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.18/cwt on 1,016 head.
Average price
$153.18
1,016 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$876
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.24
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568154.97880937
Medium and Large 1-2619131.9981779
One grade step is worth $22.98/cwt here — about $63 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 sale1,016 hd
153.18
—
NE average11 barns · 13,080 hd
154.42
−1.24
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—High1,82176.301,39011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62462.491,01511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35959.2380587
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18744.4852825

Every lot

40 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327170.00/cwt170.00–170.005565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392164.00/cwt164.00–164.006435
Steers—Medium and Large 1419177.22/cwt172.00–180.007439
Steers—Medium and Large 1479187.96/cwt183.00–201.0090026
Steers—Medium and Large 1514189.66/cwt182.50–200.0097519
Steers—Medium and Large 1568172.61/cwt162.00–181.00980216
Steers—Medium and Large 1619161.19/cwt153.00–166.00998180
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623145.00/cwt145.00–145.009038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648146.50/cwt146.50–146.5094917
Steers—Medium and Large 1679154.87/cwt140.50–157.001,052168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699130.00/cwt130.00–130.0090915
Steers—Medium and Large 1726150.25/cwt150.25–150.251,09167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2752134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,00820
Steers—Medium and Large 1754150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,131112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,18341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370165.00/cwt165.00–165.0061110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418168.61/cwt160.00–176.0070532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468173.30/cwt151.00–179.00811149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522166.53/cwt155.00–170.00869174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572133.67/cwt132.00–136.0076551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576146.92/cwt140.00–155.50846188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624140.70/cwt134.50–145.00878198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement647155.28/cwt154.00–156.501,005139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2649130.00/cwt130.00–130.0084416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1691134.00/cwt134.00–134.0092647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2779127.50/cwt127.50–127.5099312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1726120.00/cwt120.00–120.008719
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,76374.42/cwt69.00–78.001,3128
Bulls——1,97781.33/cwt81.00–81.501,6083
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07036.50/cwt36.50–36.503911
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,18546.34/cwt39.00–52.5054911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18842.26/cwt39.00–47.5050211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21051.00/cwt51.00–51.006171
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,29050.00/cwt50.00–50.006451
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,31960.45/cwt46.00–68.5079760
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42058.81/cwt53.00–64.0083521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54948.45/cwt43.00–54.507506
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62462.49/cwt58.50–65.001,01511
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1892106.89/cwt100.00–114.009535
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,02867.16/cwt65.00–70.006905

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.