Sale reports / Nebraska / Sheridan / 2020-12-09

Sheridan

Feeder Cattle · Rushville, Nebraska · Wed, Dec 9
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1859
Receipts
3,584 head
▲ 3,584 vs last sale 0▼ 81 vs year ago 3,665 · −2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder cattle in a month a market comparison is not applicable. However, a sharply higher undertone was noted. Several packages and load lots on hand Wednesday. Several groups were weaned with some bawlers in the mix. Some top quality black and true F1 baldy heifers went back to the county for replacement heifers. Next week, will be a special bred heifer and cow sale, January 6, 2021 will be a special weaned calf auction.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.40/cwt on 2,219 head.
Average price
$160.40
2,219 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$977
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.00
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1613160.429832,068
Medium and Large 1-2551160.11882151
One grade step is worth $0.31/cwt here — about $101 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 sale2,219 hd
160.40
—
NE average11 barns · 16,939 hd
165.40
−5.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

38 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1386188.62/cwt184.00–195.0072846
Steers—Medium and Large 1432191.71/cwt187.00–194.5082867
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436172.00/cwt172.00–172.0075021
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed453194.00/cwt194.00–194.0087921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487173.96/cwt173.50–176.0084726
Steers—Medium and Large 1488181.88/cwt173.00–187.2588890
Steers—Medium and Large 1532174.04/cwt170.50–186.50926276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532163.15/cwt155.00–166.5086828
Steers—Medium and Large 1569165.14/cwt158.50–171.00940205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589153.59/cwt152.50–158.5090555
Steers—Medium and Large 1612156.62/cwt152.50–159.25959651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642147.93/cwt146.50–149.0095014
Steers—Medium and Large 1674151.88/cwt145.25–156.001,024381
Steers—Medium and Large 1716146.70/cwt142.00–147.501,050121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730136.50/cwt136.50–136.509967
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy735140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,03328
Steers—Medium and Large 1777145.20/cwt144.00–146.501,128175
Steers—Medium and Large 1816140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1427
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318171.00/cwt171.00–171.0054421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384163.10/cwt160.00–164.0062627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427162.74/cwt159.00–165.5069533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437142.00/cwt142.00–142.006215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482156.64/cwt151.00–160.2575563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488148.46/cwt143.00–150.5072449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy511159.50/cwt159.50–159.5081538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520151.94/cwt148.50–156.5079093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523134.00/cwt134.00–134.0070114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy560153.25/cwt153.25–153.25858138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement564170.00/cwt170.00–170.0095910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572146.95/cwt140.25–150.00841219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617139.61/cwt136.50–141.50861104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement633146.94/cwt146.50–147.50930157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1654136.98/cwt135.25–139.0089689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2687121.00/cwt121.00–121.008315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy699153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,07324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1706138.00/cwt138.00–138.0097433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1831133.89/cwt129.50–134.501,11325
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582134.00/cwt134.00–134.0078010

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.