Sale reports / Nebraska / Sheridan / 2022-03-30

Sheridan

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rushville, Nebraska · Wed, Mar 30
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1859
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,475 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 1,333▲ 1,475 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 179 vs last sale 0▲ 179 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality run of feeder heifers and steers. Been several weeks since last feeder sale. Prices higher and lower on some weights. A few pairs with a few bred cows. Demand moderate to good. A little moisture in the area.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.62/cwt on 954 head.
Average price
$154.62
954 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,093
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.66
vs NE average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1708154.751,096937
Medium and Large 1-2610147.6890117thin
One grade step is worth $7.07/cwt here — about $195 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 sale954 hd
154.62
—
NE average6 barns · 4,921 hd
156.28
−1.66
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1411220.00/cwt220.00–220.0090410
Steers—Medium and Large 1489202.29/cwt201.00–202.5098942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506175.00/cwt175.00–175.008865
Steers—Medium and Large 1579190.96/cwt190.25–193.501,10662
Steers—Medium and Large 1658178.28/cwt165.00–181.001,17338
Steers—Medium and Large 1703178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,25176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1276
Steers—Medium and Large 11,031148.85/cwt148.85–148.851,535119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391186.00/cwt186.00–186.0072710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460187.31/cwt179.00–189.5086225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526174.37/cwt168.00–175.5091771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527154.00/cwt154.00–154.008127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577174.47/cwt165.00–182.001,00758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626146.00/cwt146.00–146.009145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638161.17/cwt149.50–162.501,028121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658156.90/cwt146.00–160.501,03225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2711140.50/cwt140.50–140.509995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717154.41/cwt150.00–156.501,107253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762146.78/cwt145.50–149.001,118194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,18145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860138.52/cwt135.00–139.001,191109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1907132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,20018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1966129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,2498
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4331,433.14/cwt1,375.00–1,500.0020,53743
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2331,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,25510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3111,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0020,9768
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4271,310.00/cwt1,310.00–1,310.0018,6945
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,5031,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0016,68319

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.