Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was a good crowd and trades were active today. Cattle were 1.00-2.00 lower today compared to last week.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,463	89.20	1,305	80
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	84.98	1,141	70
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,329	80.68	1,072	23
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,320	71.00	937	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,221	114.43	1,397	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,061	106.97	1,135	37
Heifers	Select	Low	1,329	82.64	1,098	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,384	114.51	1,585	28
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,213	106.17	1,288	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,152	78.65	906	3thin

Every lot, as filed

13 lots · USDA AMS · Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,463	89.20/cwt	86.00–99.00	1,305	80
Heifers	Select	—	1,441	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,110	5
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,329	80.68/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,072	23
Heifers	Select	—	1,289	84.66/cwt	82.00–91.00	1,091	14
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,343	84.98/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,141	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,142	106.86/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,220	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,384	114.51/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,585	28
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,213	106.17/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,288	41
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	915	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,016	1
Steers	Select	—	1,152	78.65/cwt	76.00–80.00	906	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,229	114.53/cwt	114.00–115.50	1,408	36
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	942	107.14/cwt	107.00–107.25	1,009	15
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,320	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	937	3

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Jun 13, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

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There was a good crowd and trades were active today. Cattle were 1.00-2.00 lower today compared to last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,463	86.00–99.00	89.20
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,329	76.00–83.00	80.68
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,343	82.00–88.00	84.98
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,320	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,441	77.00	77.00
14	—	1,289	82.00–91.00	84.66
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,142	104.00–107.00	106.86
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,229	114.00–115.50	114.53
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	942	107.00–107.25	107.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,384	110.00–116.00	114.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,213	101.00–109.00	106.17
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,152	76.00–80.00	78.65

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