Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Choice steers are 2.00 to 3.00 lower, Holstein steers are 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and the heifers are 2.00 lower. Trade was moderate on a higher offering today.

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	1,375	106.48	1,464	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,436	87.22	1,252	144
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,244	73.73	917	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,389	113.76	1,580	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,207	110.42	1,333	35
Heifers	Select	Average	1,334	89.72	1,197	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	113.82	1,600	59
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,363	111.94	1,526	42
Steers	Select	Average	1,305	99.60	1,300	81

Every lot, as filed

9 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
Heifers	Select	—	1,334	89.72/cwt	81.00–95.50	1,197	16
Steers	Select	—	1,305	99.60/cwt	93.00–105.00	1,300	81
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,244	73.73/cwt	64.00–79.00	917	30
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,436	87.22/cwt	71.00–96.00	1,252	144
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,363	111.94/cwt	108.00–113.75	1,526	42
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,375	106.48/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,464	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,207	110.42/cwt	106.00–112.75	1,333	35
Steers	Choice	—	1,406	113.82/cwt	113.50–114.00	1,600	59
Heifers	Choice	—	1,389	113.76/cwt	112.50–115.00	1,580	17

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 20, 2019

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Compared to last week, Choice steers are 2.00 to 3.00 lower, Holstein steers are 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and the heifers are 2.00 lower. Trade was moderate on a higher offering today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,334	81.00–95.50	89.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,207	106.00–112.75	110.42
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,389	112.50–115.00	113.76
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,305	93.00–105.00	99.60
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,363	108.00–113.75	111.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,406	113.50–114.00	113.82
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,244	64.00–79.00	73.73
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,436	71.00–96.00	87.22
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	102.00–110.00	106.48

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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