Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Choice steers are 1.00 to 2.00 lower, Choice Holstein steers are 2.00 to 3.00 lower and Choice heifers are 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade was moderate to active on a steady 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	1,365	90.12	1,230	22
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,427	81.95	1,169	91
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,266	75.50	956	55
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,198	65.12	780	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,275	109.81	1,400	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	102.97	1,256	39
Heifers	Select	Average	1,180	95.48	1,127	13
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,302	92.39	1,203	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,412	108.64	1,534	48
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	103.27	1,296	18
Steers	Select	Average	1,297	97.57	1,265	13
Steers	Standard	Average	1,530	92.91	1,422	17

Every lot, as filed

12 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	Select	—	1,266	75.50/cwt	71.00–79.00	956	55
Heifers	Standard	—	1,302	92.39/cwt	91.00–94.50	1,203	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,427	81.95/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,169	91
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	108.64/cwt	107.00–110.25	1,534	48
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,198	65.12/cwt	60.00–69.00	780	32
Steers	Select	—	1,297	97.57/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,265	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,255	103.27/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,296	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,275	109.81/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,400	40
Steers	Standard	—	1,530	92.91/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,422	17
Heifers	Select	—	1,180	95.48/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,127	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,365	90.12/cwt	85.00–98.00	1,230	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,220	102.97/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,256	39

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 27, 2019

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,266	71.00–79.00	75.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,427	80.00–85.50	81.95
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,198	60.00–69.00	65.12
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,365	85.00–98.00	90.12
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,302	91.00–94.50	92.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,275	106.00–111.00	109.81
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,180	95.00–98.00	95.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,220	100.00–106.00	102.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,412	107.00–110.25	108.64
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,297	96.00–98.00	97.57
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,255	100.00–105.00	103.27
Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,530	90.00–95.00	92.91

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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