Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to sale not reported 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	1,407	85.64	1,205	48
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,332	81.99	1,092	42
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,303	73.47	957	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,253	113.15	1,418	75
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,252	103.72	1,299	37
Heifers	Select	Average	1,207	96.93	1,170	29
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,383	85.02	1,176	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	112.99	1,598	92
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,234	102.74	1,268	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,159	92.93	1,077	12

Every lot, as filed

10 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,414	112.99/cwt	110.00–115.50	1,598	92
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,332	81.99/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,092	42
Heifers	Choice	—	1,253	113.15/cwt	111.00–114.85	1,418	75
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,303	73.47/cwt	71.00–76.50	957	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,407	85.64/cwt	84.00–93.00	1,205	48
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,234	102.74/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,268	12
Steers	Select	—	1,159	92.93/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,077	12
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,252	103.72/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,299	37
Heifers	Select	—	1,207	96.93/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,170	29
Heifers	Standard	—	1,383	85.02/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,176	27

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Jul 18, 2019

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No comparison due to sale not reported last week

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,414	110.00–115.50	112.99
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,234	100.00–107.00	102.74
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,159	91.00–98.00	92.93
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,332	80.00–84.00	81.99
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,303	71.00–76.50	73.47
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,407	84.00–93.00	85.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,253	111.00–114.85	113.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,252	101.00–108.00	103.72
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,207	90.00–98.50	96.93
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,383	84.00–86.00	85.02

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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