Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week , Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 - 3.50 lower. Slaughter Holsteins Steers sold steady. Demand was good on moderate to light offering.

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	1,456	93.20	1,357	84
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,364	87.75	1,197	48
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,287	83.00	1,068	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	112.57	1,424	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,204	106.41	1,281	19
Heifers	Select	Average	1,402	95.00	1,332	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,356	112.97	1,532	64
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,254	107.53	1,348	40
Steers	Select	Average	1,194	94.65	1,130	4thin

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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,254	107.53/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,348	40
Steers	Select	—	1,194	94.65/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,130	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,456	93.20/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,357	84
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,287	83.00/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,068	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,364	87.75/cwt	85.00–89.50	1,197	48
Heifers	Select	—	1,402	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,332	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,204	106.41/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,281	19
Steers	Choice	—	1,356	112.97/cwt	111.00–116.25	1,532	64
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	112.57/cwt	110.50–114.25	1,424	43

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 Aug 8, 2019

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Compared to last week , Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 - 3.50 lower. Slaughter Holsteins Steers sold steady. Demand was good on moderate to light offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,254	103.00–109.50	107.53
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,194	91.00–97.00	94.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,356	111.00–116.25	112.97
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,456	90.00–99.50	93.20
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,287	75.00–85.00	83.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,364	85.00–89.50	87.75
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,402	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,204	104.00–108.00	106.41
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,265	110.50–114.25	112.57

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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