Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 3.50 lower and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold 1.00 higher. Demand was good on a 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	1,451	94.14	1,366	116
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,388	88.38	1,227	31
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,260	79.83	1,006	78
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,231	108.93	1,341	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	102.69	1,124	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,383	109.44	1,514	45
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,403	103.83	1,457	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,302	95.09	1,238	13

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
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,201	75.67/cwt	70.00–81.00	909	42
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,388	88.38/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,227	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,095	102.69/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,124	6
Steers	Select	—	1,302	95.09/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,238	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,403	103.83/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,457	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,451	94.14/cwt	91.00–98.50	1,366	116
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,328	84.69/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,125	36
Steers	Choice	—	1,383	109.44/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,514	45
Heifers	Choice	—	1,231	108.93/cwt	107.00–109.50	1,341	36

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

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Compared to last week, Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 3.50 lower and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold 1.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate to light offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,201	70.00–81.00	75.67
36	—	1,328	82.00–85.00	84.69
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,388	86.00–90.00	88.38
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,451	91.00–98.50	94.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,095	102.00–103.00	102.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,231	107.00–109.50	108.93
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,302	92.00–96.00	95.09
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,403	101.00–105.00	103.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,383	107.00–110.00	109.44

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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