Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today due to no report from last week, but a lower undertone was noted on all cattle. 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	1,438	87.38	1,257	85
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,463	83.04	1,215	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,170	71.30	834	3thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	101.01	1,278	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,202	98.75	1,187	12
Heifers	Select	Average	1,185	94.00	1,114	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,395	101.31	1,413	69
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,500	99.59	1,494	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,297	91.31	1,184	12

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	—	1,170	71.30/cwt	70.00–72.00	834	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,202	98.75/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,187	12
Heifers	Select	—	1,185	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,114	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	101.01/cwt	101.00–101.25	1,278	25
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,500	99.59/cwt	98.50–100.00	1,494	10
Steers	Select	—	1,297	91.31/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,184	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,395	101.31/cwt	100.50–102.25	1,413	69
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,438	87.38/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,257	85
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,463	83.04/cwt	82.00–84.50	1,215	6

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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No comparison today due to no report from last week, but a lower undertone was noted on all cattle. 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
3	—	1,170	70.00–72.00	71.30
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,438	86.00–90.00	87.38
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,463	82.00–84.50	83.04
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,202	97.00–99.00	98.75
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,185	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,265	101.00–101.25	101.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,500	98.50–100.00	99.59
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,297	90.00–95.00	91.31
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,395	100.50–102.25	101.31

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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