Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale report from last week to compare to, but a lower undertone was noted on all cattle. Steers and heifers had a 101 - 107 top, and Holstein steers had a 86 - 90 top. Demand was good on a moderate to heavier 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	1,409	87.94	1,239	98
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	83.25	1,078	113
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,238	72.99	904	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,234	101.76	1,256	42
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	96.60	1,157	33
Heifers	Select	Average	1,235	83.63	1,033	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,466	102.35	1,500	97
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,379	95.40	1,316	36
Steers	Select	Average	1,382	85.09	1,176	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	—	1,382	85.09/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,176	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,379	95.40/cwt	93.50–98.00	1,316	36
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,409	87.94/cwt	85.50–90.00	1,239	98
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,238	72.99/cwt	69.00–78.00	904	30
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,295	83.25/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,078	113
Heifers	Select	—	1,235	83.63/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,033	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,198	96.60/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,157	33
Steers	Choice	—	1,466	102.35/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,500	97
Heifers	Choice	—	1,234	101.76/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,256	42

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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,382	82.00–86.00	85.09
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,379	93.50–98.00	95.40
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,466	100.00–106.00	102.35
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,409	85.50–90.00	87.94
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,238	69.00–78.00	72.99
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,295	80.00–85.50	83.25
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,235	81.00–89.00	83.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,198	93.00–99.00	96.60
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,234	100.00–106.00	101.76

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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