Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Slaughter Heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was good on a higher 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	1,520	88.45	1,344	51
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,407	84.57	1,190	144
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,282	74.70	958	26
Dairy Steers	Standard	Average	1,324	64.85	859	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,307	104.55	1,366	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,209	95.77	1,158	39
Steers	Choice	Average	1,387	105.49	1,463	129
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,390	97.80	1,359	23

Every lot, as filed

8 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,307	104.55/cwt	101.00–106.25	1,366	37
Steers	Choice	—	1,387	105.49/cwt	102.00–108.10	1,463	129
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,209	95.77/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,158	39
Dairy Steers	Standard	—	1,324	64.85/cwt	62.00–69.00	859	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,407	84.57/cwt	80.00–93.75	1,190	144
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,282	74.70/cwt	70.00–79.00	958	26
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,520	88.45/cwt	86.00–92.50	1,344	51
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,390	97.80/cwt	93.00–101.00	1,359	23

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 Oct 3, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

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Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Slaughter Heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand was good on a higher offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,307	101.00–106.25	104.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,209	91.00–100.00	95.77
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,387	102.00–108.10	105.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,390	93.00–101.00	97.80
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,324	62.00–69.00	64.85
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,407	80.00–93.75	84.57
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,282	70.00–79.00	74.70
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,520	86.00–92.50	88.45

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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