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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Slaughter Heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good on a higher 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	1,533	88.18	1,352	126
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,282	83.35	1,069	42
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,183	72.45	857	18
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,341	106.70	1,431	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,080	106.27	1,147	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,282	103.00	1,320	39
Heifers	Select	Average	1,242	94.55	1,174	32
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,429	106.96	1,528	84
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,291	106.47	1,374	104
Steers	Select	Average	1,326	95.02	1,260	79

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	1,183	72.45/cwt	70.00–79.00	857	18
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,282	83.35/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,069	42
Heifers	Choice	—	1,282	103.00/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,320	39
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,341	106.70/cwt	105.50–109.50	1,431	76
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,429	106.96/cwt	105.50–108.85	1,528	84
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,533	88.18/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,352	126
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,076	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,270	21
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,345	103.55/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,393	83
Steers	Select	—	1,326	95.02/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,260	79
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,088	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,219	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,075	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,107	7
Heifers	Select	—	1,242	94.55/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,174	32

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 10, 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 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good on a higher offering today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,183	70.00–79.00	72.45
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,282	80.00–85.00	83.35
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,533	86.00–91.00	88.18
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,282	101.00–105.00	103.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,341	105.50–109.50	106.70
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,088	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,075	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,242	91.00–100.00	94.55
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,429	105.50–108.85	106.96
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,076	118.00	118.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,345	100.00–105.50	103.55
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,326	91.00–100.00	95.02

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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