Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

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 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Demand was good on a slightly lower offering today . The value-added Holstein steers are crossbreds (dairy/beef crosses).

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	1,479	88.85	1,314	59
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,380	84.23	1,162	32
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,148	74.36	854	151
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,255	107.85	1,354	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	102.57	1,353	20
Heifers	Select	Average	1,112	92.02	1,023	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,419	107.65	1,528	80
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,475	103.48	1,526	43
Steers	Select	Average	1,519	92.94	1,412	18

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,255	107.85/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,354	31
Steers	Choice	—	1,419	107.65/cwt	106.00–109.25	1,528	80
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,319	102.57/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,353	20
Heifers	Select	—	1,112	92.02/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,023	18
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,380	84.23/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,162	32
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,127	74.45/cwt	65.00–78.75	839	112
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,210	74.11/cwt	70.00–77.00	897	39
Dairy Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,569	93.47/cwt	90.00–96.25	1,467	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,436	86.65/cwt	86.00–87.00	1,244	40
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,475	103.48/cwt	101.00–105.75	1,526	43
Steers	Select	—	1,519	92.94/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,412	18

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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,255	106.00–109.00	107.85
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,319	100.00–105.00	102.57
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,112	90.00–97.00	92.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,419	106.00–109.25	107.65
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,475	101.00–105.75	103.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,519	90.00–97.00	92.94
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,380	80.00–85.50	84.23
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,127	65.00–78.75	74.45
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,210	70.00–77.00	74.11
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,569	90.00–96.25	93.47
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,436	86.00–87.00	86.65

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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