Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Slaughter Heifers sold steady . Slaughter Holstein Steers sold steady also. 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	1,496	86.73	1,297	76
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	82.44	1,113	44
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,301	73.52	956	73
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	107.97	1,407	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,205	103.06	1,242	59
Heifers	Select	Average	1,271	98.28	1,249	83
Steers	Choice	Average	1,412	107.22	1,514	94
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,348	102.94	1,388	46
Steers	Select	Average	1,276	98.48	1,256	52

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
Steers	Select	—	1,284	94.97/cwt	91.00–99.50	1,219	38
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	107.97/cwt	106.00–109.50	1,407	67
Steers	Choice	—	1,412	107.22/cwt	106.00–109.50	1,514	94
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,350	82.44/cwt	80.00–85.75	1,113	44
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,301	73.52/cwt	71.00–77.50	956	73
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,496	86.73/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,297	76
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,348	102.94/cwt	100.50–105.50	1,388	46
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,253	108.00/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,353	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,205	103.06/cwt	100.50–106.50	1,242	59
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,061	105.29/cwt	101.00–112.50	1,117	16
Heifers	Select	—	1,321	96.60/cwt	91.00–98.75	1,276	67

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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Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Slaughter Heifers sold steady . Slaughter Holstein Steers sold steady also. Demand was good on a higher offering today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,284	91.00–99.50	94.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,412	106.00–109.50	107.22
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,348	100.50–105.50	102.94
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,253	101.00–114.00	108.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,303	106.00–109.50	107.97
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,205	100.50–106.50	103.06
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,061	101.00–112.50	105.29
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,321	91.00–98.75	96.60
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,350	80.00–85.75	82.44
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,301	71.00–77.50	73.52
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,496	86.00–88.00	86.73

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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