Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers and Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly steady. Packer demand was good to moderate on a lower 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	1,473	87.04	1,282	41
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,398	83.92	1,173	32
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,134	74.77	848	84
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,261	110.60	1,395	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,412	103.72	1,465	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,308	94.80	1,240	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,454	110.09	1,601	50
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,416	106.13	1,503	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,414	97.78	1,382	14

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
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,168	74.24/cwt	71.00–78.00	867	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,398	83.92/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,173	32
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,473	87.04/cwt	86.50–88.00	1,282	41
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,128	74.86/cwt	74.50–77.00	844	72
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,416	106.13/cwt	101.00–107.50	1,503	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,454	110.09/cwt	108.00–112.25	1,601	50
Steers	Select	—	1,458	94.33/cwt	94.00–95.50	1,375	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,334	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,387	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,261	110.60/cwt	109.75–111.00	1,395	65
Heifers	Select	—	1,308	94.80/cwt	91.00–98.50	1,240	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,412	103.72/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,465	14

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
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,168	71.00–78.00	74.24
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,398	80.00–85.50	83.92
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,473	86.50–88.00	87.04
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,128	74.50–77.00	74.86
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,416	101.00–107.50	106.13
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,454	108.00–112.25	110.09
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,458	94.00–95.50	94.33
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,334	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,261	109.75–111.00	110.60
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,308	91.00–98.50	94.80
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,412	102.00–106.00	103.72

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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