Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2019-11-07

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Nov 7
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
381 head
54 vs last sale 327 381 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate on a slightly higher offering today.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46889.991,321100
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30783.771,09510
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,10273.6681156
HeifersChoiceAverage1,308112.151,46767
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,281109.201,39931
HeifersSelectAverage1,10796.111,06411
SteersChoiceAverage1,440113.241,63170
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,287107.321,38127
SteersSelectAverage1,32499.861,3229thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersSelect1,69894.35/cwt93.00–98.001,6024
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,024104.26/cwt100.00–113.001,0685
SteersSelect and Choice1,287107.32/cwt104.00–109.501,38127
Dairy SteersChoice1,47189.61/cwt87.00–91.001,31896
Dairy SteersChoiceValue Added1,40499.00/cwt99.00–99.001,3904
Dairy SteersSelect1,30876.13/cwt71.00–78.0099614
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,03372.83/cwt70.00–75.0075242
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,30783.77/cwt82.00–85.001,09510
HeifersSelect1,27994.94/cwt91.00–100.001,2144
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,00896.78/cwt83.00–104.009767
HeifersSelect and Choice1,281109.20/cwt103.00–110.001,39931
SteersChoice1,440113.24/cwt111.00–115.501,63170
HeifersChoice1,308112.15/cwt110.00–116.001,46767

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.