Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale to compare to from last week, due to a winter storm, but a higher undertone was noted on all cattle from two weeks ago. Packer demand was good to moderate 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	1,518	87.95	1,335	193
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	84.15	1,109	53
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,236	72.20	893	51
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	117.21	1,560	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,247	112.53	1,403	78
Heifers	Select	Average	1,330	99.67	1,326	36
Steers	Choice	Average	1,433	117.30	1,681	197
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,493	110.97	1,657	62
Steers	Select	Average	1,408	101.11	1,424	46

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
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,009	107.89/cwt	105.50–120.00	1,089	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,181	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,358	4
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,318	84.15/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,109	53
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,327	79.06/cwt	71.00–86.00	1,049	23
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,518	87.95/cwt	86.00–91.75	1,335	193
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,493	110.97/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,657	62
Steers	Select	—	1,468	100.09/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,469	40
Steers	Choice	—	1,433	117.30/cwt	115.00–120.35	1,681	197
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,247	112.53/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,403	78
Heifers	Select	—	1,349	97.75/cwt	92.00–106.00	1,319	32
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	117.21/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,560	68
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,162	66.57/cwt	64.00–68.50	774	28

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 Dec 5, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

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No sale to compare to from last week, due to a winter storm, but a higher undertone was noted on all cattle from two weeks ago. Packer demand was good to moderate on a higher offering today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,009	105.50–120.00	107.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,493	104.00–115.00	110.97
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,468	98.00–105.00	100.09
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
197	—	1,433	115.00–120.35	117.30
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,181	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,247	107.00–115.00	112.53
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,349	92.00–106.00	97.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,331	115.00–119.00	117.21
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,318	80.00–85.50	84.15
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,327	71.00–86.00	79.06
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	1,518	86.00–91.75	87.95
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,162	64.00–68.50	66.57

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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