Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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	1,460	89.12	1,301	70
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,354	83.75	1,134	32
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,240	73.15	907	39
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,357	118.08	1,602	95
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	113.79	1,494	53
Heifers	Select	Average	1,097	110.82	1,215	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,488	118.62	1,765	202
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,452	114.44	1,662	49
Steers	Select	Average	1,356	109.66	1,487	82

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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,104	128.84/cwt	126.50–135.00	1,422	19
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	958	120.84/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,158	15
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,354	83.75/cwt	80.50–85.00	1,134	32
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,240	73.15/cwt	70.00–78.00	907	39
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,460	89.12/cwt	86.00–91.50	1,301	70
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,452	114.44/cwt	110.00–116.75	1,662	49
Steers	Select	—	1,432	103.88/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,488	63
Steers	Choice	—	1,488	118.62/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,765	202
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,313	113.79/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,494	53
Heifers	Select	—	1,187	104.28/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,238	23
Heifers	Choice	—	1,357	118.08/cwt	117.35–119.60	1,602	95

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 19, 2019

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

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,104	126.50–135.00	128.84
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,452	110.00–116.75	114.44
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,432	101.00–109.00	103.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	1,488	117.00–123.00	118.62
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	958	119.00–124.00	120.84
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,313	112.00–116.00	113.79
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,187	101.00–108.00	104.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,357	117.35–119.60	118.08
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,354	80.50–85.00	83.75
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,240	70.00–78.00	73.15
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,460	86.00–91.50	89.12

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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