Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold mostly 1.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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	1,480	89.03	1,318	119
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,438	84.91	1,221	72
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,195	70.41	842	37
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,331	121.34	1,615	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,267	116.05	1,470	58
Heifers	Select	Average	1,083	110.65	1,198	56
Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	121.68	1,790	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,409	117.19	1,651	114
Steers	Select	Average	1,095	108.52	1,189	28

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
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,215	69.38/cwt	68.00–71.00	843	20
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,016	109.28/cwt	107.50–122.00	1,110	16
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	920	113.53/cwt	102.50–119.00	1,044	27
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,438	84.91/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,221	72
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,172	71.62/cwt	69.00–77.00	839	17
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,480	89.03/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,318	119
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,409	117.19/cwt	110.00–119.75	1,651	114
Steers	Select	—	1,201	107.50/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,291	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,471	121.68/cwt	120.00–122.50	1,790	70
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,267	116.05/cwt	111.00–119.50	1,470	58
Heifers	Select	—	1,235	107.96/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,333	29
Heifers	Choice	—	1,331	121.34/cwt	120.00–122.75	1,615	57

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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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 1.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a higher offering today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,215	68.00–71.00	69.38
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,438	82.00–87.00	84.91
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,172	69.00–77.00	71.62
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,480	88.00–90.00	89.03
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,016	107.50–122.00	109.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,409	110.00–119.75	117.19
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,201	104.00–109.00	107.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,471	120.00–122.50	121.68
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	920	102.50–119.00	113.53
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,267	111.00–119.50	116.05
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,235	101.00–109.00	107.96
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,331	120.00–122.75	121.34

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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