Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 5.00 to 6.00 lower, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 7.00 to 9.00 lower. With the warmer weather, yards are muddy, making for an 0.5% to 1.00% tag on the cattle. Packer demand was good to moderate on a little 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	87.99	1,302	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,232	76.10	938	33
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,421	66.92	951	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,336	113.96	1,523	58
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,295	111.06	1,438	67
Heifers	Select	Average	1,211	105.93	1,283	41
Steers	Choice	Average	1,487	114.79	1,707	63
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,296	111.36	1,443	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,403	104.54	1,467	42

Every lot, as filed

9 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 and Choice	—	1,232	76.10/cwt	71.00–78.00	938	33
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,421	66.92/cwt	65.00–69.00	951	25
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,480	87.99/cwt	83.00–89.50	1,302	29
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,296	111.36/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,443	23
Steers	Select	—	1,403	104.54/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,467	42
Steers	Choice	—	1,487	114.79/cwt	113.00–116.75	1,707	63
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,295	111.06/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,438	67
Heifers	Select	—	1,211	105.93/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,283	41
Heifers	Choice	—	1,336	113.96/cwt	113.00–115.75	1,523	58

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 and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,232	71.00–78.00	76.10
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,421	65.00–69.00	66.92
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,480	83.00–89.50	87.99
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,296	110.00–112.00	111.36
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,403	100.00–107.00	104.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,487	113.00–116.75	114.79
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,295	110.00–112.00	111.06
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,211	100.00–109.00	105.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,336	113.00–115.75	113.96

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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