Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold mostly 2.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.00 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 steady 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	1,541	87.72	1,352	36
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,333	82.79	1,104	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,370	112.19	1,537	58
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,311	109.23	1,432	52
Heifers	Select	Average	1,165	102.38	1,192	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,430	112.81	1,613	43
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,420	109.51	1,555	46
Steers	Select	Average	1,134	96.22	1,091	8thin

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
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,010	115.64/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,168	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,333	82.79/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,104	29
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,541	87.72/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,352	36
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,420	109.51/cwt	105.50–110.00	1,555	46
Steers	Select	—	1,134	96.22/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,091	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	112.81/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,613	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,311	109.23/cwt	100.50–110.25	1,432	52
Heifers	Select	—	1,260	94.22/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,187	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,370	112.19/cwt	111.00–114.50	1,537	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
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,010	112.00–120.00	115.64
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,311	100.50–110.25	109.23
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,260	90.00–99.00	94.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,370	111.00–114.50	112.19
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,333	80.00–85.00	82.79
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,541	86.00–91.00	87.72
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,420	105.50–110.00	109.51
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,134	94.00–99.00	96.22
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,430	111.00–116.50	112.81

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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