Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold mostly 8.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. 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	1,440	82.82	1,193	104
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	73.58	920	29
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,383	63.75	882	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,381	102.55	1,416	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,324	95.81	1,269	49
Heifers	Select	Average	1,298	86.84	1,127	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,491	103.42	1,542	37
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,468	94.49	1,387	35
Steers	Select	Average	1,618	85.73	1,387	22

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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,468	94.49/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,387	35
Steers	Select	—	1,618	85.73/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,387	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	103.42/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,542	37
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,250	73.58/cwt	70.00–78.00	920	29
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,383	63.75/cwt	61.00–66.00	882	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,440	82.82/cwt	80.00–88.50	1,193	104
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,324	95.81/cwt	91.00–99.50	1,269	49
Heifers	Select	—	1,298	86.84/cwt	82.50–89.50	1,127	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,381	102.55/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,416	26

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 Jun 11, 2020

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,468	90.00–98.00	94.49
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,618	80.00–89.00	85.73
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,491	100.00–107.00	103.42
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,250	70.00–78.00	73.58
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,383	61.00–66.00	63.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,440	80.00–88.50	82.82
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,324	91.00–99.50	95.81
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,298	82.50–89.50	86.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,381	100.00–105.50	102.55

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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