Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 6.00 lower and Heifers sold mostly 9.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 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	1,474	84.96	1,252	163
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	75.64	977	28
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,117	64.45	720	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,290	93.57	1,207	109
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,311	83.45	1,094	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,526	74.00	1,129	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,415	95.32	1,349	67
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,337	83.93	1,122	25

Every lot, as filed

8 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	Choice	—	1,474	84.96/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,252	163
Steers	Choice	—	1,415	95.32/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,349	67
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,337	83.93/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,122	25
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,292	75.64/cwt	73.00–79.00	977	28
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,117	64.45/cwt	61.00–67.00	720	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,311	83.45/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,094	14
Heifers	Select	—	1,526	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,129	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,290	93.57/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,207	109

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 25, 2020

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

Receipts 448Last week 475Year ago 396

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,474	80.00–89.00	84.96
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,292	73.00–79.00	75.64
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,117	61.00–67.00	64.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,415	90.00–98.00	95.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,337	80.00–89.50	83.93
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,311	81.00–89.00	83.45
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,526	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,290	90.00–97.00	93.57

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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