Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last reported sale two weeks ago, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 3.00 higher and Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 6.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 2.00 higher. 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	1,484	88.33	1,310	109
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	82.04	1,081	139
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,266	72.50	918	84
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,279	99.40	1,271	46
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,282	93.51	1,199	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,440	81.88	1,179	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,447	98.32	1,423	34
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,483	94.10	1,396	3thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,323	85.21	1,127	7thin

Every lot, as filed

10 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	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,520	90.66/cwt	89.00–92.75	1,378	38
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,483	94.10/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,396	3
Steers	Select	—	1,323	85.21/cwt	80.00–88.50	1,127	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,447	98.32/cwt	95.00–100.75	1,423	34
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,266	72.50/cwt	70.00–78.00	918	84
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,464	87.08/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,275	71
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,318	82.04/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,081	139
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,282	93.51/cwt	91.50–95.00	1,199	17
Heifers	Select	—	1,440	81.88/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,179	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,279	99.40/cwt	96.00–100.60	1,271	46

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 Jul 9, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,520	89.00–92.75	90.66
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,266	70.00–78.00	72.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,464	86.00–89.00	87.08
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,318	80.00–85.00	82.04
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,483	93.00–96.00	94.10
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,323	80.00–88.50	85.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,447	95.00–100.75	98.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,282	91.50–95.00	93.51
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,440	80.00–85.00	81.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,279	96.00–100.60	99.40

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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