Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers sold mostly 1.00 lower and the Slaughter heifers 1.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 1.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a steady offering.

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	1,525	87.34	1,332	39
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	82.82	1,072	88
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,218	76.25	929	41
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,344	100.07	1,345	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,336	92.84	1,240	43
Heifers	Select	Average	1,215	85.82	1,043	30
Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	99.64	1,413	55
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,449	92.23	1,336	38
Steers	Select	Average	1,212	90.38	1,096	13

Every lot, as filed

12 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,151	81.22/cwt	78.00–86.00	935	9
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,125	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	1,052	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,093	90.84/cwt	82.00–96.50	993	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,449	92.23/cwt	90.00–94.50	1,336	38
Steers	Select	—	1,352	85.39/cwt	83.50–86.50	1,154	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	99.64/cwt	98.00–102.25	1,413	55
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,525	87.34/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,332	39
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,294	82.82/cwt	81.00–86.50	1,072	88
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,237	74.85/cwt	70.00–79.00	926	32
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,336	92.84/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,240	43
Heifers	Select	—	1,276	83.31/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,063	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,344	100.07/cwt	97.50–101.35	1,345	35

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Jul 23, 2020

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

Receipts 398Last week 409Year ago 335

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,151	78.00–86.00	81.22
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,525	87.00–89.00	87.34
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,294	81.00–86.50	82.82
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,237	70.00–79.00	74.85
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,125	93.50	93.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,449	90.00–94.50	92.23
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,352	83.50–86.50	85.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,418	98.00–102.25	99.64
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,093	82.00–96.50	90.84
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,336	90.00–98.00	92.84
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,276	80.00–87.00	83.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,344	97.50–101.35	100.07

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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