Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last week, Slaughter steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher and heifers were steady. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 1.00 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	1,379	92.12	1,270	159
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,299	86.81	1,128	43
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,176	76.55	900	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,336	101.20	1,352	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	96.31	1,191	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,361	92.13	1,254	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	102.66	1,451	78
Steers	Select	Average	1,128	100.47	1,133	35
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,540	97.39	1,500	15

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
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,090	101.53/cwt	92.50–109.00	1,107	31
Steers	Select	—	1,419	92.29/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,310	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,413	102.66/cwt	99.00–112.50	1,451	78
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,540	97.39/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,500	15
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,176	76.55/cwt	73.00–79.00	900	17
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,379	92.12/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,270	159
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,299	86.81/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,128	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,237	96.31/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,191	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,361	92.13/cwt	90.00–94.50	1,254	21
Heifers	Choice	—	1,336	101.20/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,352	31

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 Aug 6, 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 · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,090	92.50–109.00	101.53
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,419	91.00–94.00	92.29
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,413	99.00–112.50	102.66
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,540	96.00–98.00	97.39
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,176	73.00–79.00	76.55
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	1,379	90.00–96.00	92.12
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,299	80.00–89.00	86.81
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,237	95.00–97.00	96.31
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,361	90.00–94.50	92.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,336	98.00–105.00	101.20

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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