Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2020-08-13

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 13
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
335 head
73 vs last sale 408 335 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers sold mostly 2.00 higher and slaughter heifers sold mostly 3.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 3.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a lower offering today.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,35589.231,20955
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,39384.471,17754
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,23375.9993728
HeifersChoiceAverage1,293104.571,35231
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22499.031,21317
HeifersSelectAverage1,28298.411,2625thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,407104.891,476104
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,398100.321,40319
SteersSelectAverage1,21892.571,12722

Every lot, as filed

14 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersChoice1,293104.57/cwt102.00–107.751,35231
HeifersSelect1,34094.02/cwt93.00–95.001,2603
HeifersSelect and Choice1,181100.39/cwt98.00–101.001,18614
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,39384.47/cwt80.00–88.001,17754
Dairy SteersChoice1,35589.23/cwt88.00–92.251,20955
Dairy SteersSelect1,29873.53/cwt70.00–77.5095412
SteersChoice1,407104.89/cwt102.50–107.251,476104
SteersSelect and Choice1,322101.32/cwt100.00–102.001,33915
SteersSelect1,33894.14/cwt93.00–96.001,26011
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,42792.69/cwt90.00–95.001,3233
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,68596.55/cwt93.00–99.001,6274
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,195105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2552
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,09791.00/cwt91.00–91.0099811
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,18477.84/cwt74.00–89.0092216

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.