Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers and heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 2.00 to 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,360	93.59	1,272	90
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,301	84.22	1,096	21
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,271	74.10	942	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,325	105.69	1,400	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,333	102.60	1,368	42
Heifers	Select	Average	1,160	96.69	1,122	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,435	106.14	1,523	13
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,402	103.68	1,454	33
Steers	Select	Average	1,321	99.21	1,311	40

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	1,065	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	788	1
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,186	109.09/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,294	15
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,024	106.63/cwt	106.50–107.00	1,092	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,402	103.68/cwt	102.00–104.50	1,454	33
Steers	Select	—	1,402	93.28/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,308	25
Steers	Choice	—	1,435	106.14/cwt	105.25–106.50	1,523	13
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,281	74.10/cwt	70.00–79.00	949	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,404	95.93/cwt	91.50–98.50	1,347	62
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,301	84.22/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,096	21
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,261	88.42/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,115	28
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,333	102.60/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,368	42
Heifers	Select	—	1,221	92.27/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,127	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,325	105.69/cwt	105.00–106.50	1,400	37

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 Aug 27, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	74.00	74.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,281	70.00–79.00	74.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,404	91.50–98.50	95.93
28	—	1,261	87.00–89.00	88.42
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,301	84.00–85.00	84.22
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,186	108.00–110.00	109.09
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,402	102.00–104.50	103.68
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,402	90.00–98.00	93.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,435	105.25–106.50	106.14
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,024	106.50–107.00	106.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,333	101.00–104.00	102.60
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,221	90.00–97.00	92.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,325	105.00–106.50	105.69

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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