Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold mostly 3.00 4.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 1.00 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	Average	1,421	91.96	1,307	96
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,464	86.63	1,268	20
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,176	80.76	949	31
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	102.18	1,364	26
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,314	97.15	1,277	20
Heifers	Select	Average	1,000	87.54	876	40
Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	102.51	1,501	49
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,513	93.82	1,419	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,065	85.00	905	1thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	102.18/cwt	101.50–103.75	1,364	26
Heifers	Select	—	1,360	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,314	97.15/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,277	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,464	86.63/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,268	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,421	91.96/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,307	96
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,314	77.07/cwt	72.00–78.50	1,013	15
Steers	Select	—	1,065	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	905	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,513	93.82/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,419	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,464	102.51/cwt	100.00–104.25	1,501	49
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	991	87.53/cwt	73.00–92.00	867	39
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,046	84.21/cwt	80.00–86.00	881	16

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 Sep 3, 2020

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

Receipts 310Last week 310Year ago 235

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold mostly 3.00 4.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 1.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a lower offering today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,335	101.50–103.75	102.18
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,314	91.00–99.00	97.15
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	991	73.00–92.00	87.53
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,464	80.00–91.00	86.63
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,421	90.00–99.00	91.96
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,314	72.00–78.50	77.07
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,046	80.00–86.00	84.21
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	85.00	85.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,513	90.00–99.00	93.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,464	100.00–104.25	102.51

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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