Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly steady, and Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.50 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.50 to 2.00 higher. 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	1,474	93.69	1,381	94
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,239	86.30	1,069	19
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,155	78.44	906	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,316	103.81	1,366	41
Heifers	Select	Average	1,050	100.79	1,059	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,230	93.70	1,153	36
Steers	Select	Average	1,046	118.46	1,240	34
Steers	Choice	Average	1,381	102.18	1,411	74
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,398	94.96	1,328	33

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	—	1,092	79.27/cwt	73.00–84.00	866	24
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,016	125.62/cwt	122.50–129.00	1,276	28
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,014	107.69/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,092	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,398	94.96/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,328	33
Steers	Select	—	1,188	85.06/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,011	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,381	102.18/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,411	74
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,474	93.69/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,381	94
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,239	86.30/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,069	19
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,407	75.12/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,057	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,230	93.70/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,153	36
Heifers	Select	—	1,123	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	977	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,316	103.81/cwt	102.60–104.75	1,366	41

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

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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
24	—	1,092	73.00–84.00	79.27
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,474	90.00–97.00	93.69
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,239	83.00–89.00	86.30
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,407	74.00–79.00	75.12
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,016	122.50–129.00	125.62
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,398	92.00–99.00	94.96
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	82.00–88.00	85.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,381	100.00–105.00	102.18
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,014	106.00–109.00	107.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,230	90.00–99.00	93.70
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,316	102.60–104.75	103.81

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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