Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday slaughter steers were .90 higher, slaughter heifers 2.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers were 4.75 higher. Demand was good for the heavy offerings 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,413	94.02	1,328	29
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,198	81.60	978	17
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,115	74.30	828	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,460	97.10	1,418	70
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	81.00	1,008	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,005	73.32	737	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,350	100.93	1,362	117
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,080	90.61	979	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,004	80.87	812	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,450	103.20	1,497	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,181	83.80	990	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,249	75.46	942	10

Every lot, as filed

20 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 Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,198	81.60/cwt	81.00–84.50	978	17
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,115	74.30/cwt	74.00–75.00	828	7
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,300	91.67/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,192	8
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,456	94.91/cwt	89.50–99.00	1,382	21
Dairy Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,301	94.71/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,232	25
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,549	98.42/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,525	45
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,245	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,008	1
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,005	73.32/cwt	73.00–74.00	737	5
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	938	89.72/cwt	89.00–90.00	842	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	92.38/cwt	89.00–96.00	1,261	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,004	80.87/cwt	76.00–85.00	812	16
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,242	99.95/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,241	32
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,540	89.06/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,372	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,385	101.75/cwt	99.00–105.50	1,409	82
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,039	84.34/cwt	82.00–86.00	876	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,394	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,157	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,152	75.76/cwt	71.00–78.00	873	6
Steers	Select	—	1,394	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,046	4
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,236	105.67/cwt	99.00–108.00	1,306	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,463	103.06/cwt	98.00–106.00	1,508	137

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 Sep 17, 2020

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

Receipts 481Last week 367Year ago 496

Compared to last Thursday slaughter steers were .90 higher, slaughter heifers 2.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers were 4.75 higher. Demand was good for the heavy offerings today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,198	81.00–84.50	81.60
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,115	74.00–75.00	74.30
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,300	88.00–94.00	91.67
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,456	89.50–99.00	94.91
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,301	89.00–99.00	94.71
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,549	95.00–101.00	98.42
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	81.00	81.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,005	73.00–74.00	73.32
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	938	89.00–90.00	89.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	89.00–96.00	92.38
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,004	76.00–85.00	80.87
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,242	96.00–103.00	99.95
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	86.00–91.00	89.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,385	99.00–105.50	101.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,039	82.00–86.00	84.34
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,394	83.00	83.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,152	71.00–78.00	75.76
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,394	75.00	75.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,236	99.00–108.00	105.67
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	1,463	98.00–106.00	103.06

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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