Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower. 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	1,485	94.88	1,409	157
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,362	83.19	1,133	19
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,260	81.01	1,021	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,258	101.55	1,277	32
Heifers	Select	Average	1,144	101.27	1,159	34
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,195	98.31	1,175	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	103.36	1,452	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,305	103.03	1,345	16
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,396	97.59	1,362	39

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	—	1,186	82.51/cwt	79.00–87.50	979	25
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,023	115.07/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,177	7
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	855	114.18/cwt	111.00–120.50	976	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,362	83.19/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,133	19
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,524	75.65/cwt	73.00–79.50	1,153	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,485	94.88/cwt	91.50–98.25	1,409	157
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,396	97.59/cwt	96.00–99.50	1,362	39
Steers	Select	—	1,525	93.67/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,428	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,405	103.36/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,452	41
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,195	98.31/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,175	12
Heifers	Select	—	1,302	94.23/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,227	22
Heifers	Choice	—	1,258	101.55/cwt	100.00–103.50	1,277	32

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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 410Last week 481Year ago 340

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,186	79.00–87.50	82.51
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,362	80.00–86.00	83.19
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,524	73.00–79.50	75.65
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	1,485	91.50–98.25	94.88
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,023	113.00–116.00	115.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,396	96.00–99.50	97.59
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,525	93.00–94.00	93.67
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,405	100.00–106.00	103.36
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	855	111.00–120.50	114.18
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,195	97.00–99.00	98.31
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,302	92.00–95.00	94.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,258	100.00–103.50	101.55

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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