Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 3.00 higher, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 1.50 higher. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 2.00 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	1,469	92.98	1,366	162
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,362	88.13	1,200	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,117	81.28	908	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,359	102.89	1,398	103
Heifers	Select	Average	1,201	101.35	1,217	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,298	96.73	1,256	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,109	116.45	1,291	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,530	106.47	1,629	154

Every lot, as filed

10 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	Choice	—	1,469	92.98/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,366	162
Heifers	Select	—	1,311	93.94/cwt	92.00–94.50	1,232	9
Steers	Select	—	1,285	91.71/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,178	3
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	954	118.01/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,126	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,081	120.36/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,301	19
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,117	81.28/cwt	78.00–83.00	908	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,298	96.73/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,256	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,362	88.13/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,200	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,359	102.89/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,398	103
Steers	Choice	—	1,530	106.47/cwt	100.00–110.50	1,629	154

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 Oct 1, 2020

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	1,469	91.00–98.00	92.98
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,117	78.00–83.00	81.28
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,362	84.00–89.00	88.13
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,311	92.00–94.50	93.94
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	116.00–120.00	118.01
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,298	95.00–99.00	96.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,359	100.00–108.00	102.89
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	91.00–93.00	91.71
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,081	118.00–124.00	120.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,530	100.00–110.50	106.47

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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