Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers were steady, Slaughter Heifers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher, and Slaughter Holstein Steers were 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	1,451	92.54	1,343	157
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,269	85.31	1,083	46
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,166	80.19	935	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	105.13	1,371	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,309	102.95	1,348	27
Heifers	Select	Average	1,129	100.66	1,136	40
Steers	Choice	Average	1,487	106.37	1,582	30
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,475	102.83	1,517	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,213	99.58	1,208	10

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,475	102.83/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,517	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,309	102.95/cwt	101.00–104.25	1,348	27
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	995	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,114	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,022	106.29/cwt	104.50–111.50	1,086	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,260	76.32/cwt	72.00–79.00	962	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,487	106.37/cwt	105.00–107.75	1,582	30
Heifers	Choice	—	1,304	105.13/cwt	105.00–105.25	1,371	17
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,071	84.06/cwt	79.00–89.00	900	14
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,269	85.31/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,083	46
Steers	Select	—	1,268	96.48/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,223	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,160	99.02/cwt	94.50–100.00	1,149	31
Dairy Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,375	98.36/cwt	96.50–99.50	1,352	17
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,460	91.83/cwt	90.00–93.50	1,341	140

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 8, 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
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,475	100.00–104.00	102.83
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	995	112.00	112.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,487	105.00–107.75	106.37
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,268	93.00–99.00	96.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,309	101.00–104.25	102.95
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,022	104.50–111.50	106.29
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,304	105.00–105.25	105.13
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,160	94.50–100.00	99.02
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,260	72.00–79.00	76.32
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,071	79.00–89.00	84.06
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,269	81.00–89.00	85.31
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,375	96.50–99.50	98.36
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,460	90.00–93.50	91.83

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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