Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold mostly 1.50 to 2.50 lower, and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.50 to 2.50 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	1,473	94.50	1,392	71
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,445	87.40	1,263	22
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,242	76.74	953	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,278	103.26	1,320	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,278	100.99	1,291	29
Heifers	Select	Average	1,267	98.11	1,243	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,463	104.46	1,528	51
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,379	101.19	1,395	47
Steers	Select	Average	1,317	97.43	1,283	33

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,430	93.43/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,336	40
Dairy Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,528	95.88/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,465	31
Heifers	Select	—	1,402	95.58/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,340	12
Steers	Select	—	1,436	93.80/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,347	17
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,445	87.40/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,263	22
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,234	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	987	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,379	101.19/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,395	47
Heifers	Choice	—	1,278	103.26/cwt	103.00–104.00	1,320	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,463	104.46/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,528	51
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,247	74.57/cwt	70.00–76.00	930	15
Steers	SelectValue Added	—	1,190	101.29/cwt	94.50–111.00	1,205	16
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	996	103.17/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,028	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,278	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,291	29

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 15, 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
40	—	1,430	91.00–99.00	93.43
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,528	95.00–99.00	95.88
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,445	82.00–89.00	87.40
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,234	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,247	70.00–76.00	74.57
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,402	90.00–99.00	95.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,278	103.00–104.00	103.26
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	996	100.00–110.00	103.17
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,278	100.00–102.00	100.99
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,436	90.00–97.00	93.80
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,379	100.00–102.50	101.19
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,463	103.00–106.00	104.46
Steers — Select · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,190	94.50–111.00	101.29

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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