Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compard to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 2.00 lower, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 3.00 lower, and Holstein Steers were steady. 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	1,497	93.62	1,401	210
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	86.26	1,158	52
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,218	75.33	918	54
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	100.99	1,316	37
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,327	98.23	1,304	45
Heifers	Select	Average	1,153	95.24	1,098	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,491	102.30	1,525	56
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,429	97.93	1,399	52
Steers	Select	Average	1,391	97.67	1,359	27

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,491	102.30/cwt	100.00–104.25	1,525	56
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	100.99/cwt	100.00–101.75	1,316	37
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,343	86.26/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,158	52
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,429	97.93/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,399	52
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,327	98.23/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,304	45
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,135	77.38/cwt	66.00–80.00	878	16
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	988	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,107	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	992	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,022	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,253	74.47/cwt	70.00–78.00	933	38
Steers	Select	—	1,461	95.18/cwt	94.00–95.75	1,391	23
Heifers	Select	—	1,201	92.91/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,116	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,497	93.62/cwt	91.00–96.25	1,401	210

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 22, 2020

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

Receipts 546Last week 319Year ago 645

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,491	100.00–104.25	102.30
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,429	96.00–99.00	97.93
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	988	112.00	112.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,461	94.00–95.75	95.18
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,303	100.00–101.75	100.99
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,327	96.00–99.00	98.23
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	992	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,201	90.00–95.00	92.91
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,343	80.00–89.00	86.26
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,135	66.00–80.00	77.38
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,253	70.00–78.00	74.47
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
210	—	1,497	91.00–96.25	93.62

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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