Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.50 to 2.00 higher . Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.50 to 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	1,484	91.75	1,362	53
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	86.57	1,238	144
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,185	76.50	906	36
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,284	105.31	1,352	54
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,267	102.27	1,296	75
Heifers	Select	Average	1,344	95.33	1,281	45
Steers	Choice	Average	1,454	105.93	1,540	75
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,523	101.58	1,547	66
Steers	Select	Average	1,370	99.92	1,369	105

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	Choice	—	1,484	91.75/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,362	53
Heifers	Select	—	1,372	94.29/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,294	41
Steers	Select	—	1,415	96.15/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,361	61
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,191	75.90/cwt	71.00–79.00	904	28
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,056	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,119	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,308	105.15/cwt	101.00–108.50	1,375	44
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,163	78.62/cwt	72.00–88.00	914	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,267	102.27/cwt	100.00–103.75	1,296	75
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,523	101.58/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,547	66
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	86.57/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,238	144
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	105.31/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,352	54
Steers	Choice	—	1,454	105.93/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,540	75

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Oct 29, 2020

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

Receipts 653Last week 546Year ago 327

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,484	90.00–94.00	91.75
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,191	71.00–79.00	75.90
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,163	72.00–88.00	78.62
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,430	81.00–89.00	86.57
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,372	90.00–99.50	94.29
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,056	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,267	100.00–103.75	102.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,284	104.00–107.00	105.31
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,415	90.00–99.50	96.15
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,308	101.00–108.50	105.15
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,523	100.00–102.50	101.58
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,454	104.00–108.00	105.93

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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