Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 0.50 to 1.50 higher, Slaughter Heifers were steady, and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly .50 to 1.50 higher. 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	1,486	92.89	1,380	83
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	84.52	1,069	16
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,271	75.89	965	38
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	105.21	1,371	122
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	102.79	1,305	60
Heifers	Select	Average	1,115	94.62	1,055	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,405	107.09	1,505	95
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,448	103.39	1,497	72
Steers	Select	Average	1,455	96.93	1,410	38

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,405	107.09/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,505	95
Heifers	Choice	—	1,303	105.21/cwt	104.00–106.00	1,371	122
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,265	84.52/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,069	16
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,448	103.39/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,497	72
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,270	102.79/cwt	101.50–104.00	1,305	60
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,056	82.81/cwt	81.00–85.00	874	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,338	73.74/cwt	70.00–79.00	987	29
Steers	Select	—	1,455	96.93/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,410	38
Heifers	Select	—	1,115	94.62/cwt	94.00–96.00	1,055	3
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,486	92.89/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,380	83

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,405	105.00–111.00	107.09
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,448	101.00–104.50	103.39
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,455	94.00–99.00	96.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,303	104.00–106.00	105.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,270	101.50–104.00	102.79
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	94.00–96.00	94.62
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,265	80.00–89.00	84.52
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,056	81.00–85.00	82.81
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,338	70.00–79.00	73.74
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,486	91.00–95.00	92.89

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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