Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 0.50 higher, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.50 to 2.00 higher, and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly .50 to 1.50 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	1,534	91.83	1,409	91
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,402	87.47	1,226	97
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,409	75.39	1,062	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,305	106.59	1,391	108
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,315	101.58	1,336	52
Heifers	Select	Average	1,271	95.34	1,212	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,123	110.46	1,240	26
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	107.37	1,580	228
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,512	102.54	1,550	75

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	1,534	91.83/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,409	91
Heifers	Select	—	1,321	93.24/cwt	91.50–95.00	1,232	14
Steers	Select	—	1,364	94.96/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,295	9
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,409	75.39/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,062	9
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	923	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,015	2
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	995	118.66/cwt	110.00–124.50	1,181	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,315	101.58/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,336	52
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,512	102.54/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,550	75
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,402	87.47/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,226	97
Heifers	Choice	—	1,305	106.59/cwt	105.00–109.60	1,391	108
Steers	Choice	—	1,472	107.37/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,580	228

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 Nov 12, 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
91	—	1,534	90.00–95.00	91.83
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,409	71.00–79.00	75.39
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,402	80.00–89.00	87.47
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,321	91.50–95.00	93.24
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	923	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,315	100.00–104.00	101.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,305	105.00–109.60	106.59
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,364	91.00–97.00	94.96
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	995	110.00–124.50	118.66
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,512	100.00–104.00	102.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
228	—	1,472	105.00–110.00	107.37

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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