Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 2.50 to 3.50 higher, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher, and the Holstein steers sold mostly 3.00 to 3.50 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate on a steady 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	92.15	1,368	64
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,441	87.15	1,256	130
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,270	73.69	936	31
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,419	106.43	1,510	54
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,321	102.75	1,357	152
Heifers	Select	Average	1,376	97.35	1,339	34
Steers	Choice	Average	1,466	107.63	1,578	103
Steers	Select	Average	1,298	105.37	1,367	47
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,452	103.37	1,501	107

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	92.15/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,368	64
Heifers	Select	—	1,418	95.59/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,355	31
Steers	Select	—	1,466	95.28/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,397	32
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,317	74.50/cwt	71.00–78.00	981	21
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	940	115.59/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,087	3
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	939	126.89/cwt	109.00–132.00	1,191	15
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,172	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	844	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,321	102.75/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,357	152
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,452	103.37/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,501	107
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,441	87.15/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,256	130
Heifers	Choice	—	1,419	106.43/cwt	105.75–108.00	1,510	54
Steers	Choice	—	1,466	107.63/cwt	105.50–109.50	1,578	103

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 Dec 3, 2020

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

Receipts 750Last week 990Year ago 853

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,484	90.00–98.00	92.15
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,317	71.00–78.00	74.50
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,172	72.00	72.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,441	80.00–89.50	87.15
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,418	90.00–98.00	95.59
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	940	113.00–121.00	115.59
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,321	100.00–105.00	102.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,419	105.75–108.00	106.43
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,466	90.00–98.00	95.28
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	939	109.00–132.00	126.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,452	100.00–105.50	103.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,466	105.50–109.50	107.63

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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