Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 4.50 lower, and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.50 to 2.00 lower. 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	1,478	90.40	1,336	65
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,394	84.17	1,173	43
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,235	73.78	911	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,367	102.20	1,397	147
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,342	97.91	1,314	24
Heifers	Select	Average	1,765	94.46	1,667	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,513	103.12	1,560	113
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,363	97.39	1,327	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,416	96.81	1,370	28

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	—	1,513	103.12/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,560	113
Heifers	Choice	—	1,367	102.20/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,397	147
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,394	84.17/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,173	43
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,363	97.39/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,327	5
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,342	97.91/cwt	96.50–98.50	1,314	24
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,235	73.78/cwt	70.00–75.00	911	12
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,231	106.40/cwt	106.00–106.50	1,310	10
Steers	Select	—	1,518	91.49/cwt	91.00–94.50	1,389	18
Heifers	Select	—	1,765	94.46/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,667	38
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,478	90.40/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,336	65

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 Dec 10, 2020

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,513	100.00–106.00	103.12
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,363	96.00–99.00	97.39
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,231	106.00–106.50	106.40
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,518	91.00–94.50	91.49
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	1,367	100.00–104.50	102.20
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,342	96.50–98.50	97.91
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,765	92.00–95.00	94.46
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,394	80.00–86.00	84.17
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,235	70.00–75.00	73.78
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,478	87.00–93.00	90.40

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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