Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 2.50 to 3.00 higher and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.50 to 2.50 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	1,474	88.49	1,304	56
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,415	85.47	1,209	57
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,310	70.22	920	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	104.98	1,428	164
Heifers	Select	Average	1,296	104.49	1,354	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,333	101.21	1,349	43
Steers	Choice	Average	1,521	104.74	1,593	289
Steers	Select	Average	1,311	104.43	1,369	58
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,526	101.35	1,547	29

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,521	104.74/cwt	102.75–108.00	1,593	289
Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	104.98/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,428	164
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,415	85.47/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,209	57
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,526	101.35/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,547	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,333	101.21/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,349	43
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,228	110.28/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,354	35
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,263	109.76/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,386	15
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,310	70.22/cwt	67.00–78.00	920	26
Steers	Select	—	1,438	95.53/cwt	92.00–98.50	1,374	23
Heifers	Select	—	1,346	96.58/cwt	96.00–97.50	1,300	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,474	88.49/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,304	56

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 17, 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
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	1,521	102.75–108.00	104.74
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,526	100.00–102.00	101.35
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,228	108.00–116.00	110.28
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,438	92.00–98.50	95.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	1,360	103.00–107.00	104.98
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,333	100.00–102.50	101.21
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,263	108.00–112.00	109.76
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,346	96.00–97.50	96.58
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,415	81.00–88.00	85.47
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,310	67.00–78.00	70.22
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,474	87.00–91.00	88.49

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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