Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today since last reported sale was three weeks ago, but a higher undertone was noted on all cattle. 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	1,536	91.52	1,406	112
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,439	86.56	1,246	86
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,312	77.91	1,022	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,376	109.52	1,507	112
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,375	105.51	1,451	79
Heifers	Select	Average	1,328	98.16	1,304	43
Steers	Choice	Average	1,462	109.76	1,605	63
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,433	105.41	1,511	50
Steers	Select	Average	1,382	98.44	1,361	40

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	Select and Choice	—	1,439	86.56/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,246	86
Steers	Choice	—	1,462	109.76/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,605	63
Heifers	Choice	—	1,376	109.52/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,507	112
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,433	105.41/cwt	101.00–107.25	1,511	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,375	105.51/cwt	100.50–107.25	1,451	79
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,155	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	924	10
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,124	102.97/cwt	100.00–108.50	1,157	11
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,094	109.22/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,195	11
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,443	76.16/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,099	12
Steers	Select	—	1,480	96.72/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,431	29
Heifers	Select	—	1,409	94.36/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,330	32
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,536	91.52/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,406	112

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 Jan 7, 2021

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

Receipts 635Last week 750Year ago 611

No comparison today since last reported sale was three weeks ago, but a higher undertone was noted on all cattle. Packer demand was good to moderate on a higher offering today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,439	80.00–89.00	86.56
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,155	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,443	70.00–81.00	76.16
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,536	90.00–95.00	91.52
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,462	108.00–111.00	109.76
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,433	101.00–107.25	105.41
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,124	100.00–108.50	102.97
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,480	91.00–99.00	96.72
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,376	108.00–113.00	109.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,375	100.50–107.25	105.51
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,094	108.00–113.00	109.22
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,409	90.00–99.00	94.36

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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