Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter Steers and Slaughter heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher, and Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher. There was a moderate demand for this larger offering of high quality attractive steers and heifers. Two-way buyers were active with packer buyers being a little more reserved in the pursuit of high quality grading cattle.

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	High	1,514	91.85	1,390	86
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,515	86.89	1,316	70
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,242	75.68	940	53
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,401	103.68	1,453	137
Heifers	Select	Average	1,015	99.44	1,009	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	95.00	1,268	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,034	108.33	1,120	24
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	105.91	1,559	264

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,232	103.80/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,279	34
Steers	Choice	—	1,344	103.71/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,394	53
Dairy Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,592	94.01/cwt	93.50–97.00	1,497	10
Dairy Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,707	91.71/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,565	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,332	108.01/cwt	107.00–110.50	1,439	41
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,476	90.89/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,342	59
Steers	Choice	—	1,502	110.40/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,658	44
Heifers	Choice	—	1,592	101.14/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,610	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,573	105.06/cwt	104.00–106.50	1,653	25
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,705	102.06/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,740	26
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,654	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,869	5
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,752	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,708	3
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,083	76.79/cwt	73.00–83.00	832	29
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,015	99.44/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,009	20
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,034	108.33/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,120	24
Heifers	Choice	—	1,415	101.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,429	38
Heifers	Choice	—	1,354	106.98/cwt	105.50–111.00	1,449	30
Steers	Choice	—	1,517	104.83/cwt	100.00–107.75	1,590	95
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,335	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,268	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,387	86.81/cwt	81.00–89.50	1,204	37
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,658	86.98/cwt	82.50–89.00	1,442	33
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,397	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,369	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,189	73.18/cwt	70.00–75.00	870	17
Dairy Steers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	2,031	77.14/cwt	76.00–77.50	1,567	7

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 21, 2021

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
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,232	100.00–107.00	103.80
7	—	1,592	100.00–103.00	101.14
25	—	1,573	104.00–106.50	105.06
38	—	1,415	100.00–104.00	101.02
30	—	1,354	105.50–111.00	106.98
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,752	97.50	97.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,015	95.00–102.00	99.44
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,335	95.00	95.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,344	100.00–106.00	103.71
41	—	1,332	107.00–110.50	108.01
44	—	1,502	108.00–114.00	110.40
95	—	1,517	100.00–107.75	104.83
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,705	100.00–105.50	102.06
5	—	1,654	113.00	113.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,034	101.00–117.00	108.33
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,592	93.50–97.00	94.01
11	—	1,707	90.00–93.00	91.71
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,476	90.00–94.00	90.89
6	—	1,397	98.00	98.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,083	73.00–83.00	76.79
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,387	81.00–89.50	86.81
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,658	82.50–89.00	86.98
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,189	70.00–75.00	73.18
Dairy Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,031	76.00–77.50	77.14

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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