Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher, and Slaughter Dairy Steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. There was a moderate demand for this larger offering of high quality attractive steers and heifers 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	1,575	94.83	1,494	87
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,447	86.32	1,249	36
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,458	75.90	1,106	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	107.28	1,423	140
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,288	97.51	1,256	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,228	96.87	1,189	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,503	108.25	1,627	152
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	96.67	1,382	10
Steers	Select	Average	1,278	94.01	1,202	15

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	1,107	105.29/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,166	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,522	94.68/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,441	58
Steers	Choice	—	1,224	107.35/cwt	102.00–109.50	1,314	10
Dairy Steers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	2,114	74.56/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,576	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,430	96.67/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,382	10
Dairy Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,681	95.14/cwt	94.00–98.50	1,599	29
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,466	104.86/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,537	31
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,608	107.69/cwt	101.00–112.50	1,732	76
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,288	97.51/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,256	4
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,012	107.11/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,084	6
Heifers	Select	—	1,304	93.26/cwt	91.50–95.00	1,216	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,316	108.40/cwt	101.00–112.75	1,427	94
Steers	Select	—	1,289	92.65/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,194	14
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,698	87.62/cwt	87.00–88.00	1,488	10
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,130	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,277	1
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,125	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	939	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,350	85.82/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,159	26
Steers	Choice	—	1,424	109.02/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,552	66
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,344	72.87/cwt	70.00–78.00	979	17

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 28, 2021

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,107	101.00–108.00	105.29
94	—	1,316	101.00–112.75	108.40
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,466	103.00–109.00	104.86
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,288	96.00–99.00	97.51
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,012	103.00–109.00	107.11
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,304	91.50–95.00	93.26
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,522	92.00–98.00	94.68
Dairy Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,114	74.00–78.00	74.56
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,681	94.00–98.50	95.14
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,698	87.00–88.00	87.62
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,125	83.50	83.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,350	83.00–88.00	85.82
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,344	70.00–78.00	72.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,224	102.00–109.50	107.35
66	—	1,424	102.00–115.00	109.02
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,430	96.00–99.00	96.67
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,608	101.00–112.50	107.69
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,289	91.00–95.00	92.65
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	113.00	113.00

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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