Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago : Slaughter steers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Slaughter heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher, and Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate on a steady offering today. There was some tag of .5% to 1% on the cattle 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	1,521	98.57	1,500	156
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,579	92.82	1,466	20
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,344	79.06	1,063	21
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,375	109.03	1,499	49
Heifers	Select	Average	1,057	102.15	1,080	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	112.49	1,688	86
Steers	Select	Average	1,050	104.61	1,098	18

Every lot, as filed

15 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 ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,735	93.11/cwt	92.00–95.50	1,615	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,388	92.47/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,283	9
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,168	78.30/cwt	64.00–88.00	915	14
Steers	Choice	—	1,628	113.33/cwt	103.00–114.75	1,845	38
Heifers	Choice	—	1,495	109.16/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,632	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,398	111.95/cwt	106.50–115.50	1,565	46
Heifers	Choice	—	1,308	109.24/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,429	26
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,540	82.66/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,273	3
Dairy Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,673	100.20/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,676	20
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,050	104.61/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,098	18
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,057	102.15/cwt	94.00–106.00	1,080	7
Dairy Steers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,814	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,433	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,499	98.33/cwt	97.00–99.50	1,474	136
Steers	Choice	—	1,430	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,559	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,155	106.36/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,228	3

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 Feb 11, 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
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,735	92.00–95.50	93.11
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,388	90.00–96.00	92.47
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,168	64.00–88.00	78.30
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	82.00–83.00	82.66
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,673	98.00–101.00	100.20
Dairy Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,814	79.00	79.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,499	97.00–99.50	98.33
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,628	103.00–114.75	113.33
46	—	1,398	106.50–115.50	111.95
2	—	1,430	109.00	109.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,050	101.00–107.00	104.61
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,495	105.00–113.00	109.16
26	—	1,308	105.00–112.00	109.24
3	—	1,155	101.00–109.00	106.36
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,057	94.00–106.00	102.15

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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