Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers sold mostly 1.oo higher, Slaughter heifers sold mostly 3.00 lower, and Holstein steers sold mostly 2.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate on a steady 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	1,531	96.85	1,483	88
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,528	85.35	1,304	11
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,212	73.59	891	32
Heifers	Select	Average	981	110.72	1,086	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,368	110.03	1,505	118
Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	110.39	1,598	142
Steers	Select	Average	988	108.49	1,072	13

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
Steers	Choice	—	1,528	109.31/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,670	46
Heifers	Choice	—	1,460	109.82/cwt	104.00–115.50	1,603	55
Steers	Choice	—	1,409	110.91/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,563	96
Heifers	Choice	—	1,310	110.83/cwt	101.00–114.75	1,452	54
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,528	85.35/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,304	11
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,054	70.12/cwt	68.00–74.00	739	11
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	988	108.49/cwt	99.00–114.00	1,072	13
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	981	110.72/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,086	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,294	75.40/cwt	70.00–77.00	976	21
Dairy Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,318	102.77/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,355	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,552	96.26/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,494	80
Heifers	Choice	—	1,154	106.45/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,228	9

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 25, 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
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,528	103.00–113.00	109.31
96	—	1,409	103.00–115.00	110.91
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	988	99.00–114.00	108.49
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,460	104.00–115.50	109.82
54	—	1,310	101.00–114.75	110.83
9	—	1,154	103.00–113.00	106.45
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	981	107.00–114.00	110.72
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,528	80.00–89.00	85.35
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,054	68.00–74.00	70.12
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,294	70.00–77.00	75.40
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,318	102.00–104.00	102.77
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,552	90.00–99.00	96.26

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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