Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to las t week : Slaughter steers and slaughter heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower, and slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a slightly 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	1,514	95.51	1,446	105
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,450	86.14	1,249	45
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,098	71.82	789	39
Heifers	Select	Average	1,038	112.22	1,165	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,410	107.53	1,516	117
Steers	Select	Average	1,088	111.47	1,213	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,516	107.76	1,634	136

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	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,766	95.01/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,678	12
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,768	85.26/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,507	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,381	86.33/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,192	37
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,730	104.79/cwt	101.50–109.00	1,813	16
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,685	108.02/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,820	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,557	109.74/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,709	75
Heifers	Choice	—	1,464	108.92/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,595	72
Steers	Choice	—	1,414	105.91/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,498	33
Heifers	Choice	—	1,297	105.12/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,363	42
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,088	111.47/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,213	4
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,014	71.56/cwt	67.00–81.00	726	31
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,038	112.22/cwt	103.00–122.50	1,165	4
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,425	72.82/cwt	70.50–78.00	1,038	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,481	95.58/cwt	90.00–108.00	1,416	93
Steers	Choice	—	1,255	104.44/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,311	12

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 Mar 4, 2021

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

Receipts 450Last week 411Year ago 350

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,766	90.00–100.00	95.01
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,768	81.00–88.00	85.26
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,381	82.00–89.00	86.33
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,014	67.00–81.00	71.56
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,425	70.50–78.00	72.82
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,481	90.00–108.00	95.58
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,730	101.50–109.00	104.79
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,557	100.00–114.00	109.74
33	—	1,414	100.00–114.00	105.91
12	—	1,255	103.00–105.00	104.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,088	111.00–112.00	111.47
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,685	104.00–110.00	108.02
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,464	103.00–113.00	108.92
42	—	1,297	101.00–112.00	105.12
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,038	103.00–122.50	112.22

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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