Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : no change in the Slaughter steers and heifers, Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 2.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a slightly lower 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	1,493	93.70	1,399	63
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	86.85	1,166	18
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,209	78.62	950	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,408	108.26	1,524	87
Heifers	Select	Average	1,036	104.81	1,086	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,503	108.74	1,634	140
Steers	Select	Average	1,188	104.52	1,242	10

Every lot, as filed

11 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 Choice	—	1,343	86.85/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,166	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,493	93.70/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,399	63
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,321	74.56/cwt	72.00–77.00	985	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,036	104.81/cwt	104.50–105.00	1,086	8
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,188	104.52/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,242	10
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,119	81.86/cwt	80.50–82.50	916	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,293	104.17/cwt	90.00–108.50	1,347	26
Steers	Choice	—	1,451	107.10/cwt	102.00–113.75	1,554	77
Heifers	Choice	—	1,457	110.01/cwt	100.00–115.25	1,603	61
Steers	Choice	—	1,591	107.70/cwt	103.00–109.50	1,714	28
Steers	Choice	—	1,546	113.17/cwt	111.00–115.25	1,750	35

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 11, 2021

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Compared to last week : no change in the Slaughter steers and heifers, Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 2.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a slightly lower offering today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,343	82.00–88.00	86.85
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,493	90.00–99.00	93.70
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,321	72.00–77.00	74.56
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,119	80.50–82.50	81.86
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,036	104.50–105.00	104.81
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,293	90.00–108.50	104.17
61	—	1,457	100.00–115.25	110.01
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,188	100.00–108.00	104.52
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,451	102.00–113.75	107.10
28	—	1,591	103.00–109.50	107.70
35	—	1,546	111.00–115.25	113.17

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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