Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers sold mostly steady, Slaughter heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher, and Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly steady today. 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	1,492	98.60	1,471	89
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,197	80.96	969	11
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,070	80.82	865	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,415	111.49	1,578	82
Heifers	Select	Average	1,150	109.87	1,264	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,507	111.17	1,676	101
Steers	Select	Average	1,123	107.01	1,202	2thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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	—	1,469	111.09/cwt	101.00–118.00	1,632	48
Steers	Choice	—	1,460	106.33/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,552	27
Heifers	Choice	—	1,347	111.94/cwt	106.00–112.50	1,508	30
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,123	107.01/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,202	2
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,150	109.87/cwt	108.00–111.00	1,264	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,724	105.66/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,822	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,516	113.24/cwt	102.25–117.00	1,717	71
Dairy Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,728	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,607	2
Dairy Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,598	101.72/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,625	19
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,197	80.96/cwt	70.00–88.50	969	11
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,070	80.82/cwt	70.00–82.00	865	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,456	97.89/cwt	96.00–99.50	1,425	68
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,450	4

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,469	101.00–118.00	111.09
30	—	1,347	106.00–112.50	111.94
4	—	1,283	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,150	108.00–111.00	109.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,460	102.00–113.00	106.33
71	—	1,516	102.25–117.00	113.24
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	106.00–108.00	107.01
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,724	103.00–107.00	105.66
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	93.00	93.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,598	101.00–104.50	101.72
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,197	70.00–88.50	80.96
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,070	70.00–82.00	80.82
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,456	96.00–99.50	97.89

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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