Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-08

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	High	1,469	105.67	1,552	89
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,030	80.13	825	59
Heifers	Choice	High	1,381	118.81	1,641	118
Heifers	Select	Low	1,027	102.38	1,051	21
Steers	Choice	High	1,456	119.71	1,743	109
Steers	Select	Low	1,264	98.94	1,251	8thin

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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,462	122.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,794	29
Steers	Choice	—	1,411	123.03/cwt	120.00–124.50	1,736	38
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,486	107.18/cwt	103.50–110.00	1,593	77
Steers	Choice	—	1,529	114.85/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,756	22
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,702	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,991	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,264	98.94/cwt	94.00–108.00	1,251	8
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,030	80.13/cwt	76.00–88.00	825	59
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,027	102.38/cwt	94.00–111.00	1,051	21
Heifers	Choice	—	1,428	119.10/cwt	113.00–122.00	1,701	28
Steers	Choice	—	1,389	114.02/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,584	20
Heifers	Choice	—	1,292	118.54/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,532	46
Steers	Choice	—	1,267	122.50/cwt	118.00–123.50	1,552	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,360	95.95/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,305	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,216	107.93/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,312	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,633	123.20/cwt	121.00–127.00	2,012	19

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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,462	120.00–125.00	122.69
28	—	1,428	113.00–122.00	119.10
46	—	1,292	114.00–124.00	118.54
9	—	1,216	105.00–113.00	107.93
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,702	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,027	94.00–111.00	102.38
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,411	120.00–124.50	123.03
22	—	1,529	111.00–117.00	114.85
20	—	1,389	111.00–118.00	114.02
10	—	1,267	118.00–123.50	122.50
19	—	1,633	121.00–127.00	123.20
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,264	94.00–108.00	98.94
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,486	103.50–110.00	107.18
12	—	1,360	92.00–98.00	95.95
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,030	76.00–88.00	80.13

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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