Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower, Slaughter heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 4.00 to 5.00 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	High	1,458	98.32	1,433	93
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,239	89.96	1,114	14
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	82.13	1,096	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,330	118.31	1,573	151
Heifers	Select	Low	1,016	118.11	1,200	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,159	107.10	1,241	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,511	117.47	1,775	138
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	106.44	1,375	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,260	92.41	1,165	25

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	1,425	118.53/cwt	117.00–119.50	1,689	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,334	82.13/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,096	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,159	107.10/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,241	13
Steers	Choice	—	1,436	117.28/cwt	112.00–122.25	1,684	83
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,585	72.50/cwt	72.00–73.00	1,149	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,032	98.38/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,015	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,242	111.48/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,385	23
Heifers	Choice	—	1,529	112.27/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,717	7
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	904	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,180	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,218	95.82/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,167	5
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,437	100.72/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,447	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,655	117.91/cwt	112.00–122.25	1,951	51
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	979	103.05/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,009	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,319	120.73/cwt	116.00–121.10	1,592	87
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,464	97.58/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,429	71
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,292	106.44/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,375	23
Steers	Select	—	1,304	91.27/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,190	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,244	115.76/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,145	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,322	6

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 Apr 22, 2021

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,425	117.00–119.50	118.53
23	—	1,242	111.00–112.00	111.48
7	—	1,529	112.00–113.00	112.27
87	—	1,319	116.00–121.10	120.73
6	—	1,145	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,159	105.00–110.00	107.10
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	904	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,218	95.00–97.00	95.82
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,334	80.00–86.00	82.13
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,585	72.00–73.00	72.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,437	100.00–102.00	100.72
71	—	1,464	90.00–99.50	97.58
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	979	100.00–108.00	103.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,436	112.00–122.25	117.28
51	—	1,655	112.00–122.25	117.91
4	—	1,244	115.00–116.00	115.76
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,032	91.00–105.00	98.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,292	100.00–112.00	106.44
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,304	90.00–97.00	91.27

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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