Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-29

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 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,349	95.13	1,283	25
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,250	75.72	947	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	97.83	1,458	27
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,540	89.00	1,371	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,617	75.00	1,213	17
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,452	109.28	1,586	33
Heifers	Select	Average	959	105.67	1,013	8thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,521	119.04	1,810	94
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,044	111.43	1,164	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,300	75.57	982	8thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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 Heifers	Choice	—	1,349	95.13/cwt	88.00–96.75	1,283	25
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,490	97.83/cwt	94.00–100.50	1,458	27
Steers	Select	—	1,300	75.57/cwt	71.00–81.00	982	8
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,250	75.72/cwt	74.00–77.00	947	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,617	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,213	17
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	959	105.67/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,013	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,540	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,371	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,367	105.74/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,445	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	110.10/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,561	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,575	103.52/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,630	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,565	114.51/cwt	109.00–117.00	1,792	23
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	963	117.19/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,129	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,334	116.33/cwt	114.00–117.50	1,552	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,435	120.56/cwt	117.50–124.50	1,730	19
Heifers	Choice	—	1,536	113.02/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,736	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,556	122.66/cwt	119.50–124.75	1,909	43
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,304	93.01/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,213	5

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 29, 2021

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,349	88.00–96.75	95.13
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,250	74.00–77.00	75.72
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,490	94.00–100.50	97.83
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,617	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	89.00	89.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,300	71.00–81.00	75.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,418	107.00–114.00	110.10
23	—	1,565	109.00–117.00	114.51
19	—	1,435	117.50–124.50	120.56
43	—	1,556	119.50–124.75	122.66
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	963	113.00–120.00	117.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,304	91.00–95.00	93.01
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	959	105.00–107.00	105.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,367	105.00–107.00	105.74
10	—	1,575	103.00–108.00	103.52
9	—	1,334	114.00–117.50	116.33
6	—	1,536	112.00–114.00	113.02

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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