Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter Steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower, and Holstein Steers sold mostly 4.00 to 5.00 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	Select	Low	1,076	64.92	699	26
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,557	94.21	1,467	65
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,446	87.42	1,264	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,371	113.11	1,551	40
Heifers	Select	Low	1,159	110.75	1,284	12
Steers	Choice	Low	1,404	109.68	1,539	145
Steers	Select	Low	1,097	104.26	1,144	9thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,076	64.92/cwt	63.00–67.00	699	26
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,159	110.75/cwt	110.00–111.50	1,284	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,284	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,335	20
Steers	Choice	—	1,360	113.55/cwt	112.00–116.75	1,544	57
Heifers	Choice	—	1,360	114.31/cwt	112.50–115.75	1,555	19
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,446	87.42/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,264	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,434	106.48/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,527	51
Heifers	Choice	—	1,334	107.06/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,428	4
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,097	104.26/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,144	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,616	107.86/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,743	5
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,898	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,565	116.15/cwt	111.50–116.75	1,818	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,437	113.56/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,632	14
Dairy Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,734	96.80/cwt	92.00–100.50	1,679	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,479	93.06/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,376	45
Heifers	Choice	—	1,185	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,321	3

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu May 6, 2021

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,076	63.00–67.00	64.92
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,159	110.00–111.50	110.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,360	112.50–115.75	114.31
4	—	1,334	104.00–108.00	107.06
14	—	1,437	112.00–114.00	113.56
3	—	1,185	111.50	111.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,284	104.00	104.00
57	—	1,360	112.00–116.75	113.55
51	—	1,434	104.00–109.00	106.48
5	—	1,616	104.00–109.00	107.86
10	—	1,565	111.50–116.75	116.15
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,097	102.00–106.00	104.26
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,725	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,446	85.00–88.00	87.42
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,734	92.00–100.50	96.80
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,479	91.00–97.00	93.06

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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