Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter Steers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 higher, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher, and Holstein steers sold mostly 6'00 to 7.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate on a 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 Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,276	86.44	1,103	40
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,476	105.63	1,560	92
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,385	97.18	1,346	32
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,278	85.57	1,094	11
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,366	117.94	1,611	172
Heifers	Select	Low	1,170	102.50	1,199	18
Steers	Choice	Low	1,429	113.25	1,618	187
Steers	Select	Low	1,264	97.92	1,238	8thin

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	Select and Choice	—	1,276	86.44/cwt	72.00–100.00	1,103	40
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,264	97.92/cwt	81.00–101.00	1,238	8
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,170	102.50/cwt	94.00–106.00	1,199	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,264	105.68/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,336	12
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,529	107.71/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,647	48
Steers	Choice	—	1,396	115.37/cwt	110.00–118.50	1,611	71
Steers	Choice	—	1,418	108.29/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,536	41
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	112.61/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,445	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,572	112.22/cwt	107.00–114.50	1,764	26
Heifers	Choice	—	1,405	112.87/cwt	110.40–114.00	1,586	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,355	119.08/cwt	116.00–121.25	1,614	118
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,385	97.18/cwt	93.00–99.50	1,346	32
Steers	Choice	—	1,457	117.87/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,717	37
Heifers	Choice	—	1,452	117.84/cwt	115.50–120.50	1,711	29
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,278	85.57/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,094	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,419	103.36/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,467	44

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 May 20, 2021

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,276	72.00–100.00	86.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,264	81.00–101.00	97.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,264	105.00–106.00	105.68
71	—	1,396	110.00–118.50	115.37
41	—	1,418	103.00–114.00	108.29
26	—	1,572	107.00–114.50	112.22
37	—	1,457	116.00–120.00	117.87
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,170	94.00–106.00	102.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,283	112.00–114.00	112.61
7	—	1,405	110.40–114.00	112.87
118	—	1,355	116.00–121.25	119.08
29	—	1,452	115.50–120.50	117.84
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,529	106.00–109.00	107.71
44	—	1,419	101.00–104.50	103.36
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,385	93.00–99.50	97.18
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,278	80.00–89.00	85.57

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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