Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter Steers sold mostly 6.00 to 7.00 higher, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 4.00 o 5.00 higher, and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 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 and Choice	Average	1,444	100.87	1,457	27
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,512	100.92	1,526	33
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,107	74.34	823	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,379	115.91	1,599	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,168	112.50	1,314	6thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,470	119.40	1,756	57
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,255	115.29	1,447	7thin

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
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,107	74.34/cwt	74.00–75.00	823	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,168	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,314	6
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,444	100.87/cwt	91.00–103.00	1,457	27
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,255	115.29/cwt	113.50–116.00	1,447	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,464	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,464	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,369	119.35/cwt	116.00–121.50	1,634	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,394	108.41/cwt	105.00–115.50	1,511	12
Heifers	Choice	—	1,417	117.66/cwt	116.25–118.75	1,667	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,391	118.60/cwt	118.00–118.75	1,650	5
Steers	Choice	—	1,352	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,676	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,459	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,802	11
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,626	122.50/cwt	121.00–123.00	1,992	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,485	122.75/cwt	119.00–123.50	1,823	29
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,557	101.78/cwt	101.50–106.00	1,585	17
Heifers	Choice	—	1,340	107.33/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,438	22

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 27, 2021

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,107	74.00–75.00	74.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,464	100.00	100.00
17	—	1,557	101.50–106.00	101.78
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,168	112.00–113.00	112.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,369	116.00–121.50	119.35
7	—	1,417	116.25–118.75	117.66
11	—	1,459	123.50	123.50
22	—	1,340	100.00–112.00	107.33
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,444	91.00–103.00	100.87
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,255	113.50–116.00	115.29
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,394	105.00–115.50	108.41
5	—	1,391	118.00–118.75	118.60
3	—	1,352	124.00	124.00
29	—	1,485	119.00–123.50	122.75
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,626	121.00–123.00	122.50

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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