Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter Steers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower , Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower , and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower . 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	Choice	Average	1,488	104.33	1,552	38
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,478	102.96	1,522	71
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,371	85.57	1,173	19
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,335	74.90	1,000	18
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,346	118.08	1,590	103
Steers	Choice	Average	1,403	118.63	1,665	85
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,221	104.71	1,279	16

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Steers	Choice	—	1,178	112.81/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,329	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,371	85.57/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,173	19
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,221	104.71/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,279	16
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,488	104.33/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,552	38
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,478	102.96/cwt	90.00–109.50	1,522	71
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,335	74.90/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,000	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,481	111.85/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,656	18
Heifers	Choice	—	1,276	113.04/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,442	13
Heifers	Choice	—	1,278	120.05/cwt	118.00–122.50	1,534	51
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	120.43/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,696	41
Heifers	Choice	—	1,441	121.76/cwt	118.50–123.00	1,755	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,566	121.75/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,907	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,361	114.26/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,555	15

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 Jun 10, 2021

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

Receipts 358Last week 358Year ago 336

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,178	111.00–113.00	112.81
41	—	1,408	118.00–124.00	120.43
18	—	1,566	117.00–125.00	121.75
15	—	1,361	114.00–115.00	114.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,221	102.00–108.00	104.71
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,371	80.00–88.00	85.57
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,478	90.00–109.50	102.96
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,335	70.00–78.00	74.90
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,488	100.00–107.00	104.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,481	105.00–115.00	111.85
13	—	1,276	110.00–115.00	113.04
51	—	1,278	118.00–122.50	120.05
21	—	1,441	118.50–123.00	121.76

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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