Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter Steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter Heifers were steady, Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 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 Steers	Choice	High	1,443	104.44	1,507	154
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,594	87.36	1,393	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,181	83.40	985	11
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,376	114.43	1,575	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	912	101.04	921	20
Steers	Choice	Low	1,497	121.76	1,822	122
Steers	Select	Low	926	114.50	1,060	7thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	1,414	114.38/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,617	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,345	110.35/cwt	106.00–112.50	1,484	14
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	912	101.04/cwt	82.50–115.00	921	20
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,594	87.36/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,393	10
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,181	83.40/cwt	80.00–84.00	985	11
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	926	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,060	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,453	105.46/cwt	102.50–114.00	1,532	139
Steers	Choice	—	1,563	121.62/cwt	116.50–123.75	1,901	63
Heifers	Choice	—	1,445	110.62/cwt	105.00–112.50	1,598	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,428	123.44/cwt	120.50–126.00	1,763	49
Heifers	Choice	—	1,349	121.78/cwt	115.00–124.50	1,643	14
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,348	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,281	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 17, 2021

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

Receipts 385Last week 358Year ago 475

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,414	112.00–115.00	114.38
63	—	1,563	116.50–123.75	121.62
49	—	1,428	120.50–126.00	123.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	926	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,345	106.00–112.50	110.35
12	—	1,445	105.00–112.50	110.62
14	—	1,349	115.00–124.50	121.78
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	912	82.50–115.00	101.04
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,594	83.00–89.00	87.36
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,181	80.00–84.00	83.40
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,453	102.50–114.00	105.46
15	—	1,348	95.00	95.00

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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