Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-07-22

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 22
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
320 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 434▼ 78 vs year ago 398 · −19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice steers were 6.00 lower, choice heifers 2.3 lower. Dairy steers were 1.00 lower, not enough dairy heifers for comparison. Demand good for the moderate offerings today.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,320113.381,4968thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,14696.321,1048thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,15075.378679thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,474110.451,62795
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,23591.591,1315thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,36473.471,0024thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,255118.241,48451
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,331103.771,3819thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,58081.731,2917thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,393117.581,637111
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,335107.931,4413thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersChoice—1,322120.27/cwt117.00–122.001,59023
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight—1,56094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4661
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,290115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,4905
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,189116.93/cwt112.00–120.601,39027
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,11674.67/cwt70.00–83.008338
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,315106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,3941
SteersChoice—1,427118.20/cwt113.50–123.501,68786
Dairy SteersChoice—1,571114.56/cwt112.00–117.001,80032
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,510107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,6161
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,369109.84/cwt107.00–115.501,5043
SteersSelect and Choice—1,345108.90/cwt107.00–111.001,4652
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,374104.42/cwt98.00–106.001,4355
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,274115.43/cwt113.00–117.001,47125
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,424108.36/cwt105.00–113.001,54363
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,184105.93/cwt102.00–108.001,2543
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,42081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1501
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,14696.32/cwt89.00–101.001,1048
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,23591.59/cwt91.00–94.001,1315
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,36473.47/cwt68.00–75.001,0024
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight—1,58081.73/cwt81.00–86.001,2917

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.