Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-08-19

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 19
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
420 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 573▲ 10 vs year ago 410 · +2.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 5.00 higher, choice heifers 3.5 higher. Dairy steers .50 higher. Demand was 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
Bulls—High1,77488.231,56541
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,284105.951,36120
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,485111.141,65166
HeifersChoiceAverage1,309124.311,628115
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,532102.421,5693thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,10385.429422thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,468125.981,850132
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,448114.801,6628thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,350107.71/cwt107.00–109.501,45431
Dairy SteersChoice—1,605114.18/cwt112.00–117.501,83335
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,308108.94/cwt108.00–109.001,42516
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,18994.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1184
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,263122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,5416
SteersSelect and Choice—1,474115.77/cwt115.00–119.001,7067
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,265108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,3661
SteersChoice—1,478126.17/cwt121.50–136.001,865126
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,237125.62/cwt118.00–129.501,55447
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,655115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9031
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,532102.42/cwt101.00–105.501,5693
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,10385.42/cwt84.00–87.009422
HeifersChoice—1,355123.53/cwt116.00–129.001,67467
Bulls——1,82794.05/cwt89.00–101.001,71823
Bulls——1,70780.79/cwt70.00–86.001,37918

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.