Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Demand good for the moderate offerings.

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	1,570	100.00	1,570	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,282	74.41	954	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	109.21	1,613	66
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,388	118.30	1,642	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,268	107.70	1,366	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,045	91.14	952	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,416	119.96	1,699	187
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,412	110.40	1,559	42
Steers	Select	Average	1,302	91.39	1,190	8thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Select	—	1,359	93.31/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,268	6
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,282	74.41/cwt	71.00–83.00	954	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,570	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,570	2
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,224	116.75/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,429	30
Steers	ChoiceValue Added	—	1,474	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,843	15
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,470	110.85/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,629	32
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,227	108.94/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,337	10
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,130	85.62/cwt	80.00–91.00	968	2
Dairy Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,401	106.84/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,497	34
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,558	111.72/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,741	32
Steers	Choice	—	1,451	120.11/cwt	116.00–123.25	1,743	142
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,045	91.14/cwt	90.00–92.00	952	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,211	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,381	5
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,079	105.57/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,139	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,339	108.50/cwt	103.50–111.00	1,453	16
Heifers	Choice	—	1,403	118.66/cwt	114.00–122.75	1,665	60

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 Sep 16, 2021

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

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No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Demand good for the moderate offerings.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,359	89.00–99.00	93.31
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,224	114.00–123.00	116.75
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,474	125.00	125.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,470	105.00–112.00	110.85
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,227	100.00–110.00	108.94
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	80.00–91.00	85.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,451	116.00–123.25	120.11
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,282	71.00–83.00	74.41
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,401	105.00–113.00	106.84
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,558	108.00–118.00	111.72
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	90.00–92.00	91.14
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,211	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,079	103.00–110.00	105.57
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,339	103.50–111.00	108.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,403	114.00–122.75	118.66

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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