Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 1.5 lower, choice heifers 1.00 higher. Demand was good for the

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	1,283	100.43	1,288	12
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,126	82.49	929	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	109.18	1,616	79
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	119.38	1,624	122
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,250	103.87	1,298	18
Heifers	Select	Average	1,527	88.94	1,358	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,449	118.57	1,718	83
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,435	106.48	1,528	28
Steers	Select	Average	1,342	95.88	1,287	3thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	119.52/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,643	110
Heifers	Select	—	1,300	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,248	1
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,225	118.05/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,446	12
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,164	99.59/cwt	99.00–102.00	1,159	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,304	106.60/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,390	11
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,584	87.18/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,381	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,287	99.71/cwt	99.00–100.50	1,283	10
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,126	82.49/cwt	78.00–88.00	929	7
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,263	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,314	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,480	109.18/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,616	79
Steers	Choice	—	1,468	118.66/cwt	114.00–122.50	1,742	77
Steers	Select	—	1,453	95.82/cwt	92.50–99.00	1,392	2
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,065	119.10/cwt	116.00–124.50	1,268	5
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,120	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,075	1
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,224	101.89/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,247	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,470	107.24/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,576	24
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,930	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	2,104	1

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

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Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 1.5 lower, choice heifers 1.00 higher. Demand was good for the

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,375	114.00–123.00	119.52
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,225	113.00–120.00	118.05
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,164	99.00–102.00	99.59
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,304	105.00–110.00	106.60
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,584	85.00–90.00	87.18
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,287	99.00–100.50	99.71
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,126	78.00–88.00	82.49
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	104.00	104.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,480	105.00–114.00	109.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,468	114.00–122.50	118.66
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	92.50–99.00	95.82
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,065	116.00–124.50	119.10
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	96.00	96.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,224	100.00–107.00	101.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,470	103.00–112.00	107.24
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	109.00	109.00

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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