Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-10-07

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 7
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
350 head
25 vs last sale 375 32 vs year ago 382 · 8.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers were 2.75 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. Dairy steers 3.00 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offering of quality cattle. Trading active.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,359109.761,49225
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,23377.6395710
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,414111.231,57357
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,42898.001,3994thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,306121.201,583109
SteersChoiceAverage1,421121.701,730135
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305107.041,3973thin

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 Feed1,326109.54/cwt104.50–112.751,45321
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,45595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3822
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,400101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,4142
Dairy SteersChoice1,466112.22/cwt109.00–117.501,64536
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,337109.13/cwt108.00–110.001,45922
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,22176.70/cwt74.00–77.009379
Dairy HeifersSelect1,34086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1521
Dairy HeifersChoice1,524114.40/cwt113.00–117.001,7433
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,284119.88/cwt116.00–123.501,53922
SteersChoiceValue Added1,442126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,82813
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,183105.56/cwt104.00–107.001,2492
SteersSelect and Choice1,550110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7051
SteersChoice1,449121.44/cwt115.00–126.001,760100
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,231120.01/cwt115.00–124.751,47731
HeifersChoice1,336121.67/cwt118.00–126.251,62678

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.