Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-10-14

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 14
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
476 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 350▲ 157 vs year ago 319 · +49.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers were .70 lower, choice slaughter heifers 3.00 lower. Dairy steers were steady. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. 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 HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30592.521,20742
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,34479.541,06913
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,472108.671,59934
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,402100.771,41337
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,42691.161,30017
HeifersChoiceAverage1,324118.251,565139
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,230103.131,26821
SteersChoiceAverage1,489120.561,795133
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,369108.241,48232

Every lot, as filed

18 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—1,364118.57/cwt113.00–124.251,617112
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,457103.82/cwt99.00–105.001,5135
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,159102.91/cwt100.00–109.001,19316
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,157116.93/cwt115.00–123.001,35327
SteersChoice—1,506120.74/cwt113.00–125.251,818126
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,270108.09/cwt101.00–110.001,37317
Dairy SteersChoice—1,640112.86/cwt112.00–113.501,8519
Dairy SteersSelect—1,47793.61/cwt91.00–95.001,3836
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,39889.83/cwt88.00–90.001,25611
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,381100.68/cwt99.00–101.001,39024
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,442100.93/cwt100.00–104.001,45513
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,411107.16/cwt106.00–112.001,51225
SteersSelect and Choice—1,482108.41/cwt107.00–110.001,60715
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,188117.29/cwt114.00–118.501,3937
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,43977.92/cwt75.00–81.001,1218
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,19382.12/cwt79.00–84.009805
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,12394.39/cwt90.00–101.001,06023
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,52590.26/cwt87.00–96.001,37619

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.