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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-07

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 7

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,359	109.76	1,492	25
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,233	77.63	957	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	111.23	1,573	57
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,428	98.00	1,399	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,306	121.20	1,583	109
Steers	Choice	Average	1,421	121.70	1,730	135
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,305	107.04	1,397	3thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,183	105.56/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,249	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,284	119.88/cwt	116.00–123.50	1,539	22
Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,442	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,828	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,449	121.44/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,760	100
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,705	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,231	120.01/cwt	115.00–124.75	1,477	31
Heifers	—	Choice	1,336	121.67/cwt	118.00–126.25	1,626	78
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,326	109.54/cwt	104.50–112.75	1,453	21
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,400	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,414	2
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,455	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,382	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,466	112.22/cwt	109.00–117.50	1,645	36
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,221	76.70/cwt	74.00–77.00	937	9
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,337	109.13/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,459	22
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,340	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,152	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,524	114.40/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,743	3

This sale against other markets

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Oct 7, 2021

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

Receipts 350Last week 375Year ago 382

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,326	104.50–112.75	109.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,466	109.00–117.50	112.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,337	108.00–110.00	109.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,221	74.00–77.00	76.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,524	113.00–117.00	114.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,284	116.00–123.50	119.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,442	126.75	126.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	104.00–107.00	105.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,449	115.00–126.00	121.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,231	115.00–124.75	120.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,336	118.00–126.25	121.67

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.