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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-06

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 6

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

175 head

▲ 175 vs last sale 0▲ 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

trade was active today, a lower offering due to farmers getting back to the fields for planting

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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,228	95.68	1,175	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,264	83.29	1,053	23
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,143	74.67	854	32
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,352	117.15	1,584	16
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	112.87	1,377	33
Heifers	Select	Average	1,053	102.36	1,078	31
Steers	Choice	Average	1,360	115.47	1,570	49
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,318	108.00	1,423	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,227	94.55	1,160	19

Every lot

11 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectCanadian Origin	1,195	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,219	1
Steers	—	Select	1,229	94.14/cwt	85.00–111.00	1,157	18
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,318	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,423	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,360	115.47/cwt	114.75–116.00	1,570	49
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,053	102.36/cwt	95.00–111.00	1,078	31
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,220	112.87/cwt	110.50–114.50	1,377	33
Heifers	—	Choice	1,352	117.15/cwt	115.25–119.75	1,584	16
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,098	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	769	3
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,148	75.15/cwt	68.50–83.00	863	29
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,228	95.68/cwt	94.50–97.00	1,175	2
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,264	83.29/cwt	76.00–86.50	1,053	23

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.

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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Jun 6, 2019

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Receipts 175Last week 0Year ago 0

trade was active today, a lower offering due to farmers getting back to the fields for planting

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,352	115.25–119.75	117.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,220	110.50–114.50	112.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,053	95.00–111.00	102.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,360	114.75–116.00	115.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,229	85.00–111.00	94.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Canadian Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	94.50–97.00	95.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,264	76.00–86.50	83.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,148	68.50–83.00	75.15
3	—	1,098	70.00	70.00

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.