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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-18

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 18

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

406 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 396▲ 406 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to sale not reported last week

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	1,407	85.64	1,205	48
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,332	81.99	1,092	42
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,303	73.47	957	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,253	113.15	1,418	75
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,252	103.72	1,299	37
Heifers	Select	Average	1,207	96.93	1,170	29
Heifers	Standard	Average	1,383	85.02	1,176	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,414	112.99	1,598	92
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,234	102.74	1,268	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,159	92.93	1,077	12

Every lot

10 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,159	92.93/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,077	12
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,234	102.74/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,268	12
Steers	—	Choice	1,414	112.99/cwt	110.00–115.50	1,598	92
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,207	96.93/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,170	29
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,252	103.72/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,299	37
Heifers	—	Choice	1,253	113.15/cwt	111.00–114.85	1,418	75
Heifers	—	Standard	1,383	85.02/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,176	27
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,303	73.47/cwt	71.00–76.50	957	14
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,332	81.99/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,092	42
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,407	85.64/cwt	84.00–93.00	1,205	48

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 Jul 18, 2019

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Receipts 406Last week 396Year ago 0

No comparison due to sale not reported last week

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,414	110.00–115.50	112.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,234	100.00–107.00	102.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,159	91.00–98.00	92.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,332	80.00–84.00	81.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,303	71.00–76.50	73.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,407	84.00–93.00	85.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,253	111.00–114.85	113.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,252	101.00–108.00	103.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,207	90.00–98.50	96.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,383	84.00–86.00	85.02

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.