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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-22

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 22

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

385 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 420▲ 385 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 3.50 lower and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold 1.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate to light offering.

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	1,451	94.14	1,366	116
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,388	88.38	1,227	31
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,260	79.83	1,006	78
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,231	108.93	1,341	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,095	102.69	1,124	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,383	109.44	1,514	45
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,403	103.83	1,457	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,302	95.09	1,238	13

Every lot

9 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	1,302	95.09/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,238	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,383	109.44/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,514	45
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,403	103.83/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,457	19
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,095	102.69/cwt	102.00–103.00	1,124	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,231	108.93/cwt	107.00–109.50	1,341	36
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,201	75.67/cwt	70.00–81.00	909	42
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,328	84.69/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,125	36
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,388	88.38/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,227	31
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,451	94.14/cwt	91.00–98.50	1,366	116

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 Aug 22, 2019

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

Receipts 385Last week 420Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 3.50 lower and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold 1.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate to light offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,201	70.00–81.00	75.67
36	—	1,328	82.00–85.00	84.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,388	86.00–90.00	88.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,451	91.00–98.50	94.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,095	102.00–103.00	102.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,231	107.00–109.50	108.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,302	92.00–96.00	95.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,403	101.00–105.00	103.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,383	107.00–110.00	109.44

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.