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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-26

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 26

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

340 head

▼ 156 vs last sale 496▲ 340 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 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold steady to 1.00 lower. 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	1,423	86.17	1,226	116
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	73.90	931	23
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,324	102.47	1,357	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,208	96.97	1,171	25
Heifers	Select	Average	1,224	86.82	1,063	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,390	102.69	1,427	75
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,382	97.71	1,350	28

Every lot

7 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,382	97.71/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,350	28
Steers	—	Choice	1,390	102.69/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,427	75
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,208	96.97/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,171	25
Heifers	—	Select	1,224	86.82/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,063	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,324	102.47/cwt	101.00–103.75	1,357	48
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,260	73.90/cwt	61.00–79.00	931	23
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,423	86.17/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,226	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 Sep 26, 2019

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

Receipts 340Last week 496Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate to light offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,423	80.00–92.00	86.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,260	61.00–79.00	73.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,390	101.00–104.00	102.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,382	93.00–100.00	97.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,324	101.00–103.75	102.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,224	80.00–90.00	86.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,208	93.00–100.00	96.97

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.