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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-07

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Nov 7

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

381 head

▲ 54 vs last sale 327▲ 381 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 Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate on a slightly higher offering today.

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	1,468	89.99	1,321	100
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,307	83.77	1,095	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,102	73.66	811	56
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,308	112.15	1,467	67
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,281	109.20	1,399	31
Heifers	Select	Average	1,107	96.11	1,064	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	113.24	1,631	70
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,287	107.32	1,381	27
Steers	Select	Average	1,324	99.86	1,322	9thin

Every lot

13 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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,024	104.26/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,068	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,287	107.32/cwt	104.00–109.50	1,381	27
Steers	—	Choice	1,440	113.24/cwt	111.00–115.50	1,631	70
Steers	—	Select	1,698	94.35/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,602	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,008	96.78/cwt	83.00–104.00	976	7
Heifers	—	Select	1,279	94.94/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,214	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,281	109.20/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,399	31
Heifers	—	Choice	1,308	112.15/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,467	67
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,033	72.83/cwt	70.00–75.00	752	42
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,307	83.77/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,095	10
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,308	76.13/cwt	71.00–78.00	996	14
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,404	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,390	4
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,471	89.61/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,318	96

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 Nov 7, 2019

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

Receipts 381Last week 327Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,698	93.00–98.00	94.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,024	100.00–113.00	104.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,287	104.00–109.50	107.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,440	111.00–115.50	113.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,471	87.00–91.00	89.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,404	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,308	71.00–78.00	76.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,033	70.00–75.00	72.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,307	82.00–85.00	83.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,279	91.00–100.00	94.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,008	83.00–104.00	96.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,281	103.00–110.00	109.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,308	110.00–116.00	112.15

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.