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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-21

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Nov 21

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

603 head

▼ 129 vs last sale 732▲ 603 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 3.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 3.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate on a steady 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	1,450	87.54	1,269	83
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,315	82.49	1,085	68
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,257	73.08	918	88
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	115.37	1,540	58
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,264	112.26	1,419	59
Heifers	Select	Average	1,223	107.83	1,319	36
Steers	Choice	Average	1,453	115.58	1,679	148
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	111.32	1,503	25
Steers	Select	Average	1,298	110.78	1,438	38

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	1,114	123.51/cwt	109.50–134.00	1,376	14
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,350	111.32/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,503	25
Steers	—	Select	1,406	103.36/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,453	24
Steers	—	Choice	1,453	115.58/cwt	114.25–117.75	1,679	148
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,134	110.64/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,255	14
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,264	112.26/cwt	107.00–113.60	1,419	59
Heifers	—	Select	1,280	106.04/cwt	102.00–109.50	1,357	22
Heifers	—	Choice	1,335	115.37/cwt	114.75–116.50	1,540	58
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,183	76.68/cwt	75.00–80.00	907	9
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,265	72.67/cwt	70.00–77.00	919	79
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,315	82.49/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,085	68
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,449	85.48/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,239	65
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,452	94.99/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,379	18

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 Nov 21, 2019

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,264	107.00–113.60	112.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,134	110.00–111.00	110.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,280	102.00–109.50	106.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,335	114.75–116.50	115.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,315	80.00–84.50	82.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,183	75.00–80.00	76.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,265	70.00–77.00	72.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,452	91.00–97.00	94.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,449	85.00–88.00	85.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,350	104.00–114.00	111.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,114	109.50–134.00	123.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,406	101.00–108.00	103.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,453	114.25–117.75	115.58

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.