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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-26

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Dec 26

● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

277 head

▼ 459 vs last sale 736▲ 277 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 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 4.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate, on a lower 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	1,418	92.31	1,309	119
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,278	84.00	1,074	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,359	117.43	1,596	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,352	113.06	1,529	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,168	104.24	1,218	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,456	116.71	1,699	16
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	112.86	1,574	21
Steers	Select	Average	1,351	102.18	1,380	42

Every lot

8 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	1,351	102.18/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,380	42
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,395	112.86/cwt	111.00–115.50	1,574	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,456	116.71/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,699	16
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,168	104.24/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,218	23
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,352	113.06/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,529	15
Heifers	—	Choice	1,359	117.43/cwt	115.00–118.35	1,596	40
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,278	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,074	6
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,418	92.31/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,309	119

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 Dec 26, 2019

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

Receipts 277Last week 736Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Heifers sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 4.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate, on a lower offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,278	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,418	88.00–94.00	92.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,395	111.00–115.50	112.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,351	100.00–108.00	102.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,456	115.00–118.00	116.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,352	111.00–114.00	113.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,168	101.00–109.00	104.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,359	115.00–118.35	117.43

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.