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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-16

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jan 16

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

348 head

▼ 263 vs last sale 611▲ 348 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 mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate on a lower 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	1,528	92.68	1,416	51
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,297	85.08	1,103	22
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,309	73.86	967	22
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,332	123.68	1,647	24
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	116.86	1,470	31
Heifers	Select	Average	1,298	107.94	1,401	44
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	122.11	1,738	88
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,320	116.31	1,535	24
Steers	Select	Average	1,475	103.73	1,530	25

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 and Choice	1,320	116.31/cwt	113.50–118.25	1,535	24
Steers	—	Choice	1,423	122.11/cwt	120.00–126.50	1,738	88
Steers	—	Select	1,475	103.73/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,530	25
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,258	116.86/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,470	31
Heifers	—	Select	1,298	107.94/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,401	44
Heifers	—	Choice	1,332	123.68/cwt	121.50–125.75	1,647	24
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,297	85.08/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,103	22
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,309	73.86/cwt	71.00–77.00	967	22
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,528	92.68/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,416	51

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 Jan 16, 2020

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

Receipts 348Last week 611Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,298	102.00–110.00	107.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,258	114.00–118.00	116.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,332	121.50–125.75	123.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,475	101.00–109.00	103.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,320	113.50–118.25	116.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,423	120.00–126.50	122.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,528	90.00–95.00	92.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,309	71.00–77.00	73.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,297	81.00–88.00	85.08

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.