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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-30

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 30

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

196 head

▼ 202 vs last sale 398▼ 290 vs year ago 486 · −59.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers sold mostly 2.00 higher and heifers sold mostly 1.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 4.00 to 5.00 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	1,467	92.80	1,361	57
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,329	84.09	1,118	21
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,331	77.26	1,028	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,349	101.25	1,366	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,196	94.96	1,136	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,469	101.92	1,497	42
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,433	97.53	1,398	29
Steers	Select	Average	1,242	86.66	1,076	9thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,242	86.66/cwt	82.00–87.50	1,076	9
Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,318	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,456	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,433	97.53/cwt	91.00–99.50	1,398	29
Steers	—	Choice	1,485	101.02/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,500	38
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,196	94.96/cwt	94.25–99.00	1,136	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,349	101.25/cwt	101.25–101.25	1,366	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,329	84.09/cwt	80.50–87.00	1,118	21
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,331	77.26/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,028	13
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,467	92.80/cwt	90.50–94.00	1,361	57

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 Jul 30, 2020

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Receipts 196Last week 398Year ago 486

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,349	101.25	101.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,196	94.25–99.00	94.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,485	100.00–105.00	101.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,242	82.00–87.50	86.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,433	91.00–99.50	97.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,318	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,331	73.00–79.00	77.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,329	80.50–87.00	84.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,467	90.50–94.00	92.80

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.