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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-06

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 6

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

408 head

▲ 212 vs last sale 196▼ 12 vs year ago 420 · −2.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last week, Slaughter steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher and heifers were steady. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 1.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a 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	1,379	92.12	1,270	159
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,299	86.81	1,128	43
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,176	76.55	900	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,336	101.20	1,352	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,237	96.31	1,191	9thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,361	92.13	1,254	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,413	102.66	1,451	78
Steers	Select	Average	1,128	100.47	1,133	35
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,540	97.39	1,500	15

Every lot

10 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	1,090	101.53/cwt	92.50–109.00	1,107	31
Steers	—	Choice	1,413	102.66/cwt	99.00–112.50	1,451	78
Steers	—	Select	1,419	92.29/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,310	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,540	97.39/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,500	15
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,237	96.31/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,191	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,336	101.20/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,352	31
Heifers	—	Select	1,361	92.13/cwt	90.00–94.50	1,254	21
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,176	76.55/cwt	73.00–79.00	900	17
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,299	86.81/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,128	43
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,379	92.12/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,270	159

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 Aug 6, 2020

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

Receipts 408Last week 196Year ago 420

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,090	92.50–109.00	101.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,419	91.00–94.00	92.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,413	99.00–112.50	102.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,540	96.00–98.00	97.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,176	73.00–79.00	76.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	1,379	90.00–96.00	92.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,299	80.00–89.00	86.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,237	95.00–97.00	96.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,361	90.00–94.50	92.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,336	98.00–105.00	101.20

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.