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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-13

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 13

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

335 head

▼ 73 vs last sale 408▲ 335 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter steers sold mostly 2.00 higher and slaughter heifers sold mostly 3.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 3.00 lower. 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	1,355	89.23	1,209	55
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,393	84.47	1,177	54
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,233	75.99	937	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,293	104.57	1,352	31
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,224	99.03	1,213	17
Heifers	Select	Average	1,282	98.41	1,262	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,407	104.89	1,476	104
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,398	100.32	1,403	19
Steers	Select	Average	1,218	92.57	1,127	22

Every lot

14 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,097	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	998	11
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,322	101.32/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,339	15
Steers	—	Select	1,338	94.14/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,260	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,407	104.89/cwt	102.50–107.25	1,476	104
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,685	96.55/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,627	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,181	100.39/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,186	14
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,195	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,255	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,293	104.57/cwt	102.00–107.75	1,352	31
Heifers	—	Select	1,340	94.02/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,260	3
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,427	92.69/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,323	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,184	77.84/cwt	74.00–89.00	922	16
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,298	73.53/cwt	70.00–77.50	954	12
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,355	89.23/cwt	88.00–92.25	1,209	55
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,393	84.47/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,177	54

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 13, 2020

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Receipts 335Last week 408Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,293	102.00–107.75	104.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,340	93.00–95.00	94.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,181	98.00–101.00	100.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	90.00–95.00	92.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,393	80.00–88.00	84.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,355	88.00–92.25	89.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,298	70.00–77.50	73.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,184	74.00–89.00	77.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,407	102.50–107.25	104.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,322	100.00–102.00	101.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,338	93.00–96.00	94.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,685	93.00–99.00	96.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,097	91.00	91.00

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.