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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-01

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 1

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

483 head

▲ 73 vs last sale 410▲ 4 vs year ago 479 · +0.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 3.00 higher, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 1.50 higher. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 2.00 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	1,469	92.98	1,366	162
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,362	88.13	1,200	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,117	81.28	908	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,359	102.89	1,398	103
Heifers	Select	Average	1,201	101.35	1,217	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,298	96.73	1,256	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,109	116.45	1,291	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,530	106.47	1,629	154

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,081	120.36/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,301	19
Steers	—	Select	1,285	91.71/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,178	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,530	106.47/cwt	100.00–110.50	1,629	154
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	954	118.01/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,126	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,298	96.73/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,256	12
Heifers	—	Select	1,311	93.94/cwt	92.00–94.50	1,232	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,359	102.89/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,398	103
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,117	81.28/cwt	78.00–83.00	908	6
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,362	88.13/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,200	10
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,469	92.98/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,366	162

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 Oct 1, 2020

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

Receipts 483Last week 410Year ago 479

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	1,469	91.00–98.00	92.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,117	78.00–83.00	81.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,362	84.00–89.00	88.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,311	92.00–94.50	93.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	116.00–120.00	118.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,298	95.00–99.00	96.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,359	100.00–108.00	102.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	91.00–93.00	91.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,081	118.00–124.00	120.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,530	100.00–110.50	106.47

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.