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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-29

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 29

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

653 head

▲ 107 vs last sale 546▲ 326 vs year ago 327 · +99.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers and Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.50 to 2.00 higher . Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.50 to 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	1,484	91.75	1,362	53
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,430	86.57	1,238	144
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,185	76.50	906	36
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,284	105.31	1,352	54
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,267	102.27	1,296	75
Heifers	Select	Average	1,344	95.33	1,281	45
Steers	Choice	Average	1,454	105.93	1,540	75
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,523	101.58	1,547	66
Steers	Select	Average	1,370	99.92	1,369	105

Every lot

12 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	1,308	105.15/cwt	101.00–108.50	1,375	44
Steers	—	Select	1,415	96.15/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,361	61
Steers	—	Choice	1,454	105.93/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,540	75
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,523	101.58/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,547	66
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,056	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,119	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,267	102.27/cwt	100.00–103.75	1,296	75
Heifers	—	Choice	1,284	105.31/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,352	54
Heifers	—	Select	1,372	94.29/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,294	41
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,163	78.62/cwt	72.00–88.00	914	8
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,191	75.90/cwt	71.00–79.00	904	28
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,430	86.57/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,238	144
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,484	91.75/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,362	53

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 29, 2020

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

Receipts 653Last week 546Year ago 327

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,484	90.00–94.00	91.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,191	71.00–79.00	75.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,163	72.00–88.00	78.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,430	81.00–89.00	86.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,372	90.00–99.50	94.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,056	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,267	100.00–103.75	102.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,284	104.00–107.00	105.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,415	90.00–99.50	96.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,308	101.00–108.50	105.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,523	100.00–102.50	101.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,454	104.00–108.00	105.93

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.