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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-14

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jan 14

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

450 head

▼ 185 vs last sale 635▲ 102 vs year ago 348 · +29.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers and heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower, Holstein steers sold mostly 4.00 lower. Light demand for this offering of high quality grading, very attractive steers and heifers. Packer buyers much more reserved in their pursuit of fat cattle this week, two - way buyers stepped in and bought

market ready cattle that looked to be a value .

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	1,510	87.37	1,319	84
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,473	83.77	1,234	75
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,167	72.90	851	53
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,379	98.07	1,352	45
Heifers	Select	Average	1,137	93.90	1,068	16
Steers	Select	Average	1,129	105.28	1,189	9thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,512	99.12	1,499	127

Every lot

15 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,129	105.28/cwt	96.00–108.00	1,189	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,288	95.00/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,224	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,357	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,384	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,453	104.02/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,511	29
Steers	—	Choice	1,511	97.67/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,476	41
Steers	—	Choice	1,631	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,672	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,686	95.53/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,611	27
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,137	93.90/cwt	90.50–96.00	1,068	16
Heifers	—	Choice	1,285	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,317	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,321	99.16/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,310	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,460	95.88/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,400	20
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,120	73.52/cwt	64.00–79.50	823	42
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,345	70.54/cwt	70.00–75.00	949	11
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,473	83.77/cwt	81.00–85.50	1,234	75
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,510	87.37/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,319	84

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Jan 14, 2021

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

Receipts 450Last week 635Year ago 348

market ready cattle that looked to be a value .

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,357	102.00	102.00
27	—	1,686	91.00–97.00	95.53
41	—	1,511	90.00–101.00	97.67
9	—	1,631	102.50	102.50
29	—	1,453	102.00–105.00	104.02
11	—	1,288	90.00–100.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,129	96.00–108.00	105.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,460	95.00–100.00	95.88
20	—	1,321	96.00–101.00	99.16
5	—	1,285	102.50	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,137	90.50–96.00	93.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,473	81.00–85.50	83.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,120	64.00–79.50	73.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,345	70.00–75.00	70.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,510	86.00–90.00	87.37

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.