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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-21

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jan 21

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

670 head

▲ 220 vs last sale 450▲ 313 vs year ago 357 · +87.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter Steers and Slaughter heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher, and Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher. There was a moderate demand for this larger offering of high quality attractive steers and heifers. Two-way buyers were active with packer buyers being a little more reserved in the pursuit of high quality grading cattle.

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	High	1,514	91.85	1,390	86
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,515	86.89	1,316	70
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,242	75.68	940	53
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,401	103.68	1,453	137
Heifers	Select	Average	1,015	99.44	1,009	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,335	95.00	1,268	11
Steers	Select	Average	1,034	108.33	1,120	24
Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	105.91	1,559	264

Every lot

24 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	1,034	108.33/cwt	101.00–117.00	1,120	24
Steers	—	Choice	1,332	108.01/cwt	107.00–110.50	1,439	41
Steers	—	Choice	1,344	103.71/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,394	53
Steers	—	Choice	1,502	110.40/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,658	44
Steers	—	Choice	1,517	104.83/cwt	100.00–107.75	1,590	95
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,654	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,869	5
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,705	102.06/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,740	26
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,015	99.44/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,009	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,232	103.80/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,279	34
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,335	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,268	11
Heifers	—	Choice	1,354	106.98/cwt	105.50–111.00	1,449	30
Heifers	—	Choice	1,415	101.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,429	38
Heifers	—	Choice	1,573	105.06/cwt	104.00–106.50	1,653	25
Heifers	—	Choice	1,592	101.14/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,610	7
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,752	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,708	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,083	76.79/cwt	73.00–83.00	832	29
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,189	73.18/cwt	70.00–75.00	870	17
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,387	86.81/cwt	81.00–89.50	1,204	37
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,397	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,369	6
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,476	90.89/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,342	59
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,592	94.01/cwt	93.50–97.00	1,497	10
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,658	86.98/cwt	82.50–89.00	1,442	33
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,707	91.71/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,565	11
Dairy Steers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	2,031	77.14/cwt	76.00–77.50	1,567	7

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 Jan 21, 2021

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

Receipts 670Last week 450Year ago 357

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,232	100.00–107.00	103.80
7	—	1,592	100.00–103.00	101.14
25	—	1,573	104.00–106.50	105.06
38	—	1,415	100.00–104.00	101.02
30	—	1,354	105.50–111.00	106.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,752	97.50	97.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,015	95.00–102.00	99.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,335	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,344	100.00–106.00	103.71
41	—	1,332	107.00–110.50	108.01
44	—	1,502	108.00–114.00	110.40
95	—	1,517	100.00–107.75	104.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,705	100.00–105.50	102.06
5	—	1,654	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,034	101.00–117.00	108.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,592	93.50–97.00	94.01
11	—	1,707	90.00–93.00	91.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,476	90.00–94.00	90.89
6	—	1,397	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,083	73.00–83.00	76.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,387	81.00–89.50	86.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,658	82.50–89.00	86.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,189	70.00–75.00	73.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,031	76.00–77.50	77.14

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.