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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-18

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Feb 18

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

400 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 357▲ 20 vs year ago 380 · +5.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers were steady, Slaughter heifers sold mostly 1.00 higher, and Slaughter Holstein steers were steady. Packer demand was good to moderate on a steady 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	1,470	97.01	1,426	129
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,484	83.00	1,231	9thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,103	81.41	898	45
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,411	112.71	1,591	78
Heifers	Select	Average	1,094	99.48	1,088	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,489	111.08	1,654	109
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,112	107.87	1,200	19

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,112	107.87/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,200	19
Steers	—	Choice	1,288	109.80/cwt	108.00–111.50	1,414	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,450	110.86/cwt	101.00–114.50	1,607	45
Steers	—	Choice	1,540	112.07/cwt	100.00–116.25	1,726	52
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,787	100.91/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,803	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,094	99.48/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,088	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,344	112.93/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,518	25
Heifers	—	Choice	1,443	112.60/cwt	105.00–115.50	1,625	53
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,073	82.22/cwt	75.00–84.75	882	34
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,194	78.90/cwt	72.50–101.00	942	11
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,233	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,073	3
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,400	95.70/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,340	83
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,516	100.92/cwt	100.25–103.00	1,530	22
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,609	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,303	6
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,668	97.96/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,634	24

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 Feb 18, 2021

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

Receipts 400Last week 357Year ago 380

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,288	108.00–111.50	109.80
45	—	1,450	101.00–114.50	110.86
52	—	1,540	100.00–116.25	112.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,787	100.00–103.00	100.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,112	105.00–109.00	107.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,400	91.00–99.00	95.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,194	72.50–101.00	78.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,073	75.00–84.75	82.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,516	100.25–103.00	100.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,609	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,668	94.00–99.00	97.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,094	97.00–102.00	99.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,344	109.00–114.00	112.93
53	—	1,443	105.00–115.50	112.60

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.