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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Feb 25

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

411 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 400▲ 25 vs year ago 386 · +6.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers sold mostly 1.oo higher, Slaughter heifers sold mostly 3.00 lower, and Holstein steers sold mostly 2.00 higher. 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	1,531	96.85	1,483	88
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,528	85.35	1,304	11
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,212	73.59	891	32
Heifers	Select	Average	981	110.72	1,086	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,368	110.03	1,505	118
Steers	Choice	Average	1,448	110.39	1,598	142
Steers	Select	Average	988	108.49	1,072	13

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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	988	108.49/cwt	99.00–114.00	1,072	13
Steers	—	Choice	1,409	110.91/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,563	96
Steers	—	Choice	1,528	109.31/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,670	46
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	981	110.72/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,086	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,154	106.45/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,228	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,310	110.83/cwt	101.00–114.75	1,452	54
Heifers	—	Choice	1,460	109.82/cwt	104.00–115.50	1,603	55
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,054	70.12/cwt	68.00–74.00	739	11
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,294	75.40/cwt	70.00–77.00	976	21
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,318	102.77/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,355	8
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,528	85.35/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,304	11
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,552	96.26/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,494	80

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 Feb 25, 2021

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

Receipts 411Last week 400Year ago 386

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,528	103.00–113.00	109.31
96	—	1,409	103.00–115.00	110.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	988	99.00–114.00	108.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,460	104.00–115.50	109.82
54	—	1,310	101.00–114.75	110.83
9	—	1,154	103.00–113.00	106.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	981	107.00–114.00	110.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,528	80.00–89.00	85.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,054	68.00–74.00	70.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,294	70.00–77.00	75.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,318	102.00–104.00	102.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,552	90.00–99.00	96.26

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.