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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-08

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Apr 8

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

404 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 411▲ 404 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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	1,469	105.67	1,552	89
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,030	80.13	825	59
Heifers	Choice	High	1,381	118.81	1,641	118
Heifers	Select	Low	1,027	102.38	1,051	21
Steers	Choice	High	1,456	119.71	1,743	109
Steers	Select	Low	1,264	98.94	1,251	8thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,264	98.94/cwt	94.00–108.00	1,251	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,267	122.50/cwt	118.00–123.50	1,552	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,389	114.02/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,584	20
Steers	—	Choice	1,411	123.03/cwt	120.00–124.50	1,736	38
Steers	—	Choice	1,529	114.85/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,756	22
Steers	—	Choice	1,633	123.20/cwt	121.00–127.00	2,012	19
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,027	102.38/cwt	94.00–111.00	1,051	21
Heifers	—	Choice	1,216	107.93/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,312	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,292	118.54/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,532	46
Heifers	—	Choice	1,428	119.10/cwt	113.00–122.00	1,701	28
Heifers	—	Choice	1,462	122.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,794	29
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,702	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,991	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,030	80.13/cwt	76.00–88.00	825	59
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,360	95.95/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,305	12
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,486	107.18/cwt	103.50–110.00	1,593	77

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 Apr 8, 2021

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Receipts 404Last week 411Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,462	120.00–125.00	122.69
28	—	1,428	113.00–122.00	119.10
46	—	1,292	114.00–124.00	118.54
9	—	1,216	105.00–113.00	107.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,702	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,027	94.00–111.00	102.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,411	120.00–124.50	123.03
22	—	1,529	111.00–117.00	114.85
20	—	1,389	111.00–118.00	114.02
10	—	1,267	118.00–123.50	122.50
19	—	1,633	121.00–127.00	123.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,264	94.00–108.00	98.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,486	103.50–110.00	107.18
12	—	1,360	92.00–98.00	95.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,030	76.00–88.00	80.13

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.