Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-06-10

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 10
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
358 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 358▲ 22 vs year ago 336 · +6.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter Steers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower , Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower , and Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower . Packer demand was good to moderate on a higher offering today.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,488104.331,55238
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,478102.961,52271
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,37185.571,17319
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,33574.901,00018
HeifersChoiceLow1,346118.081,590103
SteersChoiceAverage1,403118.631,66585
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,221104.711,27916

Every lot

13 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,178112.81/cwt111.00–113.001,32911
Steers—Select and Choice1,221104.71/cwt102.00–108.001,27916
Steers—Choice1,361114.26/cwt114.00–115.001,55515
Steers—Choice1,408120.43/cwt118.00–124.001,69641
Steers—Choice1,566121.75/cwt117.00–125.001,90718
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,276113.04/cwt110.00–115.001,44213
Heifers—Choice1,278120.05/cwt118.00–122.501,53451
Heifers—Choice1,441121.76/cwt118.50–123.001,75521
Heifers—Choice1,481111.85/cwt105.00–115.001,65618
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,33574.90/cwt70.00–78.001,00018
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,37185.57/cwt80.00–88.001,17319
Dairy Steers—Choice1,478102.96/cwt90.00–109.501,52271
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,488104.33/cwt100.00–107.001,55238

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.