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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-17

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 17

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

385 head

▲ 27 vs last sale 358▼ 90 vs year ago 475 · −18.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter Steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher, Slaughter Heifers were steady, Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,443	104.44	1,507	154
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Low	1,594	87.36	1,393	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,181	83.40	985	11
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,376	114.43	1,575	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	912	101.04	921	20
Steers	Choice	Low	1,497	121.76	1,822	122
Steers	Select	Low	926	114.50	1,060	7thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	926	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,060	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,414	114.38/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,617	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,428	123.44/cwt	120.50–126.00	1,763	49
Steers	—	Choice	1,563	121.62/cwt	116.50–123.75	1,901	63
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	912	101.04/cwt	82.50–115.00	921	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,345	110.35/cwt	106.00–112.50	1,484	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,349	121.78/cwt	115.00–124.50	1,643	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,445	110.62/cwt	105.00–112.50	1,598	12
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,181	83.40/cwt	80.00–84.00	985	11
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,348	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,281	15
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,453	105.46/cwt	102.50–114.00	1,532	139
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,594	87.36/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,393	10

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 Jun 17, 2021

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Receipts 385Last week 358Year ago 475

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,414	112.00–115.00	114.38
63	—	1,563	116.50–123.75	121.62
49	—	1,428	120.50–126.00	123.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	926	114.50	114.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,345	106.00–112.50	110.35
12	—	1,445	105.00–112.50	110.62
14	—	1,349	115.00–124.50	121.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	912	82.50–115.00	101.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,594	83.00–89.00	87.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,181	80.00–84.00	83.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,453	102.50–114.00	105.46
15	—	1,348	95.00	95.00

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.