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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-26

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 26

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

415 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 420▲ 105 vs year ago 310 · +33.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice steers were 4.25 lower, choice heifers 1.25 lower. Dairy steers 2.00 lower. Demand good for the moderate offerings 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,332	109.80	1,463	68
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,268	93.00	1,179	14
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,410	85.00	1,199	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,392	110.21	1,534	37
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,434	85.15	1,221	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,354	121.52	1,646	89
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	107.46	1,410	23
Heifers	Select	Average	1,223	96.44	1,179	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,422	121.89	1,733	145
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	108.18	1,427	18

Every lot

17 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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,259	107.42/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,352	12
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,272	122.27/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,555	25
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,439	109.70/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,579	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,453	121.81/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,770	120
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,223	96.44/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,179	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,225	119.43/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,463	21
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,250	105.88/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,324	12
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,288	110.86/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,428	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,394	122.17/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,703	68
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,542	106.24/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,638	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,248	106.14/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,325	24
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,268	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,179	14
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,378	111.80/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,541	44
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,410	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,199	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,312	108.41/cwt	105.00–115.75	1,422	19
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,434	85.15/cwt	82.00–98.00	1,221	5
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,476	112.10/cwt	111.50–117.00	1,655	18

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 Aug 26, 2021

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

Receipts 415Last week 420Year ago 310

Compared to last Thursday choice steers were 4.25 lower, choice heifers 1.25 lower. Dairy steers 2.00 lower. Demand good for the moderate offerings today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,394	120.00–126.00	122.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,288	109.00–114.00	110.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	95.00–98.00	96.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,250	101.00–109.00	105.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,542	106.00–107.00	106.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,225	115.00–124.00	119.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,248	102.00–108.50	106.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,378	111.00–116.00	111.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,410	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,268	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,476	111.50–117.00	112.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,434	82.00–98.00	85.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,312	105.00–115.75	108.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,453	116.00–125.00	121.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,272	118.00–125.00	122.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,259	105.00–114.00	107.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,439	104.00–113.00	109.70

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.