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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-01

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Apr 1

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

411 head

▲ 110 vs last sale 301▲ 411 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers and Slaughter heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 5.00 higher, and Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Packer demand was good to moderate on a slightly 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	Average	1,394	98.62	1,375	129
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,277	84.64	1,081	17
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,154	76.36	881	35
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,366	113.79	1,555	128
Steers	Choice	Average	1,473	118.04	1,739	92

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	—	Choice	1,265	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,467	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,430	117.82/cwt	107.00–123.50	1,685	55
Steers	—	Choice	1,552	118.51/cwt	111.00–122.50	1,839	35
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,166	106.97/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,247	18
Heifers	—	Choice	1,293	112.24/cwt	102.00–117.00	1,451	46
Heifers	—	Choice	1,459	116.99/cwt	115.75–119.00	1,707	54
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,564	115.92/cwt	103.00–121.00	1,813	10
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,154	76.36/cwt	70.00–81.00	881	35
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,277	84.64/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,081	17
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,364	95.69/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,305	86
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,410	104.38/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,472	34
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,626	104.89/cwt	103.50–110.00	1,706	9

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 1, 2021

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

Receipts 411Last week 301Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,166	102.00–108.00	106.97
46	—	1,293	102.00–117.00	112.24
54	—	1,459	115.75–119.00	116.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,564	103.00–121.00	115.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	116.00	116.00
55	—	1,430	107.00–123.50	117.82
35	—	1,552	111.00–122.50	118.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,364	90.00–99.00	95.69
34	—	1,410	101.00–107.00	104.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,154	70.00–81.00	76.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,277	80.00–89.50	84.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,626	103.50–110.00	104.89

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.