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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-22

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Apr 22

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

527 head

▲ 68 vs last sale 459▲ 527 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers sold mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower, Slaughter heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 4.00 to 5.00 lower. 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	High	1,458	98.32	1,433	93
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,239	89.96	1,114	14
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	82.13	1,096	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,330	118.31	1,573	151
Heifers	Select	Low	1,016	118.11	1,200	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,159	107.10	1,241	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,511	117.47	1,775	138
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,292	106.44	1,375	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,260	92.41	1,165	25

Every lot

19 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	1,032	98.38/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,015	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,244	115.76/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,440	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,292	106.44/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,375	23
Steers	—	Select	1,304	91.27/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,190	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,436	117.28/cwt	112.00–122.25	1,684	83
Steers	—	Choice	1,655	117.91/cwt	112.00–122.25	1,951	51
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	904	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,180	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,145	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,322	6
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,159	107.10/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,241	13
Heifers	—	Select	1,218	95.82/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,167	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,242	111.48/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,385	23
Heifers	—	Choice	1,319	120.73/cwt	116.00–121.10	1,592	87
Heifers	—	Choice	1,425	118.53/cwt	117.00–119.50	1,689	28
Heifers	—	Choice	1,529	112.27/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,717	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	979	103.05/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,009	8
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,334	82.13/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,096	16
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,437	100.72/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,447	22
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,464	97.58/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,429	71
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,585	72.50/cwt	72.00–73.00	1,149	6

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 22, 2021

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

Receipts 527Last week 459Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,425	117.00–119.50	118.53
23	—	1,242	111.00–112.00	111.48
7	—	1,529	112.00–113.00	112.27
87	—	1,319	116.00–121.10	120.73
6	—	1,145	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,159	105.00–110.00	107.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	904	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,218	95.00–97.00	95.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,334	80.00–86.00	82.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,585	72.00–73.00	72.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,437	100.00–102.00	100.72
71	—	1,464	90.00–99.50	97.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	979	100.00–108.00	103.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,436	112.00–122.25	117.28
51	—	1,655	112.00–122.25	117.91
4	—	1,244	115.00–116.00	115.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,032	91.00–105.00	98.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,292	100.00–112.00	106.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,304	90.00–97.00	91.27

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.