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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-20

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, May 20

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

560 head

▲ 146 vs last sale 414▲ 560 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 3.00 to 4.00 higher, Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher, and Holstein steers sold mostly 6'00 to 7.00 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 Heifers	Select and Choice	Low	1,276	86.44	1,103	40
Dairy Steers	Choice	High	1,476	105.63	1,560	92
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,385	97.18	1,346	32
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,278	85.57	1,094	11
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,366	117.94	1,611	172
Heifers	Select	Low	1,170	102.50	1,199	18
Steers	Choice	Low	1,429	113.25	1,618	187
Steers	Select	Low	1,264	97.92	1,238	8thin

Every lot

16 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	—	Choice	1,264	105.68/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,336	12
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,264	97.92/cwt	81.00–101.00	1,238	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,396	115.37/cwt	110.00–118.50	1,611	71
Steers	—	Choice	1,418	108.29/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,536	41
Steers	—	Choice	1,457	117.87/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,717	37
Steers	—	Choice	1,572	112.22/cwt	107.00–114.50	1,764	26
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,170	102.50/cwt	94.00–106.00	1,199	18
Heifers	—	Choice	1,283	112.61/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,445	18
Heifers	—	Choice	1,355	119.08/cwt	116.00–121.25	1,614	118
Heifers	—	Choice	1,405	112.87/cwt	110.40–114.00	1,586	7
Heifers	—	Choice	1,452	117.84/cwt	115.50–120.50	1,711	29
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,276	86.44/cwt	72.00–100.00	1,103	40
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,278	85.57/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,094	11
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,385	97.18/cwt	93.00–99.50	1,346	32
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,419	103.36/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,467	44
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,529	107.71/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,647	48

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 May 20, 2021

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

Receipts 560Last week 414Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,276	72.00–100.00	86.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,264	81.00–101.00	97.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,264	105.00–106.00	105.68
71	—	1,396	110.00–118.50	115.37
41	—	1,418	103.00–114.00	108.29
26	—	1,572	107.00–114.50	112.22
37	—	1,457	116.00–120.00	117.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,170	94.00–106.00	102.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,283	112.00–114.00	112.61
7	—	1,405	110.40–114.00	112.87
118	—	1,355	116.00–121.25	119.08
29	—	1,452	115.50–120.50	117.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,529	106.00–109.00	107.71
44	—	1,419	101.00–104.50	103.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,385	93.00–99.50	97.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,278	80.00–89.00	85.57

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.