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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-08

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 8

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

434 head

▲ 49 vs last sale 385▼ 16 vs year ago 450 · −3.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today as the last reported sale was three weeks ago. Comparison is not applicable. Upward trend in both choice steers and choice heifers. Dairy cattle was sharply higher. Demand was good on a heavy 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	Choice	Average	1,418	116.47	1,652	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,423	105.75	1,505	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,508	115.55	1,742	73
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,443	106.19	1,532	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,270	121.43	1,542	93
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	106.69	1,376	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,439	125.91	1,812	187
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,602	114.73	1,838	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,227	97.99	1,202	13

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	982	96.16/cwt	92.50–97.50	944	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,424	124.50/cwt	118.00–134.00	1,773	150
Steers	—	Select	1,437	99.56/cwt	92.00–104.00	1,431	7
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,502	131.65/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,977	37
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,602	114.73/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,838	8
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,179	111.64/cwt	107.00–116.00	1,316	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,239	107.77/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,335	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,257	122.59/cwt	114.00–126.00	1,541	84
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,559	109.72/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,711	5
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,745	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,693	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,105	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,193	1
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,456	106.12/cwt	104.00–109.50	1,545	26
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,508	115.55/cwt	111.00–119.50	1,742	73
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,180	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,133	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,418	116.47/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,652	6
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,464	107.37/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,572	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 Jul 8, 2021

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

Receipts 434Last week 385Year ago 450

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	982	92.50–97.50	96.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,602	114.00–116.00	114.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,502	122.00–133.00	131.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,437	92.00–104.00	99.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,424	118.00–134.00	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,239	103.00–110.00	107.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	107.00–116.00	111.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,257	114.00–126.00	122.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,559	104.00–112.00	109.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,456	104.00–109.50	106.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,508	111.00–119.50	115.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,464	106.00–108.00	107.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,418	115.00–118.00	116.47

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.