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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-05

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 5

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

573 head

▲ 253 vs last sale 320▲ 165 vs year ago 408 · +40.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 3.00 higher, choice heifers .50 higher. Dairy steers were 1.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy 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	1,368	109.02	1,492	81
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,701	98.68	1,679	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,443	111.78	1,613	149
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	95.05	1,183	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,293	120.31	1,556	94
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,217	107.31	1,306	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,377	120.53	1,660	189
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,245	104.97	1,307	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,367	87.33	1,194	3thin

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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,222	104.29/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,274	6
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,233	119.17/cwt	113.00–123.00	1,469	64
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,255	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,130	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,313	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,405	2
Steers	—	Select	1,423	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,224	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,451	121.23/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,759	125
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,068	106.14/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,134	8
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,228	120.79/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,483	31
Heifers	—	Choice	1,325	120.08/cwt	114.50–126.00	1,591	63
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,455	109.18/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,589	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,365	108.85/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,486	78
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,453	113.45/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,648	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,701	98.68/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,679	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,245	95.05/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,183	5
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,392	110.18/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,534	80
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,503	113.64/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,708	69

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 5, 2021

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

Receipts 573Last week 320Year ago 408

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 3.00 higher, choice heifers .50 higher. Dairy steers were 1.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy offerings today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,222	100.00–105.00	104.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,451	115.00–126.00	121.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,233	113.00–123.00	119.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,455	106.00–112.00	109.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,068	102.00–111.00	106.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,325	114.50–126.00	120.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,228	114.00–124.00	120.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,701	97.00–105.00	98.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,365	106.00–115.00	108.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,453	108.00–116.00	113.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,392	105.00–114.00	110.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,245	91.00–101.00	95.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,503	110.00–121.00	113.64

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.