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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-19

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 19

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

420 head

▼ 153 vs last sale 573▲ 10 vs year ago 410 · +2.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 5.00 higher, choice heifers 3.5 higher. Dairy steers .50 higher. Demand was good for the moderate 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
Bulls	—	High	1,774	88.23	1,565	41
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,284	105.95	1,361	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	111.14	1,651	66
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,309	124.31	1,628	115
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,532	102.42	1,569	3thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,103	85.42	942	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,468	125.98	1,850	132
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,448	114.80	1,662	8thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,263	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,541	6
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,265	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,366	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,474	115.77/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,706	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,478	126.17/cwt	121.50–136.00	1,865	126
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,103	85.42/cwt	84.00–87.00	942	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,237	125.62/cwt	118.00–129.50	1,554	47
Heifers	—	Choice	1,355	123.53/cwt	116.00–129.00	1,674	67
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,532	102.42/cwt	101.00–105.50	1,569	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,903	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,707	80.79/cwt	70.00–86.00	1,379	18
Bulls	—	—	1,827	94.05/cwt	89.00–101.00	1,718	23
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,350	107.71/cwt	107.00–109.50	1,454	31
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,605	114.18/cwt	112.00–117.50	1,833	35
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,189	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,118	4
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,308	108.94/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,425	16

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 420Last week 573Year ago 410

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 5.00 higher, choice heifers 3.5 higher. Dairy steers .50 higher. Demand was good for the moderate offerings today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,350	107.00–109.50	107.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,605	112.00–117.50	114.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,308	108.00–109.00	108.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,189	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,263	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,474	115.00–119.00	115.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,478	121.50–136.00	126.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,237	118.00–129.50	125.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,532	101.00–105.50	102.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	84.00–87.00	85.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,355	116.00–129.00	123.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,827	89.00–101.00	94.05
18	—	1,707	70.00–86.00	80.79

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.