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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 14

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

476 head

▲ 126 vs last sale 350▲ 157 vs year ago 319 · +49.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers were .70 lower, choice slaughter heifers 3.00 lower. Dairy steers were steady. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trading active.

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	Average	1,305	92.52	1,207	42
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,344	79.54	1,069	13
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,472	108.67	1,599	34
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,402	100.77	1,413	37
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,426	91.16	1,300	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,324	118.25	1,565	139
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,230	103.13	1,268	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,489	120.56	1,795	133
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,369	108.24	1,482	32

Every lot

18 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	1,188	117.29/cwt	114.00–118.50	1,393	7
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,270	108.09/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,373	17
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,482	108.41/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,607	15
Steers	—	Choice	1,506	120.74/cwt	113.00–125.25	1,818	126
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,157	116.93/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,353	27
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,159	102.91/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,193	16
Heifers	—	Choice	1,364	118.57/cwt	113.00–124.25	1,617	112
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,457	103.82/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,513	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,381	100.68/cwt	99.00–101.00	1,390	24
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,398	89.83/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,256	11
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,411	107.16/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,512	25
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,442	100.93/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,455	13
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,477	93.61/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,383	6
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,640	112.86/cwt	112.00–113.50	1,851	9
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,123	94.39/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,060	23
Dairy Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,193	82.12/cwt	79.00–84.00	980	5
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,439	77.92/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,121	8
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,525	90.26/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,376	19

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 Oct 14, 2021

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

Receipts 476Last week 350Year ago 319

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers were .70 lower, choice slaughter heifers 3.00 lower. Dairy steers were steady. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trading active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,364	113.00–124.25	118.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,457	99.00–105.00	103.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,159	100.00–109.00	102.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,157	115.00–123.00	116.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,506	113.00–125.25	120.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,270	101.00–110.00	108.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,482	107.00–110.00	108.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,188	114.00–118.50	117.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,640	112.00–113.50	112.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,477	91.00–95.00	93.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,398	88.00–90.00	89.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,381	99.00–101.00	100.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,442	100.00–104.00	100.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,411	106.00–112.00	107.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,439	75.00–81.00	77.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,193	79.00–84.00	82.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,123	90.00–101.00	94.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,525	87.00–96.00	90.26

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.