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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-04

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Nov 4

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

← Oct 14Nov 4Mar 17 →

Receipts

377 head

▼ 99 vs last sale 476▼ 150 vs year ago 527 · −28.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Higher undertone on choice slaughter steers and heifers. Demand good. 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	Choice	Average	1,610	112.00	1,803	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,218	89.37	1,089	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,584	109.01	1,727	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,380	126.15	1,741	131
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,383	108.22	1,497	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,270	100.00	1,270	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,498	128.41	1,924	166
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,546	114.44	1,770	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,326	98.36	1,304	14

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,215	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,397	1
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,235	95.64/cwt	94.50–100.00	1,181	9
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,291	122.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,581	6
Steers	—	Select	1,489	103.26/cwt	101.00–107.50	1,538	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,506	128.63/cwt	122.00–132.50	1,937	160
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,567	114.41/cwt	113.50–116.00	1,793	16
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,178	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,178	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,212	125.04/cwt	120.50–128.50	1,515	23
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,256	106.53/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,338	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,416	126.39/cwt	119.00–131.50	1,790	108
Heifers	—	Select	1,455	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,455	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,510	109.90/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,659	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,584	109.01/cwt	107.00–112.00	1,727	17
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,218	89.37/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,089	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,803	4

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 Nov 4, 2021

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

Receipts 377Last week 476Year ago 527

No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Higher undertone on choice slaughter steers and heifers. Demand good. Trading active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,584	107.00–112.00	109.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,218	85.00–95.00	89.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,610	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,235	94.50–100.00	95.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,291	120.00–123.00	122.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,567	113.50–116.00	114.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,489	101.00–107.50	103.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	1,506	122.00–132.50	128.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,212	120.50–128.50	125.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,510	109.00–113.00	109.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,256	104.00–113.00	106.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,416	119.00–131.50	126.39

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.