NW_LS721 Des Moines, IA Thu Mar 21, 2019 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market Sheldon, IA Slaughter Cattle Auction Weighted Average Report for 03/21/2019 Receipts: 655 Last Week: 359 Year Ago: 681 Compared to last week, the trend is 1.00 higher on the Choice steers, 5.00 to 6.00 higher on the Choice Holstein steers, and a 1.00 higher on the Choice heifers. Trade was active on a higher offering today. There was a lot of catching up on receipts from the past three weeks due to the weather. Receipts included 22 percent steers, 52 percent Holstein steers, and 26 percent heifers. Steer top was 129.25, Holstein steer top was 94.00, and the heifer top was 128.00. Slaughter Steers Choice 2-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 1155-1263 1232 125.50-128.00 126.59 40 1313-1460 1425 125.00-129.25 126.57 Slaughter Steers Choice 3-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 1512-1610 1556 126.50-127.50 126.91 Slaughter Steers Select and Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 14 1240-1280 1264 123.00-124.00 123.43 19 1300-1390 1354 121.00-124.00 122.93 Slaughter Steers Select and Choice 3-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 1525-1586 1561 121.00-125.00 122.98 Slaughter Steers Select 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 26 1135-1287 1229 110.00-119.00 114.39 14 1315-1463 1364 111.00-118.00 114.37 Slaughter Holstein Steers Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 43 1045-1278 1203 90.00-98.00 93.23 18 1042-1250 1135 100.00-106.00 104.27 Value Added / crossbreds 80 1300-1490 1422 91.00-99.00 93.69 17 1310-1440 1365 100.00-105.00 103.38 Value Added /crossbreds 30 1500-1560 1518 92.00-98.00 93.84 Slaughter Holstein Steers Select and Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 17 1000-1265 1165 81.00-89.00 85.31 23 1303-1493 1423 82.00-88.50 85.33 41 1505-1620 1568 80.00-89.00 85.36 Slaughter Holstein Steers Select 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 15 1030-1280 1186 60.00-69.00 63.24 7 1320-1485 1401 61.00-67.00 62.52 3 1515-1545 1530 60.00-62.00 61.00 Slaughter Holstein Steers Select 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 9 1155-1266 1232 75.00-77.00 76.25 17 1300-1433 1382 75.00-79.00 77.50 19 1505-1640 1589 72.00-76.00 72.67 Slaughter Heifers Choice 2-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 18 1267-1391 1332 127.00-128.00 127.17 Slaughter Heifers Choice 3-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 1415-1436 1428 127.00-129.75 128.72 Slaughter Heifers Select and Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 15 1165-1191 1188 120.00-122.50 122.30 57 1210-1315 1240 120.00-124.85 123.41 Slaughter Heifers Select and Choice 3-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1400-1420 1412 123.00-125.00 124.00 Slaughter Heifers Select 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 33 1050-1197 1152 110.00-116.00 113.16 37 1202-1398 1328 110.00-118.00 115.72 Source: Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News, Des Moines, IA 515-284-4460 e-mail: desm.lgmn@ams.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS721.txt 1948 mlh .