Sheldon, IA Slaughter Cattle Auction: Weighted Average Report for 06/14/2012

Receipts:  394    Last week: no report     Year ago: no report
 
No trend, sale last week was not reported, but a lower undertone 
was noted.  Demand was good on a lower offering today.  Receipts 
included 27 percent steers, 48 percent Holstein steers, and 25 
percent heifers.

                   Slaughter Steers Choice 2-4
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6     1012      1012       116.50         116.50
   15   1158-1285   1211    117.50-118.25     117.81
   48   1301-1490   1379    117.85-120.85     119.26

              Slaughter Steers Select and Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    7     1057      1057       113.25         113.25
   14   1170-1225   1204    115.50-116.75     116.23
   18   1348-1454   1422    115.50-116.50     116.28

              Slaughter Holstein Steers Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   14   1175-1275   1210    108.00-110.50     109.41
   39   1323-1477   1377    109.00-110.75     109.64
    6   1590-1690   1625    110.00-114.50     112.21

         Slaughter Holstein Steers Select and Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   31   1005-1295   1242    105.00-107.50     105.69
   41   1318-1464   1374    104.00-108.00     105.84
   20   1500-1564   1533    104.25-108.50     106.17

              Slaughter Holstein Steers Select 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    5   1160-1185   1170    100.00-101.00     100.41
   12   1340-1455   1398    101.00-103.75     102.75

              Slaughter Holstein Steers Standard 1-2
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    9   1140-1188   1175     94.00-99.00       96.88
    7   1340-1490   1439     90.00-97.00       92.74
    4   1550-1565   1558     99.00-100.00      99.50

                  Slaughter Heifers Choice 2-4
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   27   1038-1135   1100    117.00-118.25     117.36
   30   1243-1360   1336    117.85-118.00     117.98

             Slaughter Heifers Select and Choice 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
    6   1115-1132   1126       116.75         116.75
   22   1268-1361   1300    115.00-116.25     115.52

                  Slaughter Heifers Select 2-3
 Head   Wt Range   Avg Wt    Price Range   Avg Price
   13   1043-1198   1103    111.50-114.50     113.25

Source:  Iowa Dept of Ag-USDA Market News,  Des Moines, IA
         515-284-4460
         e-mail:  desm.lgmn@usda.gov
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS721.txt
 
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