Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 2.8 higher. Choice slaughter heifers .90 higher. Dairy steers 4.4 higher. Demand good. Trade 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	1,324	126.77	1,678	45
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,338	116.88	1,564	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,178	105.63	1,245	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,695	135.78	2,301	26
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	121.44	1,606	27
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,317	112.40	1,480	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	139.78	1,747	64
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	125.17	1,746	2thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,379	107.70	1,485	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,461	143.86	2,102	150
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,366	131.43	1,795	8thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,282	116.87	1,499	9thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,184	142.53/cwt	138.00–148.50	1,688	9
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,185	131.92/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,563	2
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,201	112.87/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,356	4
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,283	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,540	20
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,238	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,523	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,359	128.30/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,744	32
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,323	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,469	2
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,142	104.29/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,191	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,435	125.56/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,802	7
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,472	111.77/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,645	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,426	131.27/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,872	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,215	117.98/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,433	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,695	135.78/cwt	133.00–140.00	2,301	26
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,338	116.88/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,564	3
Steers	Select	—	1,518	112.99/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,715	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,479	143.94/cwt	139.00–155.00	2,129	141
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,395	125.17/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,746	2
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,168	140.40/cwt	138.00–145.25	1,640	29
Heifers	Select	—	1,379	107.70/cwt	102.50–109.00	1,485	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,318	139.26/cwt	136.50–142.00	1,835	35

How this sale compares

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Aug 4, 2022

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

Receipts 416Last week 273Year ago 573

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 2.8 higher. Choice slaughter heifers .90 higher. Dairy steers 4.4 higher. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,184	138.00–148.50	142.53
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	129.00–135.00	131.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,426	126.00–135.00	131.27
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,215	111.00–120.00	117.98
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	110.00–117.00	112.99
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	1,479	139.00–155.00	143.94
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	109.00–116.00	112.87
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,283	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,435	123.00–127.00	125.56
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,472	111.00–113.00	111.77
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,695	133.00–140.00	135.78
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,238	123.00	123.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,359	124.00–130.00	128.30
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	111.00	111.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,142	102.00–108.00	104.29
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,338	114.00–122.00	116.88
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	122.00–128.00	125.17
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,168	138.00–145.25	140.40
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,379	102.50–109.00	107.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,318	136.50–142.00	139.26

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.

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