Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher. Dairy steers with limited numbers 2.75 higher. Good demand on quality cattle. 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	1,369	131.25	1,797	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,456	122.68	1,786	25
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,577	126.42	1,994	22
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,396	116.00	1,619	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,394	141.63	1,974	89
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,273	125.52	1,598	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,500	141.57	2,123	120
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,457	129.23	1,883	18

Every lot, as filed

12 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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,439	142.52/cwt	137.00–147.00	2,051	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,268	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,720	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	2,133	1
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,217	138.12/cwt	137.00–138.75	1,681	18
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,128	125.05/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,411	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,505	141.63/cwt	138.00–146.00	2,132	118
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,457	129.23/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,883	18
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,203	137.96/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,660	2
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,456	122.68/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,786	25
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,369	131.25/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,797	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,577	126.42/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,994	22
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,396	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,619	6

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.

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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,439	137.00–147.00	142.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,217	137.00–138.75	138.12
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	120.00–127.00	125.05
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,505	138.00–146.00	141.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,457	127.00–132.00	129.23
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	137.00–139.00	137.96
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,456	116.00–125.00	122.68
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,369	131.00–133.00	131.25
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,577	124.00–130.00	126.42
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,396	116.00	116.00

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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