Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale. Upward trend. Demand good. Active trade.

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	1,472	134.09	1,974	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,317	109.35	1,440	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,194	94.28	1,126	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,578	143.97	2,272	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,598	134.91	2,156	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,359	116.50	1,583	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,399	168.52	2,358	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	156.14	2,108	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,513	140.19	2,121	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,496	166.74	2,495	59
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,508	157.03	2,368	32
Steers	Select	Average	1,449	135.30	1,960	7thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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	Select and Choice	—	1,350	156.14/cwt	156.00–157.00	2,108	8
Heifers	Select	—	1,513	140.19/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,121	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,399	168.52/cwt	166.00–170.25	2,358	21
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,265	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,493	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,578	143.97/cwt	140.00–160.00	2,272	11
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,389	107.16/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,488	4
Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,244	111.55/cwt	107.50–113.00	1,388	4
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,194	94.28/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,126	4
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,472	134.09/cwt	125.00–138.50	1,974	8
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,339	162.75/cwt	162.00–163.50	2,179	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,569	156.21/cwt	150.00–158.50	2,451	24
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,598	134.91/cwt	134.00–135.00	2,156	10
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,453	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,671	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,326	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	2,115	8
Steers	Select	—	1,449	135.30/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,960	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,514	167.19/cwt	163.00–171.25	2,531	53

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

Thu Mar 16, 2023

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

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No recently reported sale. Upward trend. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,350	156.00–157.00	156.14
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,513	140.00–141.00	140.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,399	166.00–170.25	168.52
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	118.00	118.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,578	140.00–160.00	143.97
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,598	134.00–135.00	134.91
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	115.00	115.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,389	105.00–113.00	107.16
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,244	107.50–113.00	111.55
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,194	93.00–95.00	94.28
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,472	125.00–138.50	134.09
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,339	162.00–163.50	162.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,569	150.00–158.50	156.21
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,326	159.50	159.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,449	135.00–137.00	135.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,514	163.00–171.25	167.19

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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