Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend. 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	1,615	142.00	2,293	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,338	120.72	1,615	33
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,646	140.87	2,319	10
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,559	130.28	2,031	29
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,460	111.29	1,625	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,343	182.32	2,449	168
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,324	176.20	2,333	52
Heifers	Select	Average	1,567	145.41	2,279	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,475	182.62	2,694	94
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,476	174.39	2,574	15
Steers	Select	Average	1,490	153.77	2,291	2thin

Every lot, as filed

17 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
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,559	130.28/cwt	126.00–132.00	2,031	29
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	182.62/cwt	177.00–189.00	2,694	94
Steers	Select	—	1,490	153.77/cwt	152.00–156.00	2,291	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,228	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,149	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,514	174.30/cwt	169.00–176.00	2,639	13
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,615	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,293	2
Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,258	118.64/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,492	22
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,498	124.88/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,871	11
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,265	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,480	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,509	109.86/cwt	109.00–112.50	1,658	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,353	182.49/cwt	179.00–192.00	2,469	153
Heifers	Select	—	1,471	150.11/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,208	4
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,244	180.55/cwt	179.00–181.00	2,246	15
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,160	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	2,047	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,338	176.18/cwt	168.00–178.25	2,357	48
Heifers	SelectHeavy Weight	—	1,760	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,394	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,646	140.87/cwt	139.00–143.50	2,319	10

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 Apr 27, 2023

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

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No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,559	126.00–132.00	130.28
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	117.00	117.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,509	109.00–112.50	109.86
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,646	139.00–143.50	140.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,475	177.00–189.00	182.62
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	152.00–156.00	153.77
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	175.00	175.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,514	169.00–176.00	174.30
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	142.00	142.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,258	114.00–125.00	118.64
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,498	120.00–127.00	124.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	1,353	179.00–192.00	182.49
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,471	145.00–155.00	150.11
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,244	179.00–181.00	180.55
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,338	168.00–178.25	176.18
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,760	136.00	136.00

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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