Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers and heifers were 3.00 lower. Upward trend on choice slaughter dairy steers with limited numbers. No comparison on dairy heifers due to low receipts. Trade active. Demand good.

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	1,474	140.74	2,074	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,458	126.50	1,844	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,331	118.42	1,576	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,598	146.67	2,343	23
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,488	139.58	2,077	18
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,404	126.02	1,770	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,384	179.67	2,487	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,291	162.61	2,100	21
Heifers	Select	Average	1,312	154.47	2,027	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,478	179.15	2,648	124
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,367	161.18	2,203	17
Steers	Select	Average	1,546	151.62	2,344	4thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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	—	1,384	179.67/cwt	172.00–182.50	2,487	57
Heifers	Select	—	1,390	153.65/cwt	153.00–155.00	2,136	14
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,210	161.70/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,957	10
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,191	155.75/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,855	9
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	163.44/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,231	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,493	179.48/cwt	172.00–184.25	2,680	117
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,501	119.40/cwt	118.00–127.00	1,792	7
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,561	140.54/cwt	140.50–141.00	2,194	12
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,325	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,842	1
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,319	118.32/cwt	117.00–121.00	1,561	6
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,618	146.88/cwt	143.50–152.00	2,377	21
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,343	137.66/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,849	6
Steers	Select	—	1,546	151.62/cwt	142.00–155.00	2,344	4
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,284	160.68/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,063	12
Dairy Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,385	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	2,001	2
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,348	129.88/cwt	117.50–131.00	1,751	12
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,231	173.58/cwt	172.00–181.00	2,137	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,566	162.38/cwt	158.00–167.00	2,543	5
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,523	141.32/cwt	139.00–144.00	2,152	3
Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,329	125.60/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,669	5
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,400	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,666	1
Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	2,100	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,751	1

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 May 11, 2023

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

Receipts 353Last week 432Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,384	172.00–182.50	179.67
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,390	153.00–155.00	153.65
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,210	160.00–162.00	161.70
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,191	145.00–157.00	155.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,365	160.00–170.00	163.44
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,493	172.00–184.25	179.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,546	142.00–155.00	151.62
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,284	160.00–169.00	160.68
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,231	172.00–181.00	173.58
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,566	158.00–167.00	162.38
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,501	118.00–127.00	119.40
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,561	140.50–141.00	140.54
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,618	143.50–152.00	146.88
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,343	137.00–141.00	137.66
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	144.50	144.50
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,348	117.50–131.00	129.88
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	139.00	139.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,319	117.00–121.00	118.32
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,523	139.00–144.00	141.32
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,329	125.00–128.00	125.60
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	119.00	119.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,100	131.00	131.00

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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