Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 lower. Dairy steers were 3.00 higher with good demand for choice quality steers. Limited number of dairy heifers last week for comparison. Active trade. Good demand.

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	1,578	148.15	2,337	25
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,167	131.06	1,529	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,546	150.31	2,324	76
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,491	143.54	2,140	14
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,354	129.78	1,757	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,429	178.39	2,549	35
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,317	167.97	2,212	40
Steers	Choice	Average	1,536	178.84	2,746	142
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,507	165.33	2,491	29
Steers	Select	Average	1,219	156.31	1,905	10

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	Select and Choice	—	1,517	165.20/cwt	162.00–172.50	2,506	28
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,215	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,053	1
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,271	130.44/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,658	13
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,354	143.62/cwt	137.00–147.00	1,945	8
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,300	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,924	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,158	131.14/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,519	14
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,845	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	3,118	1
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,290	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,677	1
Dairy Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,363	150.59/cwt	148.00–157.00	2,053	9
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,674	143.44/cwt	137.00–146.00	2,401	6
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,578	147.25/cwt	145.50–150.00	2,324	23
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,925	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,273	1
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,622	127.62/cwt	127.50–128.00	2,070	4
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,571	150.27/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,361	67
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,219	156.31/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,905	10
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,240	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	2,151	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,535	178.94/cwt	174.00–183.10	2,747	140
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,365	167.04/cwt	162.50–170.00	2,280	29
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,191	170.43/cwt	160.00–171.50	2,030	11
Heifers	Choice	—	1,429	178.39/cwt	174.50–184.50	2,549	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.

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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu May 18, 2023

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

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,517	162.00–172.50	165.20
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	169.00	169.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,925	170.00	170.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,219	149.00–157.00	156.31
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	173.50	173.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,535	174.00–183.10	178.94
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,271	126.00–134.00	130.44
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,354	137.00–147.00	143.62
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,363	148.00–157.00	150.59
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,674	137.00–146.00	143.44
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,622	127.50–128.00	127.62
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,571	148.00–156.00	150.27
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	148.00	148.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,158	130.00–134.00	131.14
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	169.00	169.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	130.00	130.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,578	145.50–150.00	147.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,365	162.50–170.00	167.04
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,191	160.00–171.50	170.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,429	174.50–184.50	178.39

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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