Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today due to last week not reported. 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	1,500	151.13	2,267	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,469	137.63	2,022	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,574	162.34	2,555	27
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,340	145.00	1,943	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,303	183.41	2,389	79
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,241	175.37	2,176	31
Heifers	Select	Average	1,420	156.18	2,218	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,401	181.55	2,544	81
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,345	174.04	2,341	68
Steers	Select	Average	1,414	160.37	2,267	7thin

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 ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,340	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,943	1
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,190	181.12/cwt	180.00–183.50	2,155	22
Steers	Choice	—	1,408	181.61/cwt	179.00–188.00	2,557	78
Steers	Select	—	1,457	159.26/cwt	156.00–167.00	2,320	6
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,155	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,929	1
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,220	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,196	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,240	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,158	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,348	174.04/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,346	66
Heifers	Choice	—	1,346	184.29/cwt	181.00–187.50	2,481	57
Heifers	Select	—	1,483	155.21/cwt	152.50–165.00	2,302	11
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,073	161.50/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,733	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,176	176.52/cwt	171.00–178.50	2,076	18
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,306	174.18/cwt	174.00–176.00	2,275	12
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,625	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,746	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,500	151.13/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,267	2
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,469	137.63/cwt	136.00–141.00	2,022	8
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,574	162.34/cwt	157.00–166.00	2,555	27

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 Jun 22, 2023

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

Receipts 330Last week 657Year ago 365

No comparison today due to last week not reported. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,574	157.00–166.00	162.34
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,190	180.00–183.50	181.12
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,346	181.00–187.50	184.29
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,483	152.50–165.00	155.21
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	160.00–163.00	161.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,176	171.00–178.50	176.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,306	174.00–176.00	174.18
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	169.00	169.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,408	179.00–188.00	181.61
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,457	156.00–167.00	159.26
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,155	167.00	167.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,240	174.00	174.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,348	170.00–177.00	174.04
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	147.00–155.00	151.13
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,469	136.00–141.00	137.63

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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