Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today. Upturn in dairy steers. Good demand. 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	1,403	163.50	2,293	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,367	150.02	2,051	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,387	132.91	1,843	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,616	165.18	2,669	22
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,493	153.82	2,297	17
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,420	141.30	2,006	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	181.23	2,419	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,234	168.52	2,079	38
Heifers	Select	Average	1,370	149.08	2,042	47
Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	181.16	2,681	202
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,340	173.21	2,321	41
Steers	Select	Average	1,364	155.88	2,126	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
Heifers	Choice	—	1,368	181.92/cwt	176.00–187.50	2,489	69
Heifers	Select	—	1,412	148.85/cwt	146.50–156.00	2,102	41
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,200	178.42/cwt	175.50–182.00	2,141	17
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,080	150.68/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,627	6
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,142	168.77/cwt	162.50–173.50	1,927	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,360	168.17/cwt	161.00–172.00	2,287	16
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,618	135.30/cwt	133.00–139.00	2,189	4
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,367	150.02/cwt	144.00–153.00	2,051	6
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,202	167.92/cwt	166.50–172.50	2,018	4
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,198	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,108	2
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,420	141.30/cwt	141.00–143.00	2,006	6
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,582	153.66/cwt	153.00–153.75	2,431	9
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,290	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,206	1
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,202	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,575	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,355	173.78/cwt	166.00–175.00	2,355	37
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,515	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,363	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,616	165.18/cwt	162.50–173.00	2,669	22
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,393	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,145	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,483	181.21/cwt	176.00–188.50	2,687	200
Steers	Select	—	1,364	155.88/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,126	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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Aug 17, 2023

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

Receipts 533Last week 515Year ago 477

No comparison today. Upturn in dairy steers. Good demand. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,368	176.00–187.50	181.92
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,412	146.50–156.00	148.85
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,200	175.50–182.00	178.42
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,080	145.00–155.00	150.68
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,142	162.50–173.50	168.77
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,360	161.00–172.00	168.17
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,618	133.00–139.00	135.30
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,367	144.00–153.00	150.02
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	171.00	171.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,202	131.00	131.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	156.00	156.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,202	166.50–172.50	167.92
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	176.00	176.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,355	166.00–175.00	173.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	1,483	176.00–188.50	181.21
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,364	151.00–158.00	155.88
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,420	141.00–143.00	141.30
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,582	153.00–153.75	153.66
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,616	162.50–173.00	165.18
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,393	154.00	154.00

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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