Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers were steady. Dairy steers were steady. Limited numbers of dairy heifers. 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	1,502	161.50	2,426	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,471	149.89	2,205	14
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,465	133.00	1,948	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,657	161.90	2,683	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,423	149.08	2,121	31
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,437	127.67	1,834	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,415	183.39	2,595	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	175.59	2,324	27
Heifers	Select	Average	1,327	164.79	2,187	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,501	181.95	2,731	126
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,420	174.43	2,477	37
Steers	Select	Average	1,476	164.68	2,431	19

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	—	1,409	183.66/cwt	180.00–187.50	2,588	69
Heifers	Select	—	1,327	164.79/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,187	7
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,615	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,810	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,222	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,163	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,336	175.41/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,343	24
Steers	Choice	—	1,501	181.95/cwt	177.00–186.75	2,731	126
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,542	151.84/cwt	143.00–153.50	2,341	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,657	161.90/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,683	29
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,125	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,778	1
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,454	174.93/cwt	171.00–176.50	2,543	32
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,442	127.51/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,839	8
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,428	149.31/cwt	145.00–153.50	2,132	29
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,425	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,952	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,485	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,945	2
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,502	161.50/cwt	158.00–164.00	2,426	5
Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,295	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,878	4
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,426	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,825	4
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,343	145.82/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,958	2
Steers	Select	—	1,496	165.05/cwt	162.00–168.00	2,469	18
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,203	171.20/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,060	5

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 Sep 28, 2023

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

Receipts 426Last week 356Year ago 299

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,409	180.00–187.50	183.66
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,327	160.00–169.00	164.79
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,222	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,336	173.00–178.00	175.41
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,501	177.00–186.75	181.95
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	158.00	158.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,454	171.00–176.50	174.93
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,496	162.00–168.00	165.05
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,203	170.00–173.00	171.20
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,542	143.00–153.50	151.84
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	137.00	137.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	131.00	131.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,502	158.00–164.00	161.50
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,295	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,657	157.00–165.00	161.90
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,442	125.00–135.00	127.51
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,428	145.00–153.50	149.31
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,426	128.00	128.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	143.00–149.00	145.82

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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