Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady. Dairy steers were 4.00 lower with limited numbers. Several load lots today. 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	1,595	154.00	2,456	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,470	131.00	1,926	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,598	158.09	2,526	30
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,509	151.62	2,288	40
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,409	183.01	2,579	91
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,356	176.30	2,391	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,486	182.91	2,718	124
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,398	173.94	2,432	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,248	163.50	2,040	2thin

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	1,418	183.15/cwt	181.00–187.00	2,597	87
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,390	175.88/cwt	173.00–179.00	2,445	23
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,221	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,198	4
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,161	178.74/cwt	178.50–179.00	2,075	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,486	182.91/cwt	178.00–187.00	2,718	124
Steers	Select	—	1,248	163.50/cwt	163.00–164.00	2,040	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,398	173.94/cwt	170.00–176.50	2,432	14
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,595	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,456	1
Dairy Heifers	Select	—	1,700	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,244	1
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,240	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,612	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,598	158.09/cwt	155.00–166.00	2,526	30
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,509	151.62/cwt	148.00–152.00	2,288	40

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 Oct 5, 2023

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

Receipts 378Last week 426Year ago 384

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,418	181.00–187.00	183.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,390	173.00–179.00	175.88
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,221	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,161	178.50–179.00	178.74
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,486	178.00–187.00	182.91
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	163.00–164.00	163.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,398	170.00–176.50	173.94
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	154.00	154.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	132.00	132.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,598	155.00–166.00	158.09
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,509	148.00–152.00	151.62

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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