Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers and heifers were steady. Lighter offering of dairy steers and heifers last week for comparison. Quality offering of Holstein cattle today. Good demand and 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	1,337	150.50	2,012	14
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	143.15	1,923	18
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,295	131.63	1,705	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,635	159.95	2,615	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,426	150.31	2,144	107
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,390	135.62	1,885	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	184.46	2,555	49
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,236	175.73	2,172	31
Heifers	Select	Average	1,167	165.00	1,925	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,494	184.56	2,758	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,380	175.92	2,428	82
Steers	Select	Average	1,336	162.35	2,169	12

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	1,383	185.24/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,562	34
Heifers	Choice	—	1,556	182.39/cwt	181.50–183.50	2,838	9
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,222	175.47/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,144	23
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,276	176.48/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,252	8
Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,143	183.14/cwt	182.50–183.50	2,093	6
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	990	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,663	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,635	159.95/cwt	158.00–163.00	2,615	29
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,362	149.18/cwt	147.00–152.00	2,032	59
Dairy Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,390	135.62/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,885	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,505	151.69/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,283	48
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,206	160.81/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,939	8
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,459	147.24/cwt	147.00–148.00	2,148	4
Dairy Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,295	131.63/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,705	3
Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,337	143.28/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,916	17
Dairy Heifers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,288	151.80/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,955	10
Heifers	Select	—	1,343	161.99/cwt	161.00–163.00	2,176	2
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,037	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,420	184.04/cwt	180.00–187.75	2,613	59
Steers	Choice	—	1,585	185.25/cwt	181.50–187.75	2,936	51
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,302	177.48/cwt	170.00–179.50	2,311	38
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,448	174.57/cwt	170.00–178.75	2,528	44
Steers	ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,245	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,241	1
Steers	Select	—	1,596	165.44/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,640	4

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 19, 2023

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

Receipts 505Last week 451Year ago 301

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,383	183.00–190.00	185.24
9	—	1,556	181.50–183.50	182.39
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,222	170.00–179.00	175.47
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,276	174.00–180.00	176.48
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,143	182.50–183.50	183.14
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	161.00–163.00	161.99
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,635	158.00–163.00	159.95
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,362	147.00–152.00	149.18
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,390	130.00–137.00	135.62
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,505	149.00–154.00	151.69
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,206	155.00–165.00	160.81
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,420	180.00–187.75	184.04
51	—	1,585	181.50–187.75	185.25
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,302	170.00–179.50	177.48
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,448	170.00–178.75	174.57
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,596	165.00–167.00	165.44
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,459	147.00–148.00	147.24
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	130.00–135.00	131.63
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,337	143.00–144.00	143.28
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,288	146.00–156.00	151.80
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	141.00	141.00

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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