Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Choice slaughter steers 4.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 8.00-9.00 higher today. Dairy steers 8.00-10.00 higher. Dairy beef steers 5.00 higher with light numbers last sale. Today's offeriing was mostly smaller strings with a couple load lots of heifers. Plenty of dairy and dairy beef cattle represented also. There was a good crowd in the stands today, bringing good demand for the sale.

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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,300	184.67	2,401	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	184.39	2,747	40
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,465	182.63	2,676	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,697	174.30	2,958	10
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,499	162.48	2,436	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,443	190.03	2,741	136
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,317	185.84	2,448	67
Steers	Choice	Average	1,582	190.41	3,012	104
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,704	184.47	3,143	39

Every lot, as filed

21 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	Choice	—	1,697	174.30/cwt	171.00–176.50	2,958	10
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,481	182.50/cwt	182.00–183.00	2,703	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,523	181.21/cwt	181.00–181.50	2,760	5
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,586	163.99/cwt	162.00–165.50	2,601	23
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,393	184.40/cwt	181.50–187.25	2,569	4
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,300	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,067	10
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,651	190.35/cwt	188.50–191.00	3,143	8
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,200	184.65/cwt	182.00–189.00	2,216	11
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,565	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,895	2
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,347	187.25/cwt	187.00–187.50	2,522	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,490	184.39/cwt	182.75–187.50	2,747	40
Steers	Choice	—	1,379	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,606	4
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,683	190.83/cwt	188.50–193.50	3,212	31
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,984	182.99/cwt	182.00–187.75	3,631	21
Steers	Choice	—	1,556	189.98/cwt	187.50–192.00	2,956	57
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,375	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	2,633	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,429	191.11/cwt	189.00–194.25	2,731	46
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,300	184.67/cwt	183.00–186.25	2,401	11
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,430	189.39/cwt	188.00–192.50	2,708	82
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,332	186.11/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,479	54
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,576	192.07/cwt	190.50–193.00	3,027	8

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 May 23, 2024

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

Receipts 525Last week 468Year ago 417

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,697	171.00–176.50	174.30
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,586	162.00–165.50	163.99
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,300	159.00	159.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,481	182.00–183.00	182.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,347	187.00–187.50	187.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,379	189.00	189.00
57	—	1,556	187.50–192.00	189.98
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,683	188.50–193.50	190.83
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,984	182.00–187.75	182.99
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,375	191.50	191.50
8	—	1,576	190.50–193.00	192.07
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,523	181.00–181.50	181.21
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,393	181.50–187.25	184.40
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,490	182.75–187.50	184.39
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,651	188.50–191.00	190.35
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,200	182.00–189.00	184.65
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,429	189.00–194.25	191.11
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,430	188.00–192.50	189.39
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,332	183.00–188.00	186.11
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,300	183.00–186.25	184.67

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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