Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough choice slaughter steers and heifers to make a trend today. Mostly small strings, along with a load lot of heavyweight steers in the offering. Smaller crowd today, as field work is in full swing. Buyers were in the seats and demand was good.

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	1,431	179.64	2,571	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	175.16	2,240	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,590	174.00	2,767	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,602	150.50	2,411	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,642	166.45	2,733	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,538	166.23	2,557	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,387	187.54	2,602	39
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,331	181.00	2,409	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,637	188.02	3,077	69
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,496	182.45	2,729	16

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,661	183.50/cwt	183.00–184.00	3,048	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,590	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	2,934	8
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,331	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,409	6
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,602	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	2,411	3
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,456	184.48/cwt	182.50–186.50	2,686	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,431	179.64/cwt	177.00–182.00	2,571	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	188.10/cwt	187.75–189.00	2,586	33
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,380	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,581	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,730	189.28/cwt	185.00–190.50	3,275	38
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,591	188.64/cwt	185.00–189.50	3,001	10
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,330	181.41/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,413	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,279	175.16/cwt	173.00–178.50	2,240	11
Dairy Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,538	166.23/cwt	163.00–167.50	2,557	7
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,642	166.45/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,733	28
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,590	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,767	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,436	185.83/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,669	11

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 232Last week 525Year ago 389

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,661	183.00–184.00	183.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,590	184.50	184.50
11	—	1,436	183.00–188.00	185.83
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	187.00	187.00
10	—	1,591	185.00–189.50	188.64
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,730	185.00–190.50	189.28
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,330	180.00–186.00	181.41
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,331	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,456	182.50–186.50	184.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,375	187.75–189.00	188.10
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,602	150.50	150.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,431	177.00–182.00	179.64
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,279	173.00–178.50	175.16
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	174.00	174.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,538	163.00–167.50	166.23
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,642	164.00–170.00	166.45

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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