Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Choice slaughter steers 3.00-5.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 lower. Dairy steers 3.00 lower with limited numbers. CME live cattle futures dropped 2.00 today. Mostly smaller packages in the offering. Demand good throughout 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	1,268	184.51	2,340	24
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,666	192.31	3,204	9thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,429	182.55	2,609	11
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,415	168.00	2,377	12
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,440	160.12	2,305	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,696	173.15	2,937	16
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,636	162.00	2,650	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,402	195.32	2,739	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,274	188.01	2,396	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,489	196.08	2,920	112
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,356	190.48	2,584	48

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
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,714	173.46/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,973	14
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,636	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,650	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,268	184.51/cwt	181.00–187.00	2,340	24
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,217	186.58/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,271	15
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,502	159.38/cwt	159.00–159.50	2,394	15
Steers	Choice	—	1,542	195.15/cwt	193.00–196.00	3,009	21
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,773	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	3,360	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,372	194.66/cwt	193.50–198.50	2,671	47
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,552	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,964	3
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,545	196.70/cwt	195.75–200.50	3,039	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,429	182.55/cwt	181.00–185.00	2,609	11
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,616	198.85/cwt	195.25–199.25	3,213	31
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,415	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,377	12
Heifers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,653	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,190	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,397	191.07/cwt	191.00–191.50	2,669	7
Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,253	162.34/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,034	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,386	195.47/cwt	193.00–198.00	2,709	31
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,393	189.46/cwt	187.00–191.00	2,639	19
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,375	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	2,606	3
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,253	191.57/cwt	186.00–195.00	2,400	21
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,465	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,842	3
Dairy Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,570	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,685	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,666	192.31/cwt	191.50–195.50	3,204	9

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 Jul 18, 2024

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

Receipts 371Last week 541Year ago 484

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,714	170.00–176.00	173.46
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,636	162.00	162.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,570	171.00	171.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,268	181.00–187.00	184.51
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,217	185.00–189.00	186.58
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,397	191.00–191.50	191.07
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,386	193.00–198.00	195.47
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,502	159.00–159.50	159.38
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,415	168.00	168.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,253	160.00–165.00	162.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,542	193.00–196.00	195.15
47	—	1,372	193.50–198.50	194.66
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,773	189.50	189.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,552	191.00	191.00
3	—	1,375	189.50	189.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,545	195.75–200.50	196.70
3	—	1,465	194.00	194.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,616	195.25–199.25	198.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,393	187.00–191.00	189.46
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,253	186.00–195.00	191.57
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,429	181.00–185.00	182.55
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,666	191.50–195.50	192.31

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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