Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Choice slaughter steers 1.00 higher. Steers over 1600 lbs bringing 1.00 premium. Choice slaughter heifers 4.00 higher. Dairy steers 6.00-7.00 lower today. Mostly smaller strings in the offering today. Good demand.

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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,570	177.96	2,794	12
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,693	164.00	2,777	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,686	170.05	2,867	18
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,444	160.50	2,318	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,374	187.01	2,570	116
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,353	182.18	2,464	45
Steers	Choice	Average	1,551	185.92	2,884	111
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,407	177.90	2,502	40

Every lot, as filed

20 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	Choice	—	1,538	185.79/cwt	183.75–189.00	2,857	42
Steers	Choice	—	1,453	185.40/cwt	183.50–188.00	2,694	18
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,686	170.05/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,867	18
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,444	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	2,318	13
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,300	183.56/cwt	181.00–186.00	2,386	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,402	180.01/cwt	177.00–181.50	2,524	19
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,636	182.45/cwt	182.00–182.75	2,985	5
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,559	184.41/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,875	16
Beef/Dairy Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,385	175.87/cwt	174.50–178.00	2,436	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,632	178.66/cwt	175.00–180.50	2,916	9
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,298	172.93/cwt	171.00–174.00	2,245	13
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,525	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	2,722	3
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,693	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,777	2
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,680	187.75/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,154	29
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,616	183.33/cwt	182.50–183.50	2,963	6
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,442	188.41/cwt	187.00–188.50	2,717	15
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,338	180.59/cwt	180.50–181.50	2,416	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,364	186.80/cwt	184.85–190.00	2,548	101
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,078	182.35/cwt	179.00–184.50	1,966	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,373	182.46/cwt	179.00–183.75	2,505	23

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 Oct 10, 2024

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

Receipts 414Last week 267Year ago 451

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,538	183.75–189.00	185.79
18	—	1,453	183.50–188.00	185.40
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,300	181.00–186.00	183.56
16	—	1,559	184.00–186.00	184.41
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,402	177.00–181.50	180.01
3	—	1,525	178.50	178.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,636	182.00–182.75	182.45
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,298	171.00–174.00	172.93
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,680	185.00–190.00	187.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,686	169.00–174.00	170.05
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,444	160.50	160.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	174.50–178.00	175.87
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,632	175.00–180.50	178.66
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,616	182.50–183.50	183.33
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,442	187.00–188.50	188.41
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,338	180.50–181.50	180.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,364	184.85–190.00	186.80
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,078	179.00–184.50	182.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,373	179.00–183.75	182.46

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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