Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers steady to 2.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Dairy steers 2.00-4.00 higher today. No implant steers bringing a premium. Mostly smaller packages 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 Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,225	177.75	2,177	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,739	183.25	3,187	5thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,713	172.00	2,946	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,612	166.50	2,684	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,720	174.47	3,001	12
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,645	164.00	2,698	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,363	185.26	2,525	92
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,377	179.83	2,477	49
Steers	Choice	Average	1,511	185.06	2,797	96
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,508	181.04	2,730	20

Every lot, as filed

22 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	Select and Choice	—	1,381	181.27/cwt	180.00–181.75	2,503	23
Heifers	Select and ChoiceNatural	—	1,163	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	2,111	2
Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,131	179.83/cwt	179.00–181.00	2,034	5
Heifers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,338	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	2,469	30
Heifers	Choice	—	1,375	185.63/cwt	184.00–190.00	2,552	62
Heifers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,434	176.48/cwt	174.00–178.50	2,531	16
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,713	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,946	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,225	177.75/cwt	177.75–177.75	2,177	14
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,641	185.91/cwt	185.00–191.00	3,051	27
Steers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,658	183.54/cwt	183.00–184.25	3,043	7
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,612	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	2,684	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,645	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,698	6
Heifers	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,600	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,968	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	183.53/cwt	181.75–184.75	2,639	41
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,720	174.47/cwt	173.00–176.00	3,001	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,739	183.25/cwt	183.25–183.25	3,187	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,314	177.91/cwt	175.00–181.50	2,338	6
Steers	ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,577	190.43/cwt	190.00–192.00	3,003	10
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,537	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,805	5
Steers	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	—	1,490	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,652	2
Steers	ChoiceNatural	—	1,296	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,385	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,522	184.44/cwt	183.00–184.75	2,807	12

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 347Last week 414Year ago 505

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,381	180.00–181.75	181.27
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,163	181.50	181.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,131	179.00–181.00	179.83
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,338	184.50	184.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,375	184.00–190.00	185.63
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,434	174.00–178.50	176.48
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,600	185.50	185.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	172.00	172.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,739	183.25	183.25
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,225	177.75	177.75
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,641	185.00–191.00	185.91
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,658	183.00–184.25	183.54
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,438	181.75–184.75	183.53
12	—	1,522	183.00–184.75	184.44
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,314	175.00–181.50	177.91
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,577	190.00–192.00	190.43
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,537	182.50	182.50
2	—	1,490	178.00	178.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,296	184.00	184.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	166.50	166.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,645	164.00	164.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,720	173.00–176.00	174.47

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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