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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-21

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Apr 21

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

545 head

▲ 223 vs last sale 322▲ 18 vs year ago 527 · +3.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers were 6.00 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.80 higher. Choice slaughter dairy steers were .50 lower, choice slaughter dairy heifers 7.30 higher. Demand good on the quality cattle today. Trading active.

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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,334	112.53	1,502	22
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,641	131.58	2,159	30
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,481	116.75	1,729	74
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,398	104.50	1,461	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,347	145.94	1,967	169
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,317	133.96	1,765	13
Heifers	Select	Average	1,427	118.57	1,692	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	148.77	2,217	149
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,368	132.60	1,815	39
Steers	Select	Average	1,030	104.98	1,081	6thin

Every lot

18 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,030	104.98/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,081	6
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,236	130.40/cwt	122.50–135.50	1,612	18
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,248	146.36/cwt	140.00–148.75	1,827	24
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,482	134.48/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,993	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,537	149.23/cwt	144.00–154.00	2,294	125
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,128	135.75/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,531	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,213	145.84/cwt	141.50–150.00	1,769	50
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,388	135.12/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,875	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,404	145.98/cwt	140.00–152.50	2,050	119
Heifers	—	Select	1,427	118.57/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,692	3
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,578	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,988	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,139	113.19/cwt	112.00–124.50	1,289	12
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,569	111.73/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,753	10
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,288	106.92/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,377	5
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,394	116.17/cwt	110.50–120.00	1,619	36
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,535	101.47/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,558	4
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,564	117.29/cwt	114.00–119.50	1,834	38
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,641	131.58/cwt	123.00–140.00	2,159	30

This sale against other markets

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 Apr 21, 2022

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

Receipts 545Last week 322Year ago 527

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,404	140.00–152.50	145.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	115.00–121.00	118.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,128	135.00–137.00	135.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	131.00–136.00	135.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,578	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,213	141.50–150.00	145.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,139	112.00–124.50	113.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,569	110.00–122.00	111.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,641	123.00–140.00	131.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,535	101.00–103.00	101.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,288	105.00–108.00	106.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,394	110.50–120.00	116.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,564	114.00–119.50	117.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,537	144.00–154.00	149.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,030	100.00–115.00	104.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,236	122.50–135.50	130.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,482	130.00–140.00	134.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,248	140.00–148.75	146.36

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.