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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-05

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, May 5

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

488 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 545▲ 182 vs year ago 306 · +59.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 2.7 lower, choice slaughter heifers 1.3 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

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	1,565	114.18	1,787	15
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,155	93.22	1,077	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,626	120.63	1,961	33
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,469	112.32	1,650	51
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,377	143.64	1,978	156
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,291	125.71	1,623	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,330	112.09	1,490	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,518	146.00	2,216	190
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,520	127.22	1,933	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,300	111.78	1,453	3thin

Every lot

17 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	980	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,078	1
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,279	142.95/cwt	139.00–143.75	1,828	8
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,359	121.99/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,658	3
Steers	—	Select	1,460	112.67/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,645	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,520	146.51/cwt	137.00–152.50	2,227	178
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,573	128.96/cwt	121.00–134.00	2,029	9
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,905	129.48/cwt	128.00–134.00	2,467	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,092	111.98/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,223	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,101	137.66/cwt	134.00–146.00	1,516	23
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,151	126.68/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,458	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,425	144.67/cwt	135.00–149.75	2,062	133
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,477	124.41/cwt	122.00–126.00	1,838	3
Heifers	—	Select	1,478	112.16/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,658	8
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,469	112.32/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,650	51
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,626	120.63/cwt	117.50–127.00	1,961	33
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,155	93.22/cwt	87.00–99.00	1,077	6
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,565	114.18/cwt	110.00–114.75	1,787	15

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 May 5, 2022

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

Receipts 488Last week 545Year ago 306

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 2.7 lower, choice slaughter heifers 1.3 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,905	128.00–134.00	129.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,573	121.00–134.00	128.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,359	120.00–126.00	121.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,279	139.00–143.75	142.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	110.00–115.00	112.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	1,520	137.00–152.50	146.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,469	112.00–115.00	112.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,626	117.50–127.00	120.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,155	87.00–99.00	93.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,565	110.00–114.75	114.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,101	134.00–146.00	137.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,477	122.00–126.00	124.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,151	122.00–128.00	126.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	108.00–118.00	111.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,478	110.00–116.00	112.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,425	135.00–149.75	144.67

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.