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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-16

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 16

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

547 head

▼ 113 vs last sale 660▲ 162 vs year ago 385 · +42.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice slaughter steers were steady, choice slaughter heifers 2.8 higher. Dairy steers 1.00 lower, dairy heifers 3.00 higher. Many large groups today. Demand good. 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	1,396	124.45	1,737	62
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	115.42	1,522	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,497	124.30	1,861	76
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	114.02	1,562	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,283	141.10	1,810	120
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	129.45	1,629	29
Heifers	Select	Average	1,278	117.20	1,498	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,423	142.21	2,024	201
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,241	123.00	1,527	5thin

Every lot

14 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,210	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,464	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,288	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,623	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,423	142.21/cwt	135.00–148.75	2,024	201
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,058	135.07/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,429	14
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,072	127.99/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,372	4
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,075	117.53/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,263	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,288	129.68/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,670	25
Heifers	—	Choice	1,305	142.28/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,857	103
Heifers	—	Select	1,319	117.13/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,545	10
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,573	128.65/cwt	128.00–129.00	2,024	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,370	114.02/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,562	14
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,497	124.30/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,861	76
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,319	115.42/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,522	16
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,396	124.45/cwt	121.00–131.00	1,737	62

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Jun 16, 2022

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

Receipts 547Last week 660Year ago 385

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,423	135.00–148.75	142.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	116.00–119.00	117.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,058	135.00–136.00	135.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,573	128.00–129.00	128.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,072	124.00–132.00	127.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,288	123.00–133.00	129.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,319	114.00–120.00	117.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,305	135.00–146.00	142.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,370	109.00–115.00	114.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,497	121.00–131.00	124.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,319	109.00–119.00	115.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,396	121.00–131.00	124.45

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.