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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-23

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 23

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

365 head

▼ 182 vs last sale 547▲ 365 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers were 3.9 higher, choice slaughter heifers .6 higher. Choice slaughter dairy steers and heifers 10 higher. 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	1,466	134.50	1,972	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	119.00	1,517	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,514	134.68	2,039	43
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,281	142.89	1,831	121
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,264	128.67	1,626	10
Heifers	Select	Average	1,422	112.25	1,597	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,456	145.90	2,124	163
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,561	131.96	2,060	11

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,100	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,386	1
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,218	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,705	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,465	146.13/cwt	139.00–159.25	2,141	157
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,607	132.56/cwt	128.00–136.50	2,130	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,005	129.68/cwt	122.00–134.00	1,303	3
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,065	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,251	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,178	140.63/cwt	139.25–142.00	1,657	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,283	142.93/cwt	135.00–146.50	1,834	119
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,375	128.24/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,763	7
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,482	111.37/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,651	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,275	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,517	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,466	134.50/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,972	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,289	131.41/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,694	4
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,537	135.02/cwt	128.00–138.00	2,075	39

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 23, 2022

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

Receipts 365Last week 547Year ago 0

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers were 3.9 higher, choice slaughter heifers .6 higher. Choice slaughter dairy steers and heifers 10 higher. Demand good. Trading active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,283	135.00–146.50	142.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,375	124.00–133.00	128.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,005	122.00–134.00	129.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,482	111.00–113.00	111.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	139.25–142.00	140.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	1,465	139.00–159.25	146.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,607	128.00–136.50	132.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,466	129.00–137.00	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,537	128.00–138.00	135.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,289	124.00–134.00	131.41

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.