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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-07

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 7

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

415 head

▲ 119 vs last sale 296▼ 19 vs year ago 434 · −4.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers and heifers were steady. Dairy steers were 2.3 lower. Several load lots of quality cattle. 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	1,314	119.71	1,573	41
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,123	109.45	1,229	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,437	125.57	1,804	45
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	105.15	1,265	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	142.83	1,862	92
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,283	124.27	1,594	11
Heifers	Select	Average	1,126	112.11	1,263	18
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	143.89	2,097	174
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,344	136.14	1,830	8thin

Every lot

13 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	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,158	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,604	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,344	136.14/cwt	136.00–136.50	1,830	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,466	144.05/cwt	139.50–147.25	2,112	169
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,093	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,213	14
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,214	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,518	9
Heifers	—	Select	1,243	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,442	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,300	143.01/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,859	91
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,593	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,928	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,640	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,066	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,123	109.45/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,229	15
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,314	119.71/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,573	41
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,203	105.15/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,265	7
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,437	125.57/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,804	45

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 Jul 7, 2022

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

Receipts 415Last week 296Year ago 434

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers and heifers were steady. Dairy steers were 2.3 lower. Several load lots of quality cattle. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,300	135.00–145.00	143.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,243	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,214	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,093	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,123	108.00–112.00	109.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,314	119.00–122.00	119.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,437	120.00–131.00	125.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,203	105.00–106.00	105.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,466	139.50–147.25	144.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,344	136.00–136.50	136.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,158	138.50	138.50

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.