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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-14

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 14

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

404 head

▼ 11 vs last sale 415▲ 404 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers steady. Choice dairy steers 2.75 higher. 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	1,424	129.71	1,847	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,266	116.14	1,470	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,484	128.13	1,902	64
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	115.00	1,517	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,294	143.32	1,855	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,241	136.33	1,692	76
Heifers	Select	Average	1,215	121.08	1,472	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,425	142.95	2,037	109
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,382	134.83	1,864	59
Steers	Select	Average	1,416	124.78	1,767	7thin

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,195	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,410	1
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,218	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,711	5
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,221	136.55/cwt	135.50–138.00	1,667	10
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,415	134.48/cwt	129.50–137.50	1,903	49
Steers	—	Choice	1,435	143.07/cwt	140.00–147.00	2,053	104
Steers	—	Select	1,453	125.91/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,829	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,127	117.94/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,329	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,180	136.73/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,613	51
Heifers	—	Select	1,286	123.60/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,589	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,294	143.32/cwt	139.00–146.00	1,855	43
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,366	135.52/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,851	25
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,249	117.00/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,461	6
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,365	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,515	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,424	129.71/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,847	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,319	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,517	5
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,330	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,623	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,489	128.33/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,911	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.

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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Jul 14, 2022

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

Receipts 404Last week 415Year ago 0

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers steady. Choice dairy steers 2.75 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,249	113.00–119.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,424	125.00–133.00	129.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,218	140.50	140.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,415	129.50–137.50	134.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,221	135.50–138.00	136.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,453	123.00–127.00	125.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,435	140.00–147.00	143.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,319	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,489	124.00–134.00	128.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,127	113.00–121.00	117.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,366	130.00–138.00	135.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,180	129.00–139.00	136.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,286	119.00–126.00	123.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,294	139.00–146.00	143.32

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.