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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-21

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 21

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

273 head

▼ 131 vs last sale 404▼ 47 vs year ago 320 · −14.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were 2.00 lower. Limited numbers on heifers today. 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	1,478	131.68	1,946	9thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,307	108.21	1,414	10
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,499	131.35	1,969	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,420	120.06	1,705	13
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,198	99.61	1,193	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,245	136.90	1,704	50
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,427	129.28	1,845	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,364	114.76	1,566	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	141.08	2,084	87
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,347	134.33	1,810	43
Steers	Select	Average	1,208	119.50	1,443	2thin

Every lot

16 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,025	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,230	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,202	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,623	10
Steers	—	Select	1,390	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,654	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,391	134.13/cwt	128.00–137.00	1,866	33
Steers	—	Choice	1,477	141.08/cwt	138.00–146.00	2,084	87
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	930	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,116	1
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,157	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,562	22
Heifers	—	Choice	1,314	138.39/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,818	28
Heifers	—	Select	1,393	118.03/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,644	2
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,427	129.28/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,845	5
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,490	110.84/cwt	110.00–112.50	1,652	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,198	99.61/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,193	2
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,420	120.06/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,705	13
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,499	131.35/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,969	35
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,307	108.21/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,414	10
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,478	131.68/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,946	9

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 21, 2022

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

Receipts 273Last week 404Year ago 320

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were 2.00 lower. Limited numbers on heifers today. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,499	129.00–133.00	131.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,420	119.00–122.00	120.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	95.00–105.00	99.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,307	108.00–109.00	108.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,478	128.00–133.00	131.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,391	128.00–137.00	134.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,202	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,477	138.00–146.00	141.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,157	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	110.00–112.50	110.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,427	125.00–133.00	129.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	116.00–120.00	118.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,314	135.00–140.00	138.39

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.