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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-08

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 8

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

275 head

▼ 282 vs last sale 557▲ 275 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago. choice slaughter steers were 1.25 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.8 higher. Dairy steers 1.00 lower. 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	1,225	126.70	1,552	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,219	115.13	1,403	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,045	95.00	993	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	132.45	1,974	69
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,337	120.08	1,605	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,251	142.89	1,787	22
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,186	135.11	1,602	24
Heifers	Select	Average	1,346	119.99	1,615	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	143.87	2,096	66
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,348	135.60	1,828	63
Steers	Select	Average	1,356	128.73	1,746	6thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,015	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,431	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,348	135.60/cwt	132.00–138.50	1,828	63
Steers	—	Select	1,356	128.73/cwt	128.50–130.00	1,746	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,464	143.91/cwt	140.00–149.50	2,107	65
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,034	132.22/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,367	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,115	138.83/cwt	138.50–139.00	1,548	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,226	135.87/cwt	132.00–137.00	1,666	19
Heifers	—	Choice	1,259	144.12/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,814	18
Heifers	—	Select	1,346	119.99/cwt	111.00–123.00	1,615	9
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,510	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	2,008	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,337	120.08/cwt	113.00–122.00	1,605	8
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,401	131.48/cwt	129.00–132.50	1,842	31
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,563	133.25/cwt	130.00–137.50	2,083	38
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,045	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	993	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,219	115.13/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,403	3
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,225	126.70/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,552	2

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

Receipts 275Last week 557Year ago 0

Compared to the sale two weeks ago. choice slaughter steers were 1.25 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.8 higher. Dairy steers 1.00 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,563	130.00–137.50	133.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,401	129.00–132.50	131.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,337	113.00–122.00	120.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	124.00–129.00	126.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,219	110.00–118.00	115.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,348	132.00–138.50	135.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,356	128.50–130.00	128.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,464	140.00–149.50	143.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	138.50–139.00	138.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,034	127.00–136.00	132.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,226	132.00–137.00	135.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,346	111.00–123.00	119.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,259	139.00–148.00	144.12

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.