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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-15

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 15

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

644 head

▲ 369 vs last sale 275▲ 237 vs year ago 407 · +58.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were 1.3 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 2.3 lower. Demand good. Trade 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	1,430	129.26	1,848	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	128.42	1,880	111
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,502	120.17	1,804	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,373	141.87	1,947	79
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,320	136.26	1,798	65
Heifers	Select	Average	1,213	124.33	1,508	73
Steers	Choice	Average	1,483	142.84	2,118	147
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,389	135.51	1,883	101
Steers	Select	Average	1,319	124.11	1,638	31

Every lot

18 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	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,122	146.54/cwt	145.50–156.00	1,644	10
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,231	132.85/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,635	14
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,240	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,550	3
Steers	—	Select	1,328	124.01/cwt	117.00–128.75	1,647	28
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,415	135.94/cwt	131.00–139.50	1,924	87
Steers	—	Choice	1,509	142.57/cwt	140.00–149.00	2,151	137
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,180	123.96/cwt	121.00–129.25	1,463	65
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,214	137.06/cwt	134.00–139.50	1,664	30
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,236	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,767	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,382	141.79/cwt	140.00–146.75	1,960	74
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,410	135.58/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,912	35
Heifers	—	Select	1,482	127.32/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,887	8
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,349	127.98/cwt	125.00–128.50	1,726	7
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,571	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	2,066	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,283	117.20/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,504	2
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,352	127.33/cwt	126.50–139.75	1,722	48
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,549	129.25/cwt	126.00–133.00	2,002	63
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,589	121.36/cwt	121.00–122.00	1,928	5

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 Sep 15, 2022

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

Receipts 644Last week 275Year ago 407

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were 1.3 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 2.3 lower. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,382	140.00–146.75	141.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,482	121.00–129.00	127.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,236	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,180	121.00–129.25	123.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,214	134.00–139.50	137.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,410	131.00–139.00	135.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,571	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,349	125.00–128.50	127.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,549	126.00–133.00	129.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	114.00–120.00	117.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,589	121.00–122.00	121.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,352	126.50–139.75	127.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	1,509	140.00–149.00	142.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,328	117.00–128.75	124.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,231	131.00–139.00	132.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,415	131.00–139.50	135.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,122	145.50–156.00	146.54

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.