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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-13

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 13

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

283 head

▼ 101 vs last sale 384▼ 193 vs year ago 476 · −40.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were .9 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 2.25 lower. Dairy steers with limited numbers 5.5 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	1,529	117.35	1,794	6thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,208	105.19	1,271	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,534	123.58	1,896	26
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,622	119.21	1,934	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,294	139.54	1,806	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	131.61	1,655	34
Heifers	Select	Average	1,388	120.38	1,671	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	141.36	2,153	98
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,416	131.11	1,857	20

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,255	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,644	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,273	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,744	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,434	131.12/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,880	18
Steers	—	Choice	1,531	141.50/cwt	136.00–144.00	2,166	95
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,143	132.24/cwt	126.00–135.50	1,512	14
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,200	137.65/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,652	34
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,338	131.17/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,755	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,388	141.42/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,963	34
Heifers	—	Select	1,388	120.38/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,671	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,208	105.19/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,271	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,529	117.35/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,794	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,534	123.58/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,896	26
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,622	119.21/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,934	13

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 Oct 13, 2022

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

Receipts 283Last week 384Year ago 476

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were .9 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 2.25 lower. Dairy steers with limited numbers 5.5 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,529	116.00–118.00	117.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,208	95.00–110.00	105.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,273	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,434	125.00–134.00	131.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,255	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,531	136.00–144.00	141.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,622	118.00–120.00	119.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,534	123.00–127.00	123.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,143	126.00–135.50	132.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,200	137.00–138.00	137.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,338	126.00–134.00	131.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	118.00–121.00	120.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,388	139.00–143.00	141.42

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.