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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-03

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Nov 3

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

← Oct 20Nov 3Mar 16 →

Receipts

461 head

▲ 160 vs last sale 301▲ 84 vs year ago 377 · +22.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale was not reported last week. Upward trend 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	1,395	124.00	1,730	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,582	128.24	2,028	109
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,377	149.22	2,055	136
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,416	131.87	1,867	22
Heifers	Select	Average	1,269	116.95	1,484	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,507	151.01	2,275	158
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,309	135.15	1,769	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,315	124.36	1,636	5thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,118	133.89/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,497	2
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,233	122.91/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,515	2
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,248	142.73/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,781	4
Steers	—	Select	1,370	125.32/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,717	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,404	135.78/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,906	4
Steers	—	ChoiceValue Added	1,483	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,313	24
Steers	—	Choice	1,519	150.34/cwt	141.00–155.25	2,284	130
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,025	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,240	1
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,183	133.90/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,584	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,193	145.30/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,733	10
Heifers	—	Select	1,286	116.66/cwt	116.00–124.00	1,500	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,392	149.53/cwt	142.00–153.00	2,081	126
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,439	131.67/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,895	20
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,395	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,730	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,362	124.04/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,689	8
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,599	128.57/cwt	122.00–140.00	2,056	101

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 Nov 3, 2022

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

Receipts 461Last week 301Year ago 377

Sale was not reported last week. Upward trend today. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	121.00–125.00	122.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,483	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,404	132.00–139.00	135.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	131.00–137.00	133.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	142.00–145.00	142.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	123.00–128.00	125.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,519	141.00–155.25	150.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,362	120.00–130.00	124.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,599	122.00–140.00	128.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,193	145.00–146.00	145.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,439	130.00–140.00	131.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	129.00–139.00	133.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,286	116.00–124.00	116.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,392	142.00–153.00	149.53

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.