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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Mar 16

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

187 head

▼ 274 vs last sale 461▼ 250 vs year ago 437 · −57.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale. Upward trend. 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	1,472	134.09	1,974	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,317	109.35	1,440	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,194	94.28	1,126	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,578	143.97	2,272	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,598	134.91	2,156	10
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,359	116.50	1,583	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,399	168.52	2,358	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	156.14	2,108	8thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,513	140.19	2,121	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,496	166.74	2,495	59
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,508	157.03	2,368	32
Steers	Select	Average	1,449	135.30	1,960	7thin

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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,326	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	2,115	8
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,339	162.75/cwt	162.00–163.50	2,179	6
Steers	—	Select	1,449	135.30/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,960	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,514	167.19/cwt	163.00–171.25	2,531	53
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,569	156.21/cwt	150.00–158.50	2,451	24
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,350	156.14/cwt	156.00–157.00	2,108	8
Heifers	—	Choice	1,399	168.52/cwt	166.00–170.25	2,358	21
Heifers	—	Select	1,513	140.19/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,121	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,265	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,493	2
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,453	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,671	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,578	143.97/cwt	140.00–160.00	2,272	11
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,598	134.91/cwt	134.00–135.00	2,156	10
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,194	94.28/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,126	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,244	111.55/cwt	107.50–113.00	1,388	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,389	107.16/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,488	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,472	134.09/cwt	125.00–138.50	1,974	8

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 Mar 16, 2023

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

Receipts 187Last week 461Year ago 437

No recently reported sale. Upward trend. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,350	156.00–157.00	156.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,513	140.00–141.00	140.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,399	166.00–170.25	168.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,578	140.00–160.00	143.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,598	134.00–135.00	134.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,453	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,389	105.00–113.00	107.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,244	107.50–113.00	111.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,194	93.00–95.00	94.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,472	125.00–138.50	134.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,339	162.00–163.50	162.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,569	150.00–158.50	156.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,326	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,449	135.00–137.00	135.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,514	163.00–171.25	167.19

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.