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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-30

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Mar 30

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

478 head

▲ 291 vs last sale 187▲ 478 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 6.5 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 4.25 higher. Dairy steers were 3.75 lower. Not enough dairy heifers for comparison. 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	1,680	135.00	2,268	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,072	122.56	1,313	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,645	139.24	2,291	61
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,360	118.50	1,612	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,391	171.22	2,382	100
Heifers	Select	Average	1,231	134.40	1,655	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,540	173.62	2,674	190
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,219	159.52	1,945	51
Steers	Select	Average	1,105	135.64	1,499	20

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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,086	135.49/cwt	125.00–137.50	1,471	18
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,176	159.68/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,878	42
Steers	—	Select	1,280	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,754	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,421	158.76/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,256	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,540	173.62/cwt	166.00–176.50	2,674	190
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,128	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,523	4
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,172	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,922	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,400	172.86/cwt	163.00–176.00	2,420	86
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,631	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,544	5
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,645	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,171	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,360	118.50/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,612	2
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,384	135.69/cwt	134.00–138.00	1,878	12
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,709	140.11/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,394	49
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,005	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,236	8
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,605	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,910	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,680	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,268	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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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Mar 30, 2023

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

Receipts 478Last week 187Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,400	163.00–176.00	172.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,128	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,631	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,172	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	1,540	166.00–176.50	173.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,086	125.00–137.50	135.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,176	157.00–163.00	159.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,421	152.00–162.00	158.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	115.00–122.00	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,384	134.00–138.00	135.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,709	138.00–148.00	140.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,005	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	119.00	119.00

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.