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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-29

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 29

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

371 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 330▲ 75 vs year ago 296 · +25.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Limited numbers on heifers today. Dairy steers were 2.00 lower. Limited numbers of dairy heifers. 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	Select	Average	1,458	125.00	1,823	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,552	160.53	2,491	45
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	148.20	2,030	27
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,504	141.17	2,123	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,223	178.55	2,184	15
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,121	161.95	1,815	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,430	144.95	2,072	30
Steers	Choice	Average	1,460	182.02	2,657	149
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,360	171.95	2,339	31
Steers	Select	Average	1,401	158.23	2,217	33

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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,103	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,820	4
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,169	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,093	7
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,185	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,050	1
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,366	171.91/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,348	30
Steers	—	Select	1,442	157.30/cwt	154.00–161.00	2,268	29
Steers	—	Choice	1,474	182.17/cwt	177.00–187.50	2,685	142
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,121	177.95/cwt	176.00–179.00	1,995	8
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,121	161.95/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,815	4
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,130	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,650	1
Heifers	—	Choice	1,340	179.24/cwt	177.00–181.00	2,402	7
Heifers	—	Select	1,418	145.71/cwt	138.00–152.00	2,066	26
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,630	138.00/cwt	136.00–139.00	2,249	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,458	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,823	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,275	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,766	1
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,343	146.91/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,973	20
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,446	151.87/cwt	151.00–153.00	2,196	7
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,519	141.35/cwt	138.50–143.00	2,147	15
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,552	160.53/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,491	45

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 Jun 29, 2023

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

Receipts 371Last week 330Year ago 296

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Limited numbers on heifers today. Dairy steers were 2.00 lower. Limited numbers of dairy heifers. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,340	177.00–181.00	179.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,121	161.00–164.00	161.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,418	138.00–152.00	145.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,630	136.00–139.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,121	176.00–179.00	177.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,552	159.00–165.00	160.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,519	138.50–143.00	141.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,343	145.00–150.00	146.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,446	151.00–153.00	151.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,474	177.00–187.50	182.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,442	154.00–161.00	157.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,103	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,366	170.00–175.00	171.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,169	179.00	179.00

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.