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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-03

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 3

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

← Jul 20Aug 3Aug 17 →

Receipts

515 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 484▲ 99 vs year ago 416 · +23.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today. Upward trend. Demand good. Trade active.

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	1,437	154.88	2,226	17
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,269	145.95	1,852	11
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,534	158.93	2,437	45
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,427	149.83	2,138	26
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,267	142.92	1,811	42
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,326	183.92	2,439	65
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,257	173.11	2,177	28
Heifers	Select	Average	1,214	159.64	1,937	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,428	183.90	2,626	195
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,296	171.23	2,219	27

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,164	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,996	6
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,182	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,128	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,334	171.15/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,283	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,432	183.96/cwt	177.00–188.75	2,634	192
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,127	159.26/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,795	6
Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,193	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,177	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,199	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,098	9
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,285	172.21/cwt	168.00–177.00	2,213	19
Heifers	—	Select	1,300	160.02/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,080	6
Heifers	—	Choice	1,335	184.01/cwt	181.00–188.00	2,457	61
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,269	145.95/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,852	11
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,380	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,105	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,455	155.61/cwt	151.00–165.00	2,264	13
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,267	142.92/cwt	142.50–145.00	1,811	42
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,369	149.18/cwt	147.00–154.00	2,042	20
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,386	156.98/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,176	5
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,552	159.17/cwt	155.00–163.50	2,470	40
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,619	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,461	6

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 Aug 3, 2023

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

Receipts 515Last week 484Year ago 416

No comparison today. Upward trend. Demand good. Trade active.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,285	168.00–177.00	172.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,199	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,127	158.00–164.00	159.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,300	150.00–165.00	160.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,335	181.00–188.00	184.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,193	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,269	137.00–149.00	145.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,455	151.00–165.00	155.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,380	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,164	171.50	171.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,334	168.00–175.00	171.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	1,432	177.00–188.75	183.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,386	155.00–165.00	156.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,619	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,369	147.00–154.00	149.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,267	142.50–145.00	142.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,552	155.00–163.50	159.17

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.