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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-28

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 28

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

← Sep 14Sep 28Oct 5 →

Receipts

426 head

▲ 70 vs last sale 356▲ 127 vs year ago 299 · +42.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers were steady. Dairy steers were steady. 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	Choice	Average	1,502	161.50	2,426	5thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,471	149.89	2,205	14
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,465	133.00	1,948	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,657	161.90	2,683	29
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,423	149.08	2,121	31
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,437	127.67	1,834	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,415	183.39	2,595	71
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	175.59	2,324	27
Heifers	Select	Average	1,327	164.79	2,187	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,501	181.95	2,731	126
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,420	174.43	2,477	37
Steers	Select	Average	1,476	164.68	2,431	19

Every lot, as filed

20 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	1,125	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,778	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,203	171.20/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,060	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,454	174.93/cwt	171.00–176.50	2,543	32
Steers	—	Select	1,496	165.05/cwt	162.00–168.00	2,469	18
Steers	—	Choice	1,501	181.95/cwt	177.00–186.75	2,731	126
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,222	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,163	3
Heifers	—	Select	1,327	164.79/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,187	7
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,336	175.41/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,343	24
Heifers	—	Choice	1,409	183.66/cwt	180.00–187.50	2,588	69
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,615	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,810	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,295	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,878	4
Dairy Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,425	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,952	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,485	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,945	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,502	161.50/cwt	158.00–164.00	2,426	5
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,542	151.84/cwt	143.00–153.50	2,341	10
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,343	145.82/cwt	143.00–149.00	1,958	2
Dairy Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,426	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,825	4
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,428	149.31/cwt	145.00–153.50	2,132	29
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,442	127.51/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,839	8
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,657	161.90/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,683	29

How this sale compares

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 Sep 28, 2023

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

Receipts 426Last week 356Year ago 299

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,409	180.00–187.50	183.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,327	160.00–169.00	164.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,222	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,336	173.00–178.00	175.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,501	177.00–186.75	181.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,454	171.00–176.50	174.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,496	162.00–168.00	165.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,203	170.00–173.00	171.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,542	143.00–153.50	151.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,502	158.00–164.00	161.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,295	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,657	157.00–165.00	161.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,442	125.00–135.00	127.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,428	145.00–153.50	149.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,426	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	143.00–149.00	145.82

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.