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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-21

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Dec 21

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

770 head

▲ 382 vs last sale 388▲ 309 vs year ago 461 · +67.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Holstein Steer Special feeder sale & Fat cattle sale today. No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many small packages of mostly dairy calves offered today, along with several load lots of fat cattle. Good crowd for the Holstein feeder sale. Good demand throughout the day.

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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,537	147.70	2,270	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,430	173.61	2,482	213
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,367	166.30	2,274	62
Heifers	Select	Average	1,395	158.33	2,209	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,551	172.87	2,682	351
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	164.44	2,295	45
Steers	Select	Average	1,607	156.00	2,507	3thin

Every lot, as filed

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,289	163.46/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,107	28
Steers	—	Choice	1,440	172.16/cwt	167.00–174.50	2,479	45
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,466	174.58/cwt	174.00–175.00	2,559	63
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,531	165.82/cwt	162.00–168.00	2,539	11
Steers	—	Choice	1,540	174.02/cwt	170.50–175.50	2,680	43
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,580	172.37/cwt	171.50–172.75	2,723	123
Steers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,607	156.00/cwt	154.00–157.00	2,507	3
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,644	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	2,737	6
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,647	172.03/cwt	169.00–175.50	2,833	77
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,245	164.31/cwt	160.00–167.50	2,046	26
Heifers	—	Select	1,353	159.00/cwt	155.00–162.00	2,151	10
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,384	174.34/cwt	172.50–176.00	2,413	71
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,441	167.63/cwt	166.00–168.25	2,416	33
Heifers	—	Choice	1,448	173.28/cwt	169.50–174.75	2,509	138
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,600	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,752	4
Heifers	—	SelectHeavy Weight	1,605	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,488	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,618	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,734	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,537	147.70/cwt	144.00–149.00	2,270	28

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 Dec 21, 2023

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

Receipts 770Last week 388Year ago 461

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,647	169.00–175.50	172.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,531	162.00–168.00	165.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,540	170.50–175.50	174.02
45	—	1,440	167.00–174.50	172.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,289	160.00–168.00	163.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,607	154.00–157.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,644	166.50	166.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,580	171.50–172.75	172.37
63	—	1,466	174.00–175.00	174.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,353	155.00–162.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,245	160.00–167.50	164.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,600	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,384	172.50–176.00	174.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,618	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,441	166.00–168.25	167.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,448	169.50–174.75	173.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,537	144.00–149.00	147.70

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.