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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, May 9

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

468 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 528▲ 115 vs year ago 353 · +32.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers were 2.00 higher, with steers over 1600 lbs 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers mostly 1.00 lower today. Heavyweight steers and heifers bringing a premium. Dairy steers 2.00 higher. Limited numbers on dairy beef steers both week. Upward trend noted. Most of the sale consisted of smaller packages of both beef and dairy cattle today. Good demand.

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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,405	177.79	2,498	24
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,524	179.43	2,735	14
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,523	164.38	2,504	10
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	164.25	2,148	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,612	164.28	2,648	10
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,549	157.43	2,438	62
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,361	182.40	2,482	82
Steers	Choice	Average	1,568	186.49	2,924	123
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,446	181.19	2,621	50

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	1,313	181.59/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,384	18
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,388	180.07/cwt	179.00–180.75	2,499	15
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,418	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,630	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,430	184.98/cwt	183.00–187.75	2,645	38
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,535	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,901	12
Steers	—	Choice	1,572	186.17/cwt	183.50–188.00	2,927	22
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,607	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	3,021	8
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,639	181.76/cwt	181.50–183.00	2,979	17
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,703	187.07/cwt	184.00–189.75	3,186	41
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,349	182.13/cwt	180.00–185.75	2,457	78
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,588	187.75/cwt	187.75–187.75	2,981	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,308	164.25/cwt	160.00–165.50	2,148	8
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,523	164.38/cwt	163.75–165.50	2,504	10
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,405	177.79/cwt	175.00–182.50	2,498	24
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,298	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,103	11
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,603	156.45/cwt	152.50–161.00	2,508	51
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,612	164.28/cwt	162.50–166.75	2,648	10
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,524	179.43/cwt	176.00–182.50	2,735	14

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.

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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu May 9, 2024

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

Receipts 468Last week 528Year ago 353

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,607	188.00	188.00
2	—	1,418	185.50	185.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,535	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,639	181.50–183.00	181.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,703	184.00–189.75	187.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,572	183.50–188.00	186.17
38	—	1,430	183.00–187.75	184.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,388	179.00–180.75	180.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,313	180.00–184.00	181.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,588	187.75	187.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,349	180.00–185.75	182.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,523	163.75–165.50	164.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,308	160.00–165.50	164.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,405	175.00–182.50	177.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,298	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,603	152.50–161.00	156.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,612	162.50–166.75	164.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,524	176.00–182.50	179.43

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.