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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-20

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 20

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

354 head

▲ 190 vs last sale 164▲ 24 vs year ago 330 · +7.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Limited number of choice slaughter steers and heifers in the previous sale. No trend applicable. Upward trend noted. Dairy steers mostly 4.00 higher today. Most of the auction consisted of smaller groups with plenty of dairy cattle represented. 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,373	183.00	2,513	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,488	159.50	2,373	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,578	170.16	2,685	30
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,613	161.95	2,612	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,444	191.92	2,772	75
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	187.89	2,574	17
Steers	Choice	Average	1,518	194.28	2,949	140
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,323	191.00	2,527	10

Every lot, as filed

12 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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,323	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,527	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,463	193.97/cwt	191.50–196.00	2,838	67
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,531	193.77/cwt	193.25–194.00	2,967	27
Steers	—	Choice	1,573	195.20/cwt	193.00–198.00	3,070	40
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,705	193.96/cwt	193.00–195.00	3,307	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,370	187.89/cwt	185.00–191.00	2,574	17
Heifers	—	Choice	1,429	191.76/cwt	187.00–196.75	2,740	69
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,618	193.75/cwt	193.75–193.75	3,135	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,488	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	2,373	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,578	170.16/cwt	169.00–174.00	2,685	30
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,613	161.95/cwt	157.00–166.00	2,612	29
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,373	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,513	8

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 Jun 20, 2024

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

Receipts 354Last week 164Year ago 330

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,429	187.00–196.75	191.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,370	185.00–191.00	187.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,618	193.75	193.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,463	191.50–196.00	193.97
40	—	1,573	193.00–198.00	195.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,531	193.25–194.00	193.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,705	193.00–195.00	193.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,323	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,578	169.00–174.00	170.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,613	157.00–166.00	161.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,373	183.00	183.00

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.