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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 11

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

541 head

▲ 187 vs last sale 354▼ 28 vs year ago 569 · −4.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. No implant steers topped the sale at 204! The sale consisted of mostly smaller packages, including a good offering of dairy cattle today. Good demand throughout the sale.

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	1,702	193.36	3,291	5thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,273	182.75	2,326	4thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,673	155.00	2,593	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,270	164.00	2,083	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,648	176.54	2,909	16
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,524	166.82	2,542	47
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,377	196.39	2,705	40
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	191.07	2,473	77
Steers	Choice	Average	1,450	198.83	2,883	100
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,396	194.17	2,710	82

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,306	193.87/cwt	192.50–194.50	2,532	28
Steers	—	Choice	1,382	199.68/cwt	198.00–202.00	2,760	64
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,407	199.09/cwt	198.00–200.00	2,801	9
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,430	194.48/cwt	192.00–196.00	2,781	51
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,528	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,117	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,540	195.00/cwt	193.00–197.50	3,003	10
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,650	191.75/cwt	191.75–191.75	3,164	3
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,739	195.18/cwt	193.00–198.00	3,394	12
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,223	190.33/cwt	186.00–193.75	2,328	36
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,325	192.10/cwt	190.75–194.00	2,545	36
Heifers	—	Choice	1,362	196.58/cwt	194.50–200.00	2,677	37
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,458	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,799	2
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,568	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	3,042	3
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,668	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,119	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,673	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,593	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,270	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,083	2
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,273	182.75/cwt	182.75–182.75	2,326	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,702	193.36/cwt	191.00–195.00	3,291	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,524	166.82/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,542	47
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,648	176.54/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,909	16

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 Jul 11, 2024

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

Receipts 541Last week 354Year ago 569

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,528	204.00	204.00
9	—	1,407	198.00–200.00	199.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,540	193.00–197.50	195.00
64	—	1,382	198.00–202.00	199.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,650	191.75	191.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,739	193.00–198.00	195.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,306	192.50–194.50	193.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,430	192.00–196.00	194.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,668	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,223	186.00–193.75	190.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,325	190.75–194.00	192.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,362	194.50–200.00	196.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,568	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	182.75	182.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,702	191.00–195.00	193.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,524	164.00–170.00	166.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,648	174.00–179.00	176.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,673	155.00	155.00

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.