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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-01

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 1

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

275 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 371▼ 240 vs year ago 515 · −46.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Choice slaughter steers 2.00-4.00 higher, with cattle over 1600 lbs remaining steady. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 1.00 higher, with light numbers last sale. Dairy steers 5.00 higher, with limited numbers in the previous sale. CME live cattle futures fell 2.00 today. Mostly smaller groups, along with a load lot of light heifers in the offering 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,633	193.75	3,163	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,310	164.00	2,148	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,671	178.82	2,988	27
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,533	168.85	2,589	27
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,280	195.71	2,505	75
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,279	190.63	2,438	32
Steers	Choice	Average	1,547	198.08	3,064	62
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	190.30	2,489	7thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,308	190.30/cwt	190.00–191.00	2,489	7
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,430	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,803	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,445	198.76/cwt	197.00–200.00	2,872	26
Steers	—	Choice	1,505	196.75/cwt	196.75–196.75	2,961	5
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,625	197.59/cwt	196.50–198.00	3,211	10
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,682	198.09/cwt	197.50–199.00	3,332	18
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,136	190.02/cwt	187.75–192.00	2,159	10
Heifers	—	Choice	1,280	195.71/cwt	194.00–199.50	2,505	75
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,344	190.91/cwt	188.50–193.00	2,566	22
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,310	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,148	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,404	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,352	10
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,609	169.65/cwt	169.00–170.00	2,730	17
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,671	178.82/cwt	175.50–183.50	2,988	27
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,629	192.67/cwt	192.50–193.00	3,139	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,643	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	3,237	2

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 Aug 1, 2024

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

Receipts 275Last week 371Year ago 515

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,344	188.50–193.00	190.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,136	187.75–192.00	190.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,280	194.00–199.50	195.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,445	197.00–200.00	198.76
5	—	1,505	196.75	196.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,308	190.00–191.00	190.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,430	196.00	196.00
10	—	1,625	196.50–198.00	197.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,682	197.50–199.00	198.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,310	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,671	175.50–183.50	178.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,404	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,609	169.00–170.00	169.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,629	192.50–193.00	192.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	197.00	197.00

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.