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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-22

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 22

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

405 head

▲ 78 vs last sale 327▼ 128 vs year ago 533 · −24.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough Choice slaughter steers last week for comparison. Too limited a test for Choice slaughter heifers this week. The sale consisted of mostly smaller strings today. Light crowd in the stands but demand was still good. CME live cattle futures back in the positive today, after declining for several weeks.

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	1,445	183.75	2,655	2thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,397	178.45	2,493	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,678	178.75	2,999	2thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,453	163.73	2,379	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,372	185.92	2,551	32
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,274	182.24	2,322	77
Steers	Choice	Average	1,445	184.43	2,665	171
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,433	177.68	2,547	39

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 Choice	1,342	178.17/cwt	175.50–180.50	2,391	27
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,405	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,655	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,430	184.17/cwt	182.00–186.25	2,634	152
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,527	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,886	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,527	185.63/cwt	183.00–186.50	2,835	8
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,586	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	2,799	8
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,642	185.94/cwt	185.00–188.50	3,053	6
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,665	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,114	1
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,744	176.71/cwt	174.00–179.00	3,082	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,260	183.26/cwt	179.50–184.25	2,309	48
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,285	183.41/cwt	183.00–183.50	2,357	11
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,306	178.80/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,335	18
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,359	187.39/cwt	184.50–189.75	2,547	15
Heifers	—	Choice	1,384	184.63/cwt	182.75–187.00	2,555	17
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,445	183.75/cwt	183.75–183.75	2,655	2
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,397	178.45/cwt	176.00–181.00	2,493	9
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,453	163.73/cwt	159.00–171.00	2,379	12
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,678	178.75/cwt	178.75–178.75	2,999	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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 405Last week 327Year ago 533

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,642	185.00–188.50	185.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,586	176.50	176.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,527	189.00	189.00
1	—	1,405	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,744	174.00–179.00	176.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,527	183.00–186.50	185.63
152	—	1,430	182.00–186.25	184.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,342	175.50–180.50	178.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	183.75	183.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,397	176.00–181.00	178.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,453	159.00–171.00	163.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	178.75	178.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,384	182.75–187.00	184.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,260	179.50–184.25	183.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,359	184.50–189.75	187.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,285	183.00–183.50	183.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,306	175.00–181.00	178.80

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.