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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 24

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

426 head

▲ 79 vs last sale 347▼ 79 vs year ago 505 · −15.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Choice slaughter steers 1.00 higher, with steers over 1500 lbs bringing 2.00-4.00 higher with light numbers last week. No implant steers brought a premium. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00-5.00 higher. Not enough dairy steers last week for comparison. Load lot of both steers and heifers, along with many smaller strings in the offering today. Demand good.

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	1,324	186.50	2,469	6thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,554	184.46	2,867	22
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,493	175.00	2,613	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,633	167.83	2,741	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,376	160.42	2,207	10
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,388	186.80	2,592	119
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,315	185.59	2,440	55
Steers	Choice	Average	1,505	187.24	2,819	127
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,316	177.25	2,332	8thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,214	173.52/cwt	171.50–179.00	2,107	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,417	180.97/cwt	179.00–182.00	2,564	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,427	184.80/cwt	183.00–187.50	2,637	36
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,449	188.27/cwt	187.50–189.00	2,728	16
Steers	—	Choice	1,528	188.05/cwt	184.50–188.85	2,873	57
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,614	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,067	4
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,649	188.24/cwt	185.75–191.25	3,104	14
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,287	185.93/cwt	184.00–186.25	2,393	44
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,349	183.85/cwt	182.00–184.50	2,480	8
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,368	188.60/cwt	185.50–190.00	2,580	9
Heifers	—	Choice	1,386	186.57/cwt	185.00–191.50	2,586	108
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,563	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,985	2
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,628	185.25/cwt	185.25–185.25	3,016	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,376	160.42/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,207	10
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,633	167.83/cwt	164.50–170.00	2,741	35
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,493	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,613	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,554	184.46/cwt	182.00–185.85	2,867	22
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,324	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,469	6

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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Receipts 426Last week 347Year ago 505

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,633	164.50–170.00	167.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,376	160.00–162.00	160.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,554	182.00–185.85	184.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,427	183.00–187.50	184.80
57	—	1,528	184.50–188.85	188.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,449	187.50–189.00	188.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,417	179.00–182.00	180.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,214	171.50–179.00	173.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,649	185.75–191.25	188.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,614	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,386	185.00–191.50	186.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,368	185.50–190.00	188.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,349	182.00–184.50	183.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,628	185.25	185.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,287	184.00–186.25	185.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,324	186.50	186.50

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.