Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NW Iowa Precondition Green/Gold Tag Feeder Calf Sale. Compared to the last Precondition Sale, light steers 450-550 pounds were substantially higher. Steers 600-650 pounds 1.00-4.5 higher, 700 pounds 12.00 higher. Heifers 450-500 pounds 5.5 lower, 550-650 pounds steady to 5.4 higher. Demand good. Active trade.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $205.46/cwt on 708 head.

Average price

$205.46

708 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$23.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.18

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	206.87	1,290	665
Medium and Large 1-2	669	183.58	1,229	43

One grade step is worth $23.29/cwt here — about $62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale708 hd

205.46

—

IA average14 barns · 18,240 hd

191.28

+14.18

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Sheldon Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - Sheldon, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	202.75/cwt	193.00–205.00	795	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	186.71/cwt	183.00–195.00	794	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	160.04/cwt	154.00–168.00	1,144	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	165.22/cwt	158.50–174.00	1,128	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	184.79/cwt	175.00–194.00	893	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	178.01/cwt	174.00–182.00	1,036	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,491	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	233.98/cwt	217.50–239.00	997	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	185.42/cwt	180.00–191.00	1,431	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	195.42/cwt	188.00–207.00	1,403	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	174.75/cwt	174.50–175.00	1,342	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	182.10/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,131	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	174.22/cwt	166.00–180.00	1,089	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,183	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	218.73/cwt	205.00–228.50	1,242	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	197.52/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,331	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	200.63/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,160	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,008	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	202.01/cwt	193.00–208.00	1,263	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	228.22/cwt	217.50–240.00	1,100	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,030	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	181.36/cwt	173.00–192.00	965	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,424	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	223.66/cwt	214.00–230.00	1,176	68

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	392	193.00–205.00	202.75
25	—	425	183.00–195.00	186.71
28	—	715	154.00–168.00	160.04
50	—	683	158.50–174.00	165.22
51	—	483	175.00–194.00	184.79
119	—	582	174.00–182.00	178.01
145	—	625	166.00–180.00	174.22
123	—	532	173.00–192.00	181.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	170.00	170.00
7	—	626	161.00	161.00
4	—	764	145.00	145.00
6	—	715	144.00	144.00
3	—	453	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	819	182.00	182.00
19	—	426	217.50–239.00	233.98
62	—	772	180.00–191.00	185.42
104	—	718	188.00–207.00	195.42
114	—	568	205.00–228.50	218.73
3	—	318	230.00	230.00
97	—	674	191.00–205.00	197.52
132	—	625	193.00–208.00	202.01
57	—	482	217.50–240.00	228.22
68	—	526	214.00–230.00	223.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	768	174.50–175.00	174.75
13	—	621	170.00–187.00	182.10
3	—	717	165.00	165.00
14	—	578	200.00–203.00	200.63
5	—	863	165.00	165.00

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.

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