Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special ICA Green/Gold tag feeder sale. No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported feeder sale. ALL cattle in overnight for this special Precondition sale. Most of the sale consisted of many packages of light cattle. Good crowd today, with plenty of bidders. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $266.05/cwt on 743 head.

Average price

$266.05

743 head · 632 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$152

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

$18.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.95

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	634	267.40	1,694	688
Medium and Large 1-2	619	249.21	1,543	55

One grade step is worth $18.19/cwt here — about $152 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 sale743 hd

266.05

—

IA average10 barns · 6,690 hd

248.10

+17.95

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

30 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	—	767	212.99/cwt	204.00–216.00	1,634	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	305.76/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,168	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	287.73/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,200	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	266.93/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,279	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	217.31/cwt	209.00–222.00	1,578	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	258.25/cwt	243.00–267.00	1,356	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	286.44/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,369	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,361	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	238.58/cwt	229.00–245.00	1,653	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	304.56/cwt	292.50–314.00	1,587	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	264.78/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,771	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	282.35/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,652	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,682	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	339.47/cwt	334.00–344.00	1,130	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	271.24/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,706	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	240.08/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,724	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	224.63/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,736	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	327.31/cwt	316.00–333.00	1,414	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	320.48/cwt	305.00–333.00	1,192	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	313.87/cwt	303.00–325.00	1,503	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	230.22/cwt	219.00–235.00	1,437	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	227.55/cwt	219.00–235.00	1,529	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	245.01/cwt	235.00–258.00	1,387	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,127	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	258.60/cwt	257.00–260.00	817	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	228.34/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,361	17

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - Sheldon, IA

Fri Jan 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,406Last week 1,376Year ago 1,376

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	767	204.00–216.00	212.99
17	—	382	290.00–315.00	305.76
44	—	417	280.00–295.00	287.73
47	—	479	260.00–275.00	266.93
64	—	726	209.00–222.00	217.31
74	—	525	243.00–267.00	258.25
86	—	624	219.00–235.00	230.22
96	—	672	219.00–235.00	227.55
114	—	566	235.00–258.00	245.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	442	255.00	255.00
9	—	316	257.00–260.00	258.60
17	—	596	226.00–231.00	228.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	647	247.50	247.50
3	—	798	201.00	201.00
7	—	478	280.00–291.00	286.44
9	—	508	268.00	268.00
11	—	595	245.00	245.00
22	—	693	229.00–245.00	238.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	521	292.50–314.00	304.56
84	—	669	251.00–275.00	264.78
85	—	585	270.00–287.00	282.35
3	—	893	206.00	206.00
4	—	845	199.00	199.00
9	—	333	334.00–344.00	339.47
94	—	629	261.00–278.00	271.24
98	—	718	230.00–247.00	240.08
149	—	773	210.00–230.00	224.63
25	—	432	316.00–333.00	327.31
27	—	372	305.00–333.00	320.48
46	—	479	303.00–325.00	313.87

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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