Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Dairy-Holstein feeder cattle sale. No comparison as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Many small strings, along with a load lot of yearling heifers in the offering today. Good demand, especially on lightweight calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.69/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −168.13 against this barn's trailing median of $452.82.

Average price

$284.69

65 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$43.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.37

vs IA average

+4.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	296.04	1,691	48
Medium and Large 1-2	575	252.65	1,453	17thin

One grade step is worth $43.39/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale65 hd

284.69

—

IA average3 barns · 131 hd

293.06

−8.37

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+4.35

This barn, trailing median2 sales

452.82

−168.13

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

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,232	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	363.10/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,155	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	327.42/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,261	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	328.64/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,397	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	322.98/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,534	22
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,638	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	867	235.29/cwt	228.00–239.00	2,040	48
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	598	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,525	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	1250–1300	1,268	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,460	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	814	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,848	58
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,484	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3Natural	600–650	626	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,315	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	863	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,648	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	466	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,212	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	431	265.03/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,142	35
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	348	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	992	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	945	186.99/cwt	182.50–190.00	1,767	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,235	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3-4	400–450	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	3
Dairy Heifers	Medium 3-4	700–750	737	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	848	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	566	228.87/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,295	11
Dairy Steers	Medium 3-4	450–500	455	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	796	5
Dairy Steers	Medium 3-4	300–350	346	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	675	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,290	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	336.93/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,445	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,463	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,026	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,399	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,699	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,617	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,044	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,980	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,878	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	289.33/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,143	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,378	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	294.09/cwt	275.00–305.00	973	11
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,176	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	319.50/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,498	30

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

Thu Aug 15, 2024

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

Receipts 928Last week 627Year ago 1,376

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	318	355.00–375.00	363.10
17	350–400	385	320.00–345.00	327.42
18	400–450	425	325.00–330.00	328.64
22	450–500	475	315.00–326.00	322.98
19	550–600	565	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	331	275.00–305.00	294.09
22	350–400	395	287.50–290.00	289.33
4	500–550	520	265.00	265.00
4	700–750	700	240.00	240.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	585	280.00	280.00
48	850–900	867	228.00–239.00	235.29
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	598	255.00	255.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1250–1300	1,268	194.00	194.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	582	255.00	255.00
58	800–850	814	227.00	227.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	626	210.00	210.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	285.00	285.00
35	400–450	431	260.00–272.00	265.03
16	450–500	466	260.00	260.00
11	550–600	566	227.00–230.00	228.87
12	850–900	863	191.00	191.00
10	900–950	945	182.50–190.00	186.99
Dairy Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	346	195.00	195.00
5	450–500	455	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	350.00	350.00
4	300–350	340	325.00	325.00
15	350–400	391	330.00	330.00
5	400–450	449	275.00	275.00
3	500–550	528	265.00	265.00
14	550–600	585	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	303	385.00	385.00
29	400–450	429	325.00–350.00	336.93
30	450–500	469	315.00–335.00	319.50
5	500–550	530	305.00	305.00
43	550–600	576	295.00	295.00
13	650–700	683	275.00	275.00
12	750–800	764	267.50	267.50
8	800–850	805	246.00	246.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,017	214.00	214.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	140.00	140.00
10	700–750	737	115.00	115.00

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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