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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-23

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jan 23

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

357 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 348▲ 357 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,490	93.34	1,391	128
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,322	87.19	1,153	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,137	72.36	823	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,435	124.84	1,791	55
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,256	116.03	1,457	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,201	103.59	1,244	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,465	122.62	1,796	46
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,285	115.46	1,484	22
Steers	Select	Average	1,574	102.97	1,621	25

Every lot

9 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,285	115.46/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,484	22
Steers	—	Choice	1,465	122.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,796	46
Steers	—	Select	1,574	102.97/cwt	100.00–107.50	1,621	25
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select	1,201	103.59/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,244	12
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,256	116.03/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,457	15
Heifers	—	Choice	1,435	124.84/cwt	121.25–126.75	1,791	55
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select	1,137	72.36/cwt	70.00–76.00	823	18
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,322	87.19/cwt	82.00–88.50	1,153	8
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,490	93.34/cwt	90.50–94.50	1,391	128

This sale against other markets

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 357Last week 348Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,574	100.00–107.50	102.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,285	110.00–118.00	115.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,465	120.00–125.00	122.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,256	114.00–118.00	116.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,201	101.00–110.00	103.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,435	121.25–126.75	124.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,322	82.00–88.50	87.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,137	70.00–76.00	72.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,490	90.50–94.50	93.34

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.