Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2024-07-11

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 11
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
541 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 354▼ 28 vs year ago 569 · −4.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. No implant steers topped the sale at 204! The sale consisted of mostly smaller packages, including a good offering of dairy cattle today. Good demand throughout the sale.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,702193.363,2915thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,273182.752,3264thin
Bulls—Average1,673155.002,5932thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,270164.002,0832thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,648176.542,90916
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,524166.822,54247
HeifersChoiceAverage1,377196.392,70540
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,294191.072,47377
SteersChoiceAverage1,450198.832,883100
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,396194.172,71082

Every lot

20 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,306193.87/cwt192.50–194.502,53228
Steers—Choice1,382199.68/cwt198.00–202.002,76064
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,407199.09/cwt198.00–200.002,8019
Steers—Select and Choice1,430194.48/cwt192.00–196.002,78151
Steers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,528204.00/cwt204.00–204.003,1175
Steers—Choice1,540195.00/cwt193.00–197.503,00310
Steers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,650191.75/cwt191.75–191.753,1643
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,739195.18/cwt193.00–198.003,39412
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,223190.33/cwt186.00–193.752,32836
Heifers—Select and Choice1,325192.10/cwt190.75–194.002,54536
Heifers—Choice1,362196.58/cwt194.50–200.002,67737
Heifers—Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,458192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,7992
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,568194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,0423
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,668187.00/cwt187.00–187.003,1193
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,673155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,5932
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,270164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,0832
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,273182.75/cwt182.75–182.752,3264
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,702193.36/cwt191.00–195.003,2915
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,524166.82/cwt164.00–170.002,54247
Dairy Steers—Choice1,648176.54/cwt174.00–179.002,90916

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.