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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Fri, Dec 13

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2157

← earliestDec 13Jan 3 →

Receipts

1,077 head

▲ 1,077 vs last sale 0▲ 1,077 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleThu Oct 22, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's sale was the first Iowa Cattlemen' s Association (ICA) Sanctioned Preconditioned Sale of the season. No comparison today since last sale was a year ago. Demand was moderate to good on moderate offering.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.40/cwt on 591 head.

Average price

$159.40

591 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$12.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.54

vs IA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	604	161.46	976	397
Medium and Large 1-2	585	157.64	922	142
Medium 1-2	554	148.49	823	52

One grade step is worth $12.97/cwt here — about $153 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 sale591 hd

159.40

—

IA average11 barns · 6,594 hd

145.86

+13.54

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

Every lot

45 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. 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	160.61/cwt	160.00–162.50	442	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	638	3
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	376	161.76/cwt	160.00–165.00	608	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	727	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	189.13/cwt	189.00–190.00	783	17
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	436	165.19/cwt	164.00–167.00	720	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	172.85/cwt	170.00–177.50	811	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	167.79/cwt	164.00–169.00	815	24
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	493	152.43/cwt	152.00–153.00	751	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	168.62/cwt	160.00–174.50	873	56
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	519	142.66/cwt	140.00–143.50	740	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	156.63/cwt	151.00–158.00	832	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	161.49/cwt	160.00–164.00	927	82
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	578	146.71/cwt	145.00–147.00	848	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	157.30/cwt	153.00–158.00	911	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	156.32/cwt	153.00–159.00	980	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	161.65/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,030	72
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	637	140.71/cwt	140.00–146.00	896	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	153.66/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,043	85
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	691	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	940	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,005	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	702	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,067	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	146.22/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,043	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	144.84/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,108	46
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	306	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	451	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	160.45/cwt	154.00–163.00	521	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	351	165.83/cwt	162.50–167.50	582	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	160.94/cwt	155.00–165.00	678	41
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	428	144.94/cwt	141.00–148.00	620	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	154.88/cwt	151.00–159.00	664	14
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	674	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	146.69/cwt	143.00–148.00	684	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	155.65/cwt	150.00–158.50	727	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	142.94/cwt	141.00–147.00	750	70
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	528	125.93/cwt	121.00–127.50	665	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	544	136.80/cwt	136.00–138.00	744	26
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	568	126.90/cwt	120.00–129.00	721	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	140.78/cwt	140.00–142.00	801	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	137.24/cwt	135.00–139.50	806	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	136.92/cwt	132.00–139.50	848	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	896	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	133.45/cwt	129.00–135.00	895	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	134.19/cwt	132.00–137.00	911	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	931	5

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.

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

Sheldon Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - Sheldon, IA

Fri Dec 13, 2019

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	129.00–135.00	133.45
4	—	306	147.50	147.50
43	—	619	132.00–139.50	136.92
34	—	587	135.00–139.50	137.24
26	—	544	136.00–138.00	136.80
16	—	466	143.00–148.00	146.69
14	—	429	151.00–159.00	154.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	525	141.00–147.00	142.94
57	—	569	140.00–142.00	140.78
45	—	467	150.00–158.50	155.65
41	—	421	155.00–165.00	160.94
40	—	679	132.00–137.00	134.19
37	—	638	140.00–141.00	140.49
9	—	351	162.50–167.50	165.83
7	—	325	154.00–163.00	160.45
5	—	708	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	145.00	145.00
15	—	568	120.00–129.00	126.90
5	—	528	121.00–127.50	125.93
5	—	428	141.00–148.00	144.94
3	—	290	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	713	144.00–147.00	146.22
5	—	531	151.00–158.00	156.63
4	—	275	160.00–162.50	160.61
60	—	627	153.00–159.00	156.32
29	—	579	153.00–158.00	157.30
24	—	486	164.00–169.00	167.79
3	—	693	145.00	145.00
3	—	375	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	691	136.00	136.00
7	—	493	152.00–153.00	152.43
4	—	519	140.00–143.50	142.66
4	—	376	160.00–165.00	161.76
10	—	436	164.00–167.00	165.19
8	—	637	140.00–146.00	140.71
7	—	578	145.00–147.00	146.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	574	160.00–164.00	161.49
72	—	637	161.00–163.00	161.65
56	—	518	160.00–174.50	168.62
13	—	393	185.00	185.00
3	—	702	152.00	152.00
46	—	765	142.00–147.00	144.84
23	—	469	170.00–177.50	172.85
17	—	414	189.00–190.00	189.13
85	—	679	150.00–157.00	153.66

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.