Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2020-07-16

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 16
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
409 head
41 vs last sale 450 3 vs year ago 406 · +0.7%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Slaughter Steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 higher and Slaughter Heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein Steers sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Packer demand was good to moderate on a lower offering today.

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
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,40588.961,25088
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,38684.181,16778
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,35972.9499140
HeifersChoiceAverage1,23998.911,22525
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26692.891,17632
HeifersSelectAverage1,28685.221,09615
SteersChoiceAverage1,444100.441,45057
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,42194.261,33948
SteersSelectAverage1,35984.401,1478thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersChoice1,23998.91/cwt96.00–101.751,22525
HeifersSelect1,31586.10/cwt82.00–89.001,13213
HeifersSelect and Choice1,26692.89/cwt91.00–96.001,17632
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,38684.18/cwt80.00–86.501,16778
Dairy SteersSelect1,41273.63/cwt71.00–78.001,04028
Dairy SteersChoice1,39388.59/cwt87.00–89.501,23467
SteersChoice1,444100.44/cwt97.25–101.751,45057
SteersSelect1,42585.87/cwt81.50–88.001,2246
SteersSelect and Choice1,42194.26/cwt90.00–96.751,33948
Dairy SteersChoiceValue Added1,44490.16/cwt90.00–93.001,30221
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,09879.50/cwt79.50–79.508732
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,16080.00/cwt80.00–80.009282
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,23471.32/cwt67.00–78.0088012

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.