Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-01-14

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jan 14
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
450 head
185 vs last sale 635 102 vs year ago 348 · +29.3%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter steers and heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower, Holstein steers sold mostly 4.00 lower. Light demand for this offering of high quality grading, very attractive steers and heifers. Packer buyers much more reserved in their pursuit of fat cattle this week, two - way buyers stepped in and bought

market ready cattle that looked to be a value .

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,51087.371,31984
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,47383.771,23475
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,16772.9085153
HeifersChoiceAverage1,37998.071,35245
HeifersSelectAverage1,13793.901,06816
SteersSelectAverage1,129105.281,1899thin
SteersChoiceHigh1,51299.121,499127

Every lot, as filed

15 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
SteersChoice1,357102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,38410
SteersChoice1,68695.53/cwt91.00–97.001,61127
HeifersChoice1,46095.88/cwt95.00–100.001,40020
SteersChoice1,51197.67/cwt90.00–101.001,47641
HeifersChoice1,32199.16/cwt96.00–101.001,31020
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,47383.77/cwt81.00–85.501,23475
SteersChoice1,631102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,6729
SteersChoice1,453104.02/cwt102.00–105.001,51129
HeifersChoice1,285102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,3175
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,129105.28/cwt96.00–108.001,1899
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,12073.52/cwt64.00–79.5082342
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,13793.90/cwt90.50–96.001,06816
Dairy SteersSelect1,34570.54/cwt70.00–75.0094911
Dairy SteersChoice1,51087.37/cwt86.00–90.001,31984
SteersChoice1,28895.00/cwt90.00–100.001,22411

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.