Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-07-08

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 8
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
434 head
49 vs last sale 385 16 vs year ago 450 · 3.6%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today as the last reported sale was three weeks ago. Comparison is not applicable. Upward trend in both choice steers and choice heifers. Dairy cattle was sharply higher. Demand was good on a heavy 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,418116.471,6526thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,423105.751,5057thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,508115.551,74273
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,443106.191,53227
HeifersChoiceAverage1,270121.431,54293
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,290106.691,37610
SteersChoiceAverage1,439125.911,812187
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,602114.731,8388thin
SteersSelectAverage1,22797.991,20213

Every lot, as filed

16 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
SteersSelectReturn to Feed98296.16/cwt92.50–97.509446
HeifersSelect and Choice1,239107.77/cwt103.00–110.001,3359
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,456106.12/cwt104.00–109.501,54526
SteersSelect and Choice1,602114.73/cwt114.00–116.001,8388
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,464107.37/cwt106.00–108.001,5726
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,74597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,6931
SteersChoiceNatural1,502131.65/cwt122.00–133.001,97737
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,179111.64/cwt107.00–116.001,3164
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,18096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1331
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,105108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1931
SteersSelect1,43799.56/cwt92.00–104.001,4317
HeifersChoice1,257122.59/cwt114.00–126.001,54184
SteersChoice1,424124.50/cwt118.00–134.001,773150
Dairy SteersChoice1,508115.55/cwt111.00–119.501,74273
Dairy HeifersChoice1,418116.47/cwt115.00–118.001,6526
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,559109.72/cwt104.00–112.001,7115

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.