Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-07-22

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 22
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
320 head
114 vs last sale 434 78 vs year ago 398 · 19.6%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago choice steers were 6.00 lower, choice heifers 2.3 lower. Dairy steers were 1.00 lower, not enough dairy heifers for comparison. Demand good for the moderate offerings 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,320113.381,4968thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,14696.321,1048thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,15075.378679thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,474110.451,62795
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,23591.591,1315thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,36473.471,0024thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,255118.241,48451
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,331103.771,3819thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,58081.731,2917thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,393117.581,637111
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,335107.931,4413thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersChoice1,322120.27/cwt117.00–122.001,59023
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,56094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4661
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,290115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,4905
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,189116.93/cwt112.00–120.601,39027
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,11674.67/cwt70.00–83.008338
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,315106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,3941
SteersChoice1,427118.20/cwt113.50–123.501,68786
Dairy SteersChoice1,571114.56/cwt112.00–117.001,80032
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,510107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,6161
Dairy HeifersChoice1,369109.84/cwt107.00–115.501,5043
SteersSelect and Choice1,345108.90/cwt107.00–111.001,4652
HeifersSelect and Choice1,374104.42/cwt98.00–106.001,4355
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,274115.43/cwt113.00–117.001,47125
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,424108.36/cwt105.00–113.001,54363
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,184105.93/cwt102.00–108.001,2543
Dairy HeifersSelect1,42081.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1501
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,14696.32/cwt89.00–101.001,1048
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,23591.59/cwt91.00–94.001,1315
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,36473.47/cwt68.00–75.001,0024
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,58081.73/cwt81.00–86.001,2917

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.