Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-08-05

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 5
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
573 head
253 vs last sale 320 165 vs year ago 408 · +40.4%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago choice steers were 3.00 higher, choice heifers .50 higher. Dairy steers were 1.00 lower. Demand was good for the heavy 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,368109.021,49281
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,70198.681,6797thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,443111.781,613149
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,24595.051,1835thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,293120.311,55694
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,217107.311,30613
SteersChoiceAverage1,377120.531,660189
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,245104.971,3078thin
SteersSelectAverage1,36787.331,1943thin

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
SteersSelect1,42386.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2242
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,25590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1301
HeifersSelect and Choice1,455109.18/cwt106.00–112.001,5895
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,70198.68/cwt97.00–105.001,6797
SteersSelect and Choice1,313107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,4052
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,068106.14/cwt102.00–111.001,1348
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,392110.18/cwt105.00–114.001,53480
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,365108.85/cwt106.00–115.001,48678
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,24595.05/cwt91.00–101.001,1835
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,222104.29/cwt100.00–105.001,2746
HeifersChoice1,325120.08/cwt114.50–126.001,59163
SteersChoice1,451121.23/cwt115.00–126.001,759125
Dairy SteersChoice1,503113.64/cwt110.00–121.001,70869
Dairy HeifersChoice1,453113.45/cwt108.00–116.001,6483
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,228120.79/cwt114.00–124.001,48331
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,233119.17/cwt113.00–123.001,46964

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.