Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-08-19

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 19
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
420 head
153 vs last sale 573 10 vs year ago 410 · +2.4%
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 5.00 higher, choice heifers 3.5 higher. Dairy steers .50 higher. Demand was 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
BullsHigh1,77488.231,56541
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,284105.951,36120
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,485111.141,65166
HeifersChoiceAverage1,309124.311,628115
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,532102.421,5693thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,10385.429422thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,468125.981,850132
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,448114.801,6628thin

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
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,350107.71/cwt107.00–109.501,45431
Dairy SteersChoice1,605114.18/cwt112.00–117.501,83335
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,308108.94/cwt108.00–109.001,42516
Dairy HeifersChoice1,18994.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1184
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,263122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,5416
SteersSelect and Choice1,474115.77/cwt115.00–119.001,7067
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,265108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,3661
SteersChoice1,478126.17/cwt121.50–136.001,865126
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,237125.62/cwt118.00–129.501,55447
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,655115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9031
HeifersSelect and Choice1,532102.42/cwt101.00–105.501,5693
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,10385.42/cwt84.00–87.009422
HeifersChoice1,355123.53/cwt116.00–129.001,67467
Bulls1,82794.05/cwt89.00–101.001,71823
Bulls1,70780.79/cwt70.00–86.001,37918

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.