Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-08-26

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 26
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
415 head
5 vs last sale 420 105 vs year ago 310 · +33.9%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice steers were 4.25 lower, choice heifers 1.25 lower. Dairy steers 2.00 lower. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,332109.801,46368
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26893.001,17914
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,41085.001,1994thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,392110.211,53437
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,43485.151,2215thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,354121.521,64689
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,312107.461,41023
HeifersSelectAverage1,22396.441,1792thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,422121.891,733145
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,319108.181,42718

Every lot, as filed

17 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
HeifersChoice1,394122.17/cwt120.00–126.001,70368
HeifersSelect and Choice1,288110.86/cwt109.00–114.001,4287
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,22396.44/cwt95.00–98.001,1792
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,250105.88/cwt101.00–109.001,32412
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,542106.24/cwt106.00–107.001,6384
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,225119.43/cwt115.00–124.001,46321
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,248106.14/cwt102.00–108.501,32524
Dairy SteersChoice1,476112.10/cwt111.50–117.001,65518
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,43485.15/cwt82.00–98.001,2215
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,312108.41/cwt105.00–115.751,42219
SteersChoice1,453121.81/cwt116.00–125.001,770120
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,272122.27/cwt118.00–125.001,55525
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,259107.42/cwt105.00–114.001,35212
SteersSelect and Choice1,439109.70/cwt104.00–113.001,5796
Dairy HeifersChoice1,378111.80/cwt111.00–116.001,54144
Dairy HeifersSelect1,41085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1994
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,26893.00/cwt93.00–93.001,17914

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.