Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-10-14

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 14
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
476 head
126 vs last sale 350 157 vs year ago 319 · +49.2%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers were .70 lower, choice slaughter heifers 3.00 lower. Dairy steers were steady. Demand was good for the heavy offerings. Trading active.

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 HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30592.521,20742
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,34479.541,06913
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,472108.671,59934
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,402100.771,41337
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,42691.161,30017
HeifersChoiceAverage1,324118.251,565139
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,230103.131,26821
SteersChoiceAverage1,489120.561,795133
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,369108.241,48232

Every lot, as filed

18 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
HeifersChoice1,364118.57/cwt113.00–124.251,617112
HeifersSelect and Choice1,457103.82/cwt99.00–105.001,5135
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,159102.91/cwt100.00–109.001,19316
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,157116.93/cwt115.00–123.001,35327
SteersChoice1,506120.74/cwt113.00–125.251,818126
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,270108.09/cwt101.00–110.001,37317
Dairy SteersChoice1,640112.86/cwt112.00–113.501,8519
Dairy SteersSelect1,47793.61/cwt91.00–95.001,3836
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,39889.83/cwt88.00–90.001,25611
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,381100.68/cwt99.00–101.001,39024
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,442100.93/cwt100.00–104.001,45513
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,411107.16/cwt106.00–112.001,51225
SteersSelect and Choice1,482108.41/cwt107.00–110.001,60715
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,188117.29/cwt114.00–118.501,3937
Dairy HeifersSelect1,43977.92/cwt75.00–81.001,1218
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,19382.12/cwt79.00–84.009805
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,12394.39/cwt90.00–101.001,06023
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,52590.26/cwt87.00–96.001,37619

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.