Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2021-11-04

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Nov 4
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
377 head
99 vs last sale 476 150 vs year ago 527 · 28.5%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Higher undertone on choice slaughter steers and heifers. Demand good. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,610112.001,8034thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21889.371,0892thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,584109.011,72717
HeifersChoiceAverage1,380126.151,741131
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,383108.221,4978thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,270100.001,2703thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,498128.411,924166
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,546114.441,77017
SteersSelectAverage1,32698.361,30414

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 SteersChoice1,584109.01/cwt107.00–112.001,72717
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,21889.37/cwt85.00–95.001,0892
Dairy HeifersChoice1,610112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,8034
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,23595.64/cwt94.50–100.001,1819
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,291122.49/cwt120.00–123.001,5816
SteersSelect and Choice1,567114.41/cwt113.50–116.001,79316
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,215115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3971
SteersSelect1,489103.26/cwt101.00–107.501,5385
SteersChoice1,506128.63/cwt122.00–132.501,937160
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,178100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1782
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,212125.04/cwt120.50–128.501,51523
HeifersSelect and Choice1,510109.90/cwt109.00–113.001,6594
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,256106.53/cwt104.00–113.001,3384
HeifersSelect1,455100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4551
HeifersChoice1,416126.39/cwt119.00–131.501,790108

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.