Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-04-21

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Apr 21
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
545 head
223 vs last sale 322 18 vs year ago 527 · +3.4%
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 6.00 higher, choice slaughter heifers 2.80 higher. Choice slaughter dairy steers were .50 lower, choice slaughter dairy heifers 7.30 higher. Demand good on the quality cattle today. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,334112.531,50222
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,641131.582,15930
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,481116.751,72974
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,398104.501,4619thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,347145.941,967169
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,317133.961,76513
HeifersSelectAverage1,427118.571,6923thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,490148.772,217149
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,368132.601,81539
SteersSelectAverage1,030104.981,0816thin

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
HeifersChoice1,404145.98/cwt140.00–152.502,050119
HeifersSelect1,427118.57/cwt115.00–121.001,6923
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,128135.75/cwt135.00–137.001,5315
HeifersSelect and Choice1,388135.12/cwt131.00–136.001,8756
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,578126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,9882
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,213145.84/cwt141.50–150.001,76950
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,139113.19/cwt112.00–124.501,28912
Dairy SteersChoice1,641131.58/cwt123.00–140.002,15930
Dairy SteersSelect1,535101.47/cwt101.00–103.001,5584
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,288106.92/cwt105.00–108.001,3775
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,394116.17/cwt110.50–120.001,61936
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,564117.29/cwt114.00–119.501,83438
SteersChoice1,537149.23/cwt144.00–154.002,294125
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,030104.98/cwt100.00–115.001,0816
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,236130.40/cwt122.50–135.501,61218
SteersSelect and Choice1,482134.48/cwt130.00–140.001,99321
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,248146.36/cwt140.00–148.751,82724
Dairy HeifersChoice1,569111.73/cwt110.00–122.001,75310

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.