Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-05-05

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, May 5
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
488 head
57 vs last sale 545 182 vs year ago 306 · +59.5%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 2.7 lower, choice slaughter heifers 1.3 lower. Demand good. Active trade.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,565114.181,78715
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,15593.221,0776thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,626120.631,96133
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,469112.321,65051
HeifersChoiceAverage1,377143.641,978156
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,291125.711,6237thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,330112.091,49013
SteersChoiceAverage1,518146.002,216190
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,520127.221,93312
SteersSelectAverage1,300111.781,4533thin

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
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,905129.48/cwt128.00–134.002,4674
SteersSelect and Choice1,573128.96/cwt121.00–134.002,0299
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,359121.99/cwt120.00–126.001,6583
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,279142.95/cwt139.00–143.751,8288
SteersSelectReturn to Feed980110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0781
SteersSelect1,460112.67/cwt110.00–115.001,6452
SteersChoice1,520146.51/cwt137.00–152.502,227178
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,469112.32/cwt112.00–115.001,65051
Dairy SteersChoice1,626120.63/cwt117.50–127.001,96133
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,15593.22/cwt87.00–99.001,0776
Dairy HeifersChoice1,565114.18/cwt110.00–114.751,78715
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,101137.66/cwt134.00–146.001,51623
HeifersSelect and Choice1,477124.41/cwt122.00–126.001,8383
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,151126.68/cwt122.00–128.001,4584
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,092111.98/cwt108.00–118.001,2235
HeifersSelect1,478112.16/cwt110.00–116.001,6588
HeifersChoice1,425144.67/cwt135.00–149.752,062133

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.