Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-06-23

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 23
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
365 head
182 vs last sale 547 365 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers were 3.9 higher, choice slaughter heifers .6 higher. Choice slaughter dairy steers and heifers 10 higher. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,466134.501,9724thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,275119.001,5171thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,514134.682,03943
HeifersChoiceAverage1,281142.891,831121
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,264128.671,62610
HeifersSelectAverage1,422112.251,5977thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,456145.902,124163
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,561131.962,06011

Every lot, as filed

14 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
HeifersChoice1,283142.93/cwt135.00–146.501,834119
HeifersSelect and Choice1,375128.24/cwt124.00–133.001,7637
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,005129.68/cwt122.00–134.001,3033
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,482111.37/cwt111.00–113.001,6516
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,178140.63/cwt139.25–142.001,6572
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,065117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,2511
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,100126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3861
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,218140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7056
Dairy HeifersChoice1,466134.50/cwt129.00–137.001,9724
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,275119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5171
Dairy SteersChoice1,537135.02/cwt128.00–138.002,07539
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,289131.41/cwt124.00–134.001,6944
SteersChoice1,465146.13/cwt139.00–159.252,141157
SteersSelect and Choice1,607132.56/cwt128.00–136.502,13010

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.