Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-06-30

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 30
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
296 head
69 vs last sale 365 79 vs year ago 375 · 21.1%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday choice slaughter steers were 1.2 lower, choice slaughter heifers steady. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,410133.501,8821thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,408119.001,67613
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,268110.291,39820
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,483127.951,89858
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,299117.501,5264thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273142.181,81036
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,234123.911,52923
HeifersSelectAverage1,147113.571,30328
SteersChoiceAverage1,458144.702,11061
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,348133.371,79822
SteersSelectAverage1,333121.811,6245thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
HeifersChoice1,314142.84/cwt138.00–145.751,87729
HeifersSelect1,242115.50/cwt111.00–117.001,43513
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,065111.89/cwt108.00–114.001,19215
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,058124.38/cwt120.00–126.501,3163
HeifersSelect and Choice1,260123.84/cwt119.00–132.501,56020
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,105139.44/cwt137.50–139.751,5417
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,273116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4773
SteersSelect and Choice1,446133.49/cwt127.00–136.001,93014
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,268130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6482
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,336120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,6104
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,268110.29/cwt108.00–111.001,39820
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,440118.34/cwt118.00–119.501,7049
Dairy SteersChoice1,491127.88/cwt125.00–132.001,90756
Dairy HeifersChoice1,410133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,8821
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,375122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,6781
SteersChoice1,467144.89/cwt139.00–148.502,12659
SteersSelect1,333121.81/cwt119.00–125.001,6245
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,195139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,6612
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,176133.15/cwt129.00–137.001,5668

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.