Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-07-07

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 7
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
415 head
119 vs last sale 296 19 vs year ago 434 · 4.4%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday choice slaughter steers and heifers were steady. Dairy steers were 2.3 lower. Several load lots of quality cattle. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,314119.711,57341
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,123109.451,22915
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,437125.571,80445
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,203105.151,2657thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,304142.831,86292
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,283124.271,59411
HeifersSelectAverage1,126112.111,26318
SteersChoiceAverage1,457143.892,097174
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,344136.141,8308thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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
HeifersChoice1,300143.01/cwt135.00–145.001,85991
HeifersSelect1,243116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4424
HeifersSelect and Choice1,214125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5189
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,640126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,0661
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,593121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,9282
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,093111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,21314
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,123109.45/cwt108.00–112.001,22915
Dairy SteersChoice1,437125.57/cwt120.00–131.001,80445
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,203105.15/cwt105.00–106.001,2657
SteersChoice1,466144.05/cwt139.50–147.252,112169
SteersSelect and Choice1,344136.14/cwt136.00–136.501,8308
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,158138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,6045
Dairy HeifersChoice1,314119.71/cwt119.00–122.001,57341

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.