Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-07-14

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 14
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
404 head
11 vs last sale 415 404 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 the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were 1.00 lower, choice slaughter heifers steady. Choice dairy steers 2.75 higher. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,424129.711,8475thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,266116.141,4707thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,484128.131,90264
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,319115.001,5175thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,294143.321,85543
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,241136.331,69276
HeifersSelectAverage1,215121.081,4729thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,425142.952,037109
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,382134.831,86459
SteersSelectAverage1,416124.781,7677thin

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
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,249117.00/cwt113.00–119.001,4616
Dairy HeifersChoice1,424129.71/cwt125.00–133.001,8475
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,218140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,7115
SteersSelect and Choice1,415134.48/cwt129.50–137.501,90349
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,221136.55/cwt135.50–138.001,66710
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,195118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,4101
SteersSelect1,453125.91/cwt123.00–127.001,8296
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,330122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,6232
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,319115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5175
Dairy SteersChoice1,489128.33/cwt124.00–134.001,91162
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,365111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,5151
SteersChoice1,435143.07/cwt140.00–147.002,053104
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,127117.94/cwt113.00–121.001,3294
HeifersSelect and Choice1,366135.52/cwt130.00–138.001,85125
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,180136.73/cwt129.00–139.001,61351
HeifersSelect1,286123.60/cwt119.00–126.001,5895
HeifersChoice1,294143.32/cwt139.00–146.001,85543

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.