Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-07-21

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 21
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
273 head
131 vs last sale 404 47 vs year ago 320 · 14.7%
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 2.00 lower. Limited numbers on heifers today. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,478131.681,9469thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,307108.211,41410
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,499131.351,96935
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,420120.061,70513
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,19899.611,1932thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,245136.901,70450
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,427129.281,8455thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,364114.761,5666thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,477141.082,08487
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,347134.331,81043
SteersSelectAverage1,208119.501,4432thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 SteersChoice1,499131.35/cwt129.00–133.001,96935
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,307108.21/cwt108.00–109.001,41410
Dairy HeifersChoice1,478131.68/cwt128.00–133.001,9469
SteersSelect and Choice1,391134.13/cwt128.00–137.001,86633
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,202135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,62310
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,025120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2301
SteersSelect1,390119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,6541
SteersChoice1,477141.08/cwt138.00–146.002,08487
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,420120.06/cwt119.00–122.001,70513
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,19899.61/cwt95.00–105.001,1932
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,157135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,56222
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,490110.84/cwt110.00–112.501,6523
HeifersSelect and Choice1,427129.28/cwt125.00–133.001,8455
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed930120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1161
HeifersSelect1,393118.03/cwt116.00–120.001,6442
HeifersChoice1,314138.39/cwt135.00–140.001,81828

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.