Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-08-11

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 11
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
477 head
61 vs last sale 416 477 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 steady. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00 higher. Dairy steers 1.25 higher, dairy heifers steady. Demand good. Trade 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,331128.551,71121
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,194119.441,42629
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,586137.032,17371
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,339126.501,69418
HeifersChoiceAverage1,254140.921,76761
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,268131.811,67144
HeifersSelectAverage1,209114.531,3844thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,413143.672,030162
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,301135.231,75925
SteersSelectAverage1,292120.381,5558thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
HeifersChoice1,296141.32/cwt137.00–144.501,83244
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,075119.70/cwt119.00–121.001,2873
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,077130.80/cwt128.00–135.001,40912
HeifersSelect and Choice1,339132.19/cwt127.00–135.001,77032
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,61099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,5941
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,146139.90/cwt137.00–143.001,60317
Dairy HeifersChoice1,331128.55/cwt127.00–130.001,71121
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,176116.91/cwt112.00–122.001,37513
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,208121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,46816
Dairy SteersChoice1,586137.03/cwt134.50–143.002,17371
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,254124.49/cwt115.00–129.001,56111
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,473129.65/cwt128.00–132.001,9107
SteersChoice1,443143.93/cwt139.00–148.002,077138
SteersSelect1,330125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6634
SteersSelect and Choice1,336137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,83016
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,253115.76/cwt110.00–122.001,4504
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,239132.07/cwt129.00–135.001,6369
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,239142.16/cwt138.00–143.501,76124

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.