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 Sep 17, 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
HeifersChoice—1,296141.32/cwt137.00–144.501,83244
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,075119.70/cwt119.00–121.001,2873
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,077130.80/cwt128.00–135.001,40912
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,339132.19/cwt127.00–135.001,77032
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight—1,61099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,5941
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,146139.90/cwt137.00–143.001,60317
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,331128.55/cwt127.00–130.001,71121
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,176116.91/cwt112.00–122.001,37513
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,208121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,46816
Dairy SteersChoice—1,586137.03/cwt134.50–143.002,17371
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,254124.49/cwt115.00–129.001,56111
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,473129.65/cwt128.00–132.001,9107
SteersChoice—1,443143.93/cwt139.00–148.002,077138
SteersSelect—1,330125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6634
SteersSelect and Choice—1,336137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,83016
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,253115.76/cwt110.00–122.001,4504
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,239132.07/cwt129.00–135.001,6369
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,239142.16/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.