Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-08-25

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 25
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
557 head
80 vs last sale 477 142 vs year ago 415 · +34.2%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were 1.25 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,389118.711,6497thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,278108.551,3874thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,475130.491,92495
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,423119.471,7007thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,324142.381,88536
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,251137.131,71558
HeifersSelectAverage1,329117.861,56622
SteersChoiceAverage1,460145.162,119138
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,366136.981,871159
SteersSelectAverage1,304127.041,6568thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
HeifersChoice1,343142.28/cwt139.00–146.001,91131
HeifersSelect1,317115.21/cwt112.50–119.001,5178
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,133122.20/cwt117.50–128.001,3858
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,201137.65/cwt136.75–138.501,65340
HeifersSelect and Choice1,362135.96/cwt132.00–138.001,85218
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,606115.59/cwt111.00–120.001,8566
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,383120.22/cwt118.00–121.001,6636
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,147133.84/cwt132.00–136.001,53512
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,442129.60/cwt129.00–135.001,86977
Dairy HeifersChoice1,487117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,7403
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,278108.55/cwt108.00–109.001,3874
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,316120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5794
Dairy SteersChoice1,615134.29/cwt133.50–137.002,16918
SteersSelect and Choice1,384137.24/cwt131.00–141.001,899147
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,660115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9091
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,204143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,7225
SteersChoice1,460145.16/cwt142.50–151.002,119138
SteersSelect1,335127.33/cwt125.00–128.501,7007
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,085125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3561

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.