Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-09-08

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 8
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
275 head
282 vs last sale 557 275 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 two weeks ago. choice slaughter steers were 1.25 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.8 higher. Dairy steers 1.00 lower. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,225126.701,5522thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,219115.131,4033thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,04595.009931thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,490132.451,97469
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,337120.081,6058thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,251142.891,78722
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,186135.111,60224
HeifersSelectAverage1,346119.991,6159thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,457143.872,09666
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,348135.601,82863
SteersSelectAverage1,356128.731,7466thin

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 SteersChoice1,563133.25/cwt130.00–137.502,08338
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,225126.70/cwt124.00–129.001,5522
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,219115.13/cwt110.00–118.001,4033
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,04595.00/cwt95.00–95.009931
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,015141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4311
SteersSelect and Choice1,348135.60/cwt132.00–138.501,82863
SteersSelect1,356128.73/cwt128.50–130.001,7466
SteersChoice1,464143.91/cwt140.00–149.502,10765
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,401131.48/cwt129.00–132.501,84231
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,337120.08/cwt113.00–122.001,6058
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,115138.83/cwt138.50–139.001,5483
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,510133.00/cwt133.00–133.002,0081
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,034132.22/cwt127.00–136.001,3675
HeifersSelect and Choice1,226135.87/cwt132.00–137.001,66619
HeifersSelect1,346119.99/cwt111.00–123.001,6159
HeifersChoice1,259144.12/cwt139.00–148.001,81418

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.