Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-09-15

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 15
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
644 head
369 vs last sale 275 237 vs year ago 407 · +58.2%
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 1.3 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 2.3 lower. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,430129.261,84811
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,464128.421,880111
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,502120.171,8047thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,373141.871,94779
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,320136.261,79865
HeifersSelectAverage1,213124.331,50873
SteersChoiceAverage1,483142.842,118147
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,389135.511,883101
SteersSelectAverage1,319124.111,63831

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
HeifersChoice1,382141.79/cwt140.00–146.751,96074
HeifersSelect1,482127.32/cwt121.00–129.001,8878
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,236143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,7675
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,180123.96/cwt121.00–129.251,46365
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,214137.06/cwt134.00–139.501,66430
HeifersSelect and Choice1,410135.58/cwt131.00–139.001,91235
Dairy HeifersChoice1,571131.50/cwt131.50–131.502,0664
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,349127.98/cwt125.00–128.501,7267
Dairy SteersChoice1,549129.25/cwt126.00–133.002,00263
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,283117.20/cwt114.00–120.001,5042
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,589121.36/cwt121.00–122.001,9285
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,352127.33/cwt126.50–139.751,72248
SteersChoice1,509142.57/cwt140.00–149.002,151137
SteersSelect1,328124.01/cwt117.00–128.751,64728
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,240125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5503
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,231132.85/cwt131.00–139.001,63514
SteersSelect and Choice1,415135.94/cwt131.00–139.501,92487
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,122146.54/cwt145.50–156.001,64410

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.