Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-09-29

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 29
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
299 head
345 vs last sale 644 76 vs year ago 375 · 20.3%
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 steady, dairy steers 1.4 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 1.2 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,475123.001,8141thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,39895.001,3282thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,563127.751,99768
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,274102.131,30115
HeifersChoiceAverage1,352143.001,93377
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,249133.601,66924
HeifersSelectAverage1,215117.901,4328thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,485142.642,11860
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,444133.761,93221
SteersSelectAverage1,300124.621,62014

Every lot, as filed

17 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 HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,39895.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3282
Dairy HeifersChoice1,475123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,8141
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,245139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7311
SteersSelect and Choice1,496133.97/cwt131.00–137.002,00418
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,135132.50/cwt130.00–135.001,5043
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,113124.40/cwt121.00–125.501,3854
SteersSelect1,375124.71/cwt117.00–128.001,71510
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,365124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,6931
Dairy SteersSelect1,620102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,6611
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,249102.10/cwt98.00–104.001,27514
Dairy SteersChoice1,566127.81/cwt124.00–131.002,00267
SteersChoice1,489142.70/cwt139.00–146.502,12559
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,045119.14/cwt111.00–123.001,2454
HeifersSelect and Choice1,454131.74/cwt131.00–132.001,9157
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,165134.36/cwt130.50–137.001,56517
HeifersSelect1,385116.66/cwt112.50–119.001,6164
HeifersChoice1,352143.00/cwt140.00–146.501,93377

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.