Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-10-13

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 13
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
283 head
101 vs last sale 384 193 vs year ago 476 · 40.5%
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 .9 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 2.25 lower. Dairy steers with limited numbers 5.5 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,529117.351,7946thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,208105.191,2713thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,534123.581,89626
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,622119.211,93413
HeifersChoiceAverage1,294139.541,80668
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,258131.611,65534
HeifersSelectAverage1,388120.381,6716thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,523141.362,15398
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,416131.111,85720

Every lot, as filed

13 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 HeifersChoice1,529117.35/cwt116.00–118.001,7946
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,273137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,7443
SteersSelect and Choice1,434131.12/cwt125.00–134.001,88018
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,255131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,6442
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,622119.21/cwt118.00–120.001,93413
Dairy SteersChoice1,534123.58/cwt123.00–127.001,89626
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,208105.19/cwt95.00–110.001,2713
SteersChoice1,531141.50/cwt136.00–144.002,16695
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,143132.24/cwt126.00–135.501,51214
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,200137.65/cwt137.00–138.001,65234
HeifersSelect and Choice1,338131.17/cwt126.00–134.001,75520
HeifersSelect1,388120.38/cwt118.00–121.001,6716
HeifersChoice1,388141.42/cwt139.00–143.001,96334

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.