Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2023-03-30

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Mar 30
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
478 head
291 vs last sale 187 478 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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 6.5 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 4.25 higher. Dairy steers were 3.75 lower. Not enough dairy heifers for comparison. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,680135.002,2682thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,072122.561,3139thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,645139.242,29161
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,360118.501,6122thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,391171.222,382100
HeifersSelectAverage1,231134.401,6555thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,540173.622,674190
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,219159.521,94551
SteersSelectAverage1,105135.641,49920

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
HeifersChoice1,400172.86/cwt163.00–176.002,42086
HeifersSelect1,128135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5234
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,631156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,5445
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,645132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,1711
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,172164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,9229
SteersChoice1,540173.62/cwt166.00–176.502,674190
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,360118.50/cwt115.00–122.001,6122
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,384135.69/cwt134.00–138.001,87812
SteersSelect1,280137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,7542
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,086135.49/cwt125.00–137.501,47118
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,176159.68/cwt157.00–163.001,87842
SteersSelect and Choice1,421158.76/cwt152.00–162.002,2569
Dairy HeifersChoice1,680135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,2682
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,005123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2368
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,605119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,9101
Dairy SteersChoice1,709140.11/cwt138.00–148.002,39449

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.