Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2023-06-29

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 29
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
371 head
41 vs last sale 330 75 vs year ago 296 · +25.3%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, choice slaughter steers were steady. Limited numbers on heifers today. Dairy steers were 2.00 lower. Limited numbers of dairy heifers. 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 HeifersSelectAverage1,458125.001,8232thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,552160.532,49145
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,370148.202,03027
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,504141.172,12316
HeifersChoiceAverage1,223178.552,18415
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,121161.951,8154thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,430144.952,07230
SteersChoiceAverage1,460182.022,657149
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,360171.952,33931
SteersSelectAverage1,401158.232,21733

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
HeifersChoice1,340179.24/cwt177.00–181.002,4027
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,130146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6501
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,121161.95/cwt161.00–164.001,8154
HeifersSelect1,418145.71/cwt138.00–152.002,06626
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight1,630138.00/cwt136.00–139.002,2493
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,121177.95/cwt176.00–179.001,9958
Dairy HeifersSelect1,458125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,8232
Dairy SteersChoice1,552160.53/cwt159.00–165.002,49145
Dairy SteersSelect1,519141.35/cwt138.50–143.002,14715
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,275138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,7661
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,343146.91/cwt145.00–150.001,97320
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,446151.87/cwt151.00–153.002,1967
SteersChoice1,474182.17/cwt177.00–187.502,685142
SteersSelect1,442157.30/cwt154.00–161.002,26829
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,103165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8204
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,185173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,0501
SteersSelect and Choice1,366171.91/cwt170.00–175.002,34830
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,169179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,0937

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.