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 Sep 17, 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
HeifersChoice—1,340179.24/cwt177.00–181.002,4027
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,130146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6501
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,121161.95/cwt161.00–164.001,8154
HeifersSelect—1,418145.71/cwt138.00–152.002,06626
HeifersSelectHeavy Weight—1,630138.00/cwt136.00–139.002,2493
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,121177.95/cwt176.00–179.001,9958
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,458125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,8232
Dairy SteersChoice—1,552160.53/cwt159.00–165.002,49145
Dairy SteersSelect—1,519141.35/cwt138.50–143.002,14715
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,275138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,7661
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,343146.91/cwt145.00–150.001,97320
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,446151.87/cwt151.00–153.002,1967
SteersChoice—1,474182.17/cwt177.00–187.502,685142
SteersSelect—1,442157.30/cwt154.00–161.002,26829
SteersSelectReturn to Feed—1,103165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8204
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,185173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,0501
SteersSelect and Choice—1,366171.91/cwt170.00–175.002,34830
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,169179.00/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.