Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2023-07-13

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 13
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
569 head
198 vs last sale 371 165 vs year ago 404 · +40.8%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison today, due to sale last week was not reported. Several load lots today. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,506148.002,2298thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,318131.301,73025
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,600155.792,49219
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,369145.991,999120
HeifersChoiceAverage1,312181.652,38478
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,255173.222,17338
HeifersSelectAverage1,371156.492,14521
SteersChoiceAverage1,485182.732,714182
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,352175.482,37246
SteersSelectAverage1,308157.402,0599thin

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
Dairy SteersChoice1,674157.33/cwt153.00–158.752,63415
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,527132.95/cwt131.00–134.002,03011
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,153130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,49914
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,204180.02/cwt178.00–181.002,16721
HeifersSelect and Choice1,391172.98/cwt165.00–175.502,40618
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,132173.44/cwt167.00–176.001,96320
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,165154.73/cwt152.00–160.001,8034
HeifersSelect1,419156.90/cwt150.00–163.002,22617
HeifersChoice1,352182.25/cwt178.50–185.502,46457
Dairy HeifersChoice1,506148.00/cwt147.00–156.002,2298
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,176183.11/cwt180.00–187.002,15311
SteersSelect and Choice1,366175.36/cwt169.50–178.002,39542
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,202176.74/cwt171.00–178.502,1244
SteersSelect1,308157.40/cwt154.00–161.002,0599
SteersChoice1,505182.71/cwt179.00–187.502,750171
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,515142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,1511
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,368146.02/cwt146.00–146.501,998119
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,321150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9824

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.