Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2023-07-20

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 20
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
484 head
85 vs last sale 569 211 vs year ago 273 · +77.3%
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 steady. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 lower. Dairy steers were 1.00 higher. Limited numbers on 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,421154.992,2024thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,513142.262,1523thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,294126.391,63512
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,593158.112,51943
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,618148.922,4109thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,270180.832,297129
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,465173.102,53635
HeifersSelectAverage1,485163.632,4307thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,526182.272,782125
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,419176.042,499102
SteersSelectAverage1,541162.132,4986thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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
SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,154180.50/cwt180.50–180.502,0836
SteersSelect and Choice1,428176.06/cwt172.00–179.502,51498
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,618148.92/cwt144.00–150.002,4109
Dairy SteersChoice1,593158.11/cwt152.00–177.002,51943
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,393156.32/cwt151.00–167.002,1783
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,513142.26/cwt141.00–145.002,1523
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,294126.39/cwt124.00–132.001,63512
Dairy HeifersChoice1,505151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,2731
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,209175.43/cwt170.50–178.002,1214
SteersSelect1,541162.13/cwt161.00–164.002,4986
SteersChoice1,545182.36/cwt180.00–190.002,817119
HeifersSelect and Choice1,465173.10/cwt170.00–175.002,53635
HeifersSelect1,485163.63/cwt160.00–167.502,4307
HeifersChoice1,270180.83/cwt176.00–182.752,297129

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.