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 Sep 17, 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 Feed—1,154180.50/cwt180.50–180.502,0836
SteersSelect and Choice—1,428176.06/cwt172.00–179.502,51498
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,618148.92/cwt144.00–150.002,4109
Dairy SteersChoice—1,593158.11/cwt152.00–177.002,51943
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed—1,393156.32/cwt151.00–167.002,1783
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,513142.26/cwt141.00–145.002,1523
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed—1,294126.39/cwt124.00–132.001,63512
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,505151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,2731
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,209175.43/cwt170.50–178.002,1214
SteersSelect—1,541162.13/cwt161.00–164.002,4986
SteersChoice—1,545182.36/cwt180.00–190.002,817119
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,465173.10/cwt170.00–175.002,53635
HeifersSelect—1,485163.63/cwt160.00–167.502,4307
HeifersChoice—1,270180.83/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.