Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2023-09-14

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 14
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
356 head
185 vs last sale 171 288 vs year ago 644 · 44.7%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week, choice slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher. Limited numbers on dairy cattle last week for comparison. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,488167.472,4924thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,203135.551,6312thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,559160.942,50988
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,485149.002,2132thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,362183.312,49649
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,301176.572,29719
HeifersSelectAverage1,381162.122,2399thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,513184.972,799159
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,443174.942,5246thin
SteersSelectAverage1,378160.272,2099thin

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
SteersSelect1,378160.27/cwt157.00–163.502,2099
SteersChoice1,513184.97/cwt180.50–186.752,799159
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,386157.43/cwt157.00–158.002,18212
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,485149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,2132
Dairy SteersChoice1,586161.49/cwt158.75–164.502,56176
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,203135.55/cwt135.00–136.001,6312
Dairy HeifersChoice1,488167.47/cwt160.00–170.002,4924
SteersSelect and Choice1,443174.94/cwt170.50–177.002,5246
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,110168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,8651
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,202184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,2125
HeifersSelect and Choice1,459176.06/cwt172.00–177.002,5699
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,159177.02/cwt176.00–178.002,05210
HeifersSelect1,415161.39/cwt153.00–168.002,2848
HeifersChoice1,380183.23/cwt180.00–187.252,52944

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.