Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2024-05-09

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, May 9
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
468 head
60 vs last sale 528 115 vs year ago 353 · +32.6%
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 2.00 higher, with steers over 1600 lbs 3.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers mostly 1.00 lower today. Heavyweight steers and heifers bringing a premium. Dairy steers 2.00 higher. Limited numbers on dairy beef steers both week. Upward trend noted. Most of the sale consisted of smaller packages of both beef and dairy cattle today. Good demand.

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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,405177.792,49824
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,524179.432,73514
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,523164.382,50410
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,308164.252,1488thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,612164.282,64810
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,549157.432,43862
HeifersChoiceAverage1,361182.402,48282
SteersChoiceAverage1,568186.492,924123
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,446181.192,62150

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
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,607188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,0218
SteersChoiceNatural1,535189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,90112
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,639181.76/cwt181.50–183.002,97917
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,703187.07/cwt184.00–189.753,18641
SteersChoice1,572186.17/cwt183.50–188.002,92722
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,588187.75/cwt187.75–187.752,9814
Dairy HeifersChoice1,523164.38/cwt163.75–165.502,50410
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,405177.79/cwt175.00–182.502,49824
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,308164.25/cwt160.00–165.502,1488
HeifersChoice1,349182.13/cwt180.00–185.752,45778
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,418185.50/cwt185.50–185.502,6302
SteersSelect and Choice1,388180.07/cwt179.00–180.752,49915
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,313181.59/cwt180.00–184.002,38418
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,298162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,10311
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,603156.45/cwt152.50–161.002,50851
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,524179.43/cwt176.00–182.502,73514
Dairy SteersChoice1,612164.28/cwt162.50–166.752,64810
SteersChoice1,430184.98/cwt183.00–187.752,64538

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.