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 Sep 17, 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 Prgms—1,607188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,0218
SteersChoiceNatural—1,535189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,90112
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight—1,639181.76/cwt181.50–183.002,97917
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,703187.07/cwt184.00–189.753,18641
SteersChoice—1,572186.17/cwt183.50–188.002,92722
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,588187.75/cwt187.75–187.752,9814
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,523164.38/cwt163.75–165.502,50410
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,405177.79/cwt175.00–182.502,49824
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,308164.25/cwt160.00–165.502,1488
HeifersChoice—1,349182.13/cwt180.00–185.752,45778
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,418185.50/cwt185.50–185.502,6302
SteersSelect and Choice—1,388180.07/cwt179.00–180.752,49915
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,313181.59/cwt180.00–184.002,38418
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,298162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,10311
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,603156.45/cwt152.50–161.002,50851
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,524179.43/cwt176.00–182.502,73514
Dairy SteersChoice—1,612164.28/cwt162.50–166.752,64810
SteersChoice—1,430184.98/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.