Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2024-07-11

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 11
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
541 head
187 vs last sale 354 28 vs year ago 569 · 4.9%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Upward trend noted. No implant steers topped the sale at 204! The sale consisted of mostly smaller packages, including a good offering of dairy cattle today. Good demand throughout the sale.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,702193.363,2915thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,273182.752,3264thin
BullsAverage1,673155.002,5932thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,270164.002,0832thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,648176.542,90916
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,524166.822,54247
HeifersChoiceAverage1,377196.392,70540
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,294191.072,47377
SteersChoiceAverage1,450198.832,883100
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,396194.172,71082

Every lot, as filed

20 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 Prgms1,528204.00/cwt204.00–204.003,1175
SteersChoice1,540195.00/cwt193.00–197.503,00310
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,668187.00/cwt187.00–187.003,1193
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,223190.33/cwt186.00–193.752,32836
HeifersSelect and Choice1,325192.10/cwt190.75–194.002,54536
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,270164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,0832
HeifersChoice1,362196.58/cwt194.50–200.002,67737
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,407199.09/cwt198.00–200.002,8019
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,458192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,7992
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,568194.00/cwt194.00–194.003,0423
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,650191.75/cwt191.75–191.753,1643
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,739195.18/cwt193.00–198.003,39412
SteersChoice1,382199.68/cwt198.00–202.002,76064
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,273182.75/cwt182.75–182.752,3264
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,306193.87/cwt192.50–194.502,53228
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,524166.82/cwt164.00–170.002,54247
SteersSelect and Choice1,430194.48/cwt192.00–196.002,78151
Dairy SteersChoice1,648176.54/cwt174.00–179.002,90916
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,702193.36/cwt191.00–195.003,2915
Bulls1,673155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,5932

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.