Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2024-08-01

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 1
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
275 head
96 vs last sale 371 240 vs year ago 515 · 46.6%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Choice slaughter steers 2.00-4.00 higher, with cattle over 1600 lbs remaining steady. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 1.00 higher, with light numbers last sale. Dairy steers 5.00 higher, with limited numbers in the previous sale. CME live cattle futures fell 2.00 today. Mostly smaller groups, along with a load lot of light heifers in the offering 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,633193.753,1638thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,310164.002,1486thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,671178.822,98827
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,533168.852,58927
HeifersChoiceAverage1,280195.712,50575
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,279190.632,43832
SteersChoiceAverage1,547198.083,06462
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,308190.302,4897thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
HeifersSelect and Choice1,344190.91/cwt188.50–193.002,56622
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,136190.02/cwt187.75–192.002,15910
HeifersChoice1,280195.71/cwt194.00–199.502,50575
SteersChoice1,445198.76/cwt197.00–200.002,87226
SteersChoice1,505196.75/cwt196.75–196.752,9615
SteersSelect and Choice1,308190.30/cwt190.00–191.002,4897
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,430196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,8033
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,625197.59/cwt196.50–198.003,21110
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,682198.09/cwt197.50–199.003,33218
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,310164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,1486
Dairy SteersChoice1,671178.82/cwt175.50–183.502,98827
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,404167.50/cwt167.50–167.502,35210
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,609169.65/cwt169.00–170.002,73017
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,629192.67/cwt192.50–193.003,1396
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,643197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,2372

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.