Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2024-08-22

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Aug 22
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
405 head
78 vs last sale 327 128 vs year ago 533 · 24.0%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough Choice slaughter steers last week for comparison. Too limited a test for Choice slaughter heifers this week. The sale consisted of mostly smaller strings today. Light crowd in the stands but demand was still good. CME live cattle futures back in the positive today, after declining for several weeks.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,445183.752,6552thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,397178.452,4939thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,678178.752,9992thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,453163.732,37912
HeifersChoiceAverage1,372185.922,55132
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,274182.242,32277
SteersChoiceAverage1,445184.432,665171
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,433177.682,54739

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
SteersChoiceNatural1,665187.00/cwt187.00–187.003,1141
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,642185.94/cwt185.00–188.503,0536
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,586176.50/cwt176.50–176.502,7998
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,527189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,8863
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,744176.71/cwt174.00–179.003,0824
SteersChoice1,527185.63/cwt183.00–186.502,8358
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,445183.75/cwt183.75–183.752,6552
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,397178.45/cwt176.00–181.002,4939
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,453163.73/cwt159.00–171.002,37912
Dairy SteersChoice1,678178.75/cwt178.75–178.752,9992
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,405189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,6551
SteersSelect and Choice1,342178.17/cwt175.50–180.502,39127
SteersChoice1,430184.17/cwt182.00–186.252,634152
HeifersChoice1,384184.63/cwt182.75–187.002,55517
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,260183.26/cwt179.50–184.252,30948
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,359187.39/cwt184.50–189.752,54715
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,285183.41/cwt183.00–183.502,35711
HeifersSelect and Choice1,306178.80/cwt175.00–181.002,33518

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.