Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2024-10-24

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 24
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
426 head
79 vs last sale 347 79 vs year ago 505 · 15.6%
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 1.00 higher, with steers over 1500 lbs bringing 2.00-4.00 higher with light numbers last week. No implant steers brought a premium. Choice slaughter heifers 2.00-5.00 higher. Not enough dairy steers last week for comparison. Load lot of both steers and heifers, along with many smaller strings in the offering today. Demand good.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,324186.502,4696thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,554184.462,86722
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,493175.002,6132thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,633167.832,74135
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,376160.422,20710
HeifersChoiceAverage1,388186.802,592119
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,315185.592,44055
SteersChoiceAverage1,505187.242,819127
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,316177.252,3328thin

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
Dairy SteersChoice1,633167.83/cwt164.50–170.002,74135
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,554184.46/cwt182.00–185.852,86722
SteersChoice1,427184.80/cwt183.00–187.502,63736
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,449188.27/cwt187.50–189.002,72816
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,493175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,6132
SteersSelect and Choice1,417180.97/cwt179.00–182.002,5644
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,376160.42/cwt160.00–162.002,20710
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,214173.52/cwt171.50–179.002,1074
HeifersChoice1,386186.57/cwt185.00–191.502,586108
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,324186.50/cwt186.50–186.502,4696
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,368188.60/cwt185.50–190.002,5809
HeifersChoiceNatural1,563191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,9852
HeifersSelect and Choice1,349183.85/cwt182.00–184.502,4808
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,628185.25/cwt185.25–185.253,0163
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,287185.93/cwt184.00–186.252,39344
SteersChoice1,528188.05/cwt184.50–188.852,87357
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,649188.24/cwt185.75–191.253,10414
SteersChoiceNatural1,614190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,0674

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.