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

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Nov 7
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
471 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 426▲ 83 vs year ago 388 · +21.4%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Sep 17, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago, choice slaughter steers were steady to 2.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers mostly 1.00 higher. Two load lots of steers and heifers, along with small strings of quality cattle 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,472182.912,69213
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,506178.182,68417
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,592164.002,6114thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,575171.292,69810
HeifersChoiceAverage1,472187.752,764116
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,334182.102,42828
SteersChoiceAverage1,514186.892,830205
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,397181.262,53244

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
SteersSelect and Choice—1,423179.15/cwt178.00–180.502,5499
SteersChoice—1,559186.96/cwt184.50–189.752,91542
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,658178.79/cwt177.00–179.002,9649
Dairy SteersChoice—1,575171.29/cwt170.00–172.002,69810
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,523187.20/cwt185.00–188.502,85115
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,442186.24/cwt186.00–187.002,68625
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,744186.72/cwt183.50–187.503,25632
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight—1,673180.50/cwt180.50–180.503,0202
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,472182.91/cwt181.75–185.002,69213
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,336177.50/cwt177.50–177.502,3718
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,276181.32/cwt180.00–182.252,31420
SteersSelect and Choice—1,523182.75/cwt182.75–182.752,78313
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,592164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,6114
SteersChoiceNatural—1,405189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,6551
SteersChoice—1,432187.03/cwt183.00–188.002,67890
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,350182.35/cwt180.00–184.502,46222
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed—1,273181.17/cwt181.00–181.502,3066
HeifersChoiceNatural—1,565190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,9741
HeifersChoice—1,493187.35/cwt186.00–190.752,79781
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms—1,420188.62/cwt185.50–191.002,67834

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.