Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2025-05-22

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, May 22
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
230 head
179 vs last sale 409 295 vs year ago 525 · 56.2%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Choice slaughter steers steady to 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher, heavy-weight heifers 2.00-4.00 higher. Dairy steers 10.00 higher. The sale consisted of a few half loads and many smaller strings. Demand good 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,586209.233,3186thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,691223.453,77914
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,482185.322,74611
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,437207.002,9753thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,673197.963,31216
HeifersChoiceAverage1,519229.253,48336
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,350223.913,02247
SteersChoiceAverage1,572228.083,58676
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,373223.183,0649thin

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 Choice1,331224.54/cwt220.00–226.502,98944
Dairy HeifersChoice1,482185.32/cwt180.00–186.502,74611
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,586209.23/cwt208.00–215.003,3186
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,543229.00/cwt229.00–229.003,5335
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,744228.07/cwt226.00–230.003,97830
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,691223.45/cwt219.50–226.003,77914
SteersChoice1,545229.02/cwt227.00–232.003,53817
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,574228.75/cwt227.00–229.253,60123
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,624214.65/cwt214.00–216.003,4863
HeifersChoice1,422230.14/cwt229.00–233.753,27313
Dairy SteersChoice1,673197.96/cwt197.00–200.003,31216
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,286223.33/cwt223.00–225.002,8725
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,437207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,9753
SteersSelect and Choice1,481223.00/cwt223.00–223.003,3034
SteersChoice1,383227.23/cwt225.00–230.753,14324

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.