Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2025-07-24

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 24
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
288 head
32 vs last sale 320 288 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, Choice slaughter steers steady to 2.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers mostly steady. The auction consisted of mainly smaller strings in the offering today. Demand was 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,339225.413,0184thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,523234.883,5786thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,590228.643,63510
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,600186.312,9812thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,648208.953,44325
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,445205.532,96924
HeifersChoiceAverage1,316240.703,16768
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,344232.663,12730
SteersChoiceAverage1,454239.513,48379
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,466233.893,42913

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
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,620237.50/cwt237.50–237.503,8486
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,684242.89/cwt239.50–245.004,09016
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,558237.50/cwt237.50–237.503,7002
SteersChoice1,562237.00/cwt237.00–237.003,7027
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,600186.31/cwt182.50–190.002,9812
HeifersSelect and Choice1,344232.66/cwt231.00–236.003,12730
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,242238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,9563
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,339225.41/cwt224.00–227.003,0184
HeifersChoice1,319240.82/cwt238.00–244.503,17665
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,346209.55/cwt205.00–210.002,82110
SteersSelect and Choice1,334230.79/cwt229.00–235.503,0797
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,590228.64/cwt226.50–231.003,63510
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,515202.65/cwt200.00–206.003,07014
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,460240.00/cwt240.00–240.003,5041
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,418240.27/cwt238.75–241.503,4079
Dairy SteersChoice1,648208.95/cwt207.00–214.003,44325
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,536233.86/cwt232.50–237.253,5925
SteersChoice1,358238.64/cwt236.00–242.753,24145

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.