Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2025-09-11

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 11
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
359 head
67 vs last sale 292 359 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 1.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 lower. The auction consisted of two partial loads and many smaller strings. 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,737236.004,0993thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,220215.002,6232thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,677223.713,75224
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,454210.763,0644thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,347242.853,27196
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,232236.802,91720
SteersChoiceAverage1,515243.143,683123
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,471233.793,43942

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 ChoiceCertified Prgms1,668237.51/cwt235.00–238.003,96211
SteersSelect and Choice1,528232.81/cwt230.00–235.003,5576
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,710243.90/cwt243.50–244.754,17118
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,535242.79/cwt241.00–244.003,72716
SteersChoice1,530242.80/cwt239.00–245.503,71539
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,167241.65/cwt235.00–243.002,8206
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,216228.12/cwt226.00–232.002,7744
HeifersSelect and Choice1,277237.36/cwt235.00–238.003,03110
Dairy HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed1,220215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,6232
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,575245.50/cwt245.50–245.503,8673
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,292240.81/cwt238.00–242.503,11119
HeifersChoice1,352243.27/cwt241.00–244.503,28974
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,454210.76/cwt210.00–211.003,0644
SteersSelect and Choice1,371232.38/cwt231.00–235.003,18625
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,412243.55/cwt239.00–244.753,4399
SteersChoice1,429243.19/cwt240.00–244.253,47541
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,737236.00/cwt236.00–236.004,0993
Dairy SteersChoice1,677223.71/cwt220.00–225.503,75224

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.