Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2025-09-25

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 25
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
436 head
77 vs last sale 359 169 vs year ago 267 · +63.3%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Large offering of steers mostly over 1500 lbs, including 4 loads. Many other smaller strings of both steers and heifers in the offering today. With cattle prices declining in the last weeks, demand was moderate.

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 HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,360214.002,9107thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,565224.353,5113thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,558214.553,3432thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,733220.623,8232thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,389232.353,22744
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,282226.422,90245
SteersChoiceAverage1,547231.613,584238
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,458224.203,26926

Every lot, as filed

19 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
SteersChoice1,424230.15/cwt227.50–233.003,27740
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,565224.35/cwt220.00–226.503,5113
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,375230.50/cwt230.50–230.503,1692
SteersChoiceNatural1,420230.00/cwt230.00–230.003,2663
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,230224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,7553
SteersSelect and Choice1,379224.84/cwt222.00–227.003,10113
SteersSelect and Choice1,569224.00/cwt224.00–224.003,5155
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,689222.85/cwt220.00–225.003,7645
HeifersChoice1,376232.12/cwt229.75–235.003,19437
HeifersSelect and Choice1,308227.47/cwt225.50–228.002,97529
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,308233.00/cwt233.00–233.003,0483
SteersChoice1,565232.00/cwt229.00–233.003,631176
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,185224.45/cwt220.00–227.502,66014
HeifersChoiceNatural1,569234.00/cwt234.00–234.003,6714
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,558214.55/cwt214.00–215.003,3432
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,580225.00/cwt225.00–225.003,5552
Dairy HeifersChoice1,733220.62/cwt218.00–223.003,8232
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,699231.46/cwt230.00–234.753,93317
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,360214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,9107

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.