Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2025-10-09

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 9
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
287 head
149 vs last sale 436 127 vs year ago 414 · 30.7%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Aug 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Too light a test for Choice slaughter steers. Good offering of heavyweight steers but not enough in the previous auction to compare. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 higher, with light numbers. One load of steers, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering. 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,581230.723,64815
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,606224.873,6118thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,594215.423,43418
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,535213.463,27612
HeifersChoiceAverage1,452235.213,41524
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,343228.603,06941
SteersChoiceAverage1,648233.763,852104
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,498228.773,42725

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
SteersChoice1,449231.42/cwt229.00–234.003,35311
Dairy SteersChoice1,594215.42/cwt213.00–218.003,43418
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,581230.72/cwt228.00–232.753,64815
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,405231.00/cwt231.00–231.003,24610
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,424214.86/cwt214.00–215.003,0607
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,606224.87/cwt223.00–227.003,6118
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,573231.00/cwt231.00–231.003,6343
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,831228.11/cwt228.00–228.254,1776
SteersSelect and Choice1,357225.13/cwt224.00–227.003,0557
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,133225.60/cwt221.00–229.002,5567
HeifersChoice1,452235.21/cwt233.75–239.503,41524
SteersSelect and Choice1,501232.25/cwt232.25–232.253,4864
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,217233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,8363
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,700221.00/cwt221.00–221.003,7574
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,690211.50/cwt211.50–211.503,5745
SteersChoice1,546237.28/cwt235.00–239.003,66813
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,249230.53/cwt230.00–232.502,8795
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,733233.87/cwt233.00–237.504,05370
HeifersSelect and Choice1,358230.01/cwt227.50–233.003,12427

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.