Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2025-10-23

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 23
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
335 head
556 vs last sale 891 91 vs year ago 426 · 21.4%
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 2.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Not enough dairy steers this week for comparison. One load of heifers, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Demand good.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,462228.433,3409thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,541216.523,3374thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,494212.313,1727thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,561207.073,2325thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,385237.723,292133
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,276231.682,95616
SteersChoiceAverage1,555238.993,71572
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,530234.833,59342

Every lot, as filed

17 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 Choice1,452235.06/cwt232.00–236.003,41322
HeifersSelect and Choice1,232234.10/cwt232.50–234.502,8849
Dairy SteersChoice1,494212.31/cwt211.00–219.003,1727
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,462228.43/cwt228.00–229.003,3409
SteersChoice1,460239.00/cwt238.00–242.003,48921
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,561207.07/cwt204.00–208.503,2325
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,541216.52/cwt215.00–218.003,3374
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,654226.68/cwt226.00–227.003,7493
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,091230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,5094
SteersChoice1,558239.30/cwt238.50–240.003,72823
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,682238.58/cwt238.00–242.004,01314
SteersSelect and Choice1,528233.81/cwt233.00–234.503,5738
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,675235.10/cwt234.00–236.503,93812
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,563238.85/cwt238.00–240.003,73314
HeifersChoice1,439239.02/cwt237.00–242.503,43965
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,314236.38/cwt235.00–240.003,10664
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,640237.87/cwt237.50–239.003,9014

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.