Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2025-11-06

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Nov 6
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
459 head
124 vs last sale 335 12 vs year ago 471 · 2.5%
Also sold hereFeeder Cattle SpecialThu Jun 18, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was two weeks ago. No comparison today, as the market has fluctuated persistently in the last two weeks. Downward trend noted today. Several half loads, along with plenty of smaller strings of quality cattle in the offering. Buyers wary with the market shifts this week. Moderate 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,353218.752,96016
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,475217.383,20637
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,415209.002,9577thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,228210.002,5795thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,480215.523,1907thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,673210.743,5266thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,426223.783,19186
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,349218.972,95438
SteersChoiceAverage1,537223.773,439149
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,427221.783,16534

Every lot, as filed

24 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 Weight1,622220.72/cwt220.00–221.503,58014
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,630223.97/cwt222.50–228.003,65140
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,573224.18/cwt223.00–225.003,52610
SteersChoice1,550224.39/cwt222.00–224.753,47848
HeifersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,198219.70/cwt217.00–225.002,6326
HeifersSelect and ChoiceNatural1,188216.91/cwt216.00–218.002,5774
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,655215.00/cwt215.00–215.003,5582
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,228210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,5795
HeifersSelect and Choice1,385219.42/cwt215.00–220.503,03926
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,577223.67/cwt223.50–223.753,5276
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,398222.31/cwt220.00–223.003,10820
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,353218.75/cwt218.75–218.752,96016
HeifersChoice1,420224.28/cwt222.00–226.753,18560
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,184229.40/cwt226.00–232.002,7168
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceNatural1,415209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,9577
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,192224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,6703
SteersSelect and Choice1,418215.91/cwt214.50–219.003,0629
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,673210.74/cwt206.00–211.503,5266
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,449223.64/cwt220.75–225.003,24128
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,393216.93/cwt216.75–218.003,0227
Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,480215.52/cwt215.00–218.003,1907
SteersChoiceNatural1,425222.50/cwt222.50–222.503,1714
SteersChoice1,441222.06/cwt220.75–225.003,20019
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,494217.48/cwt214.50–218.003,24930

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.