Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2026-03-26

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Mar 26
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
554 head
95 vs last sale 459 554 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

No comparison today, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. The auction consisted of one load of heifers, several half loads and many smaller strings. Good demand for this offering of quality cattle.

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 SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305218.002,8454thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,632215.323,5143thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,493208.723,1167thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,576223.393,52046
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,561214.123,34322
HeifersChoiceAverage1,405236.453,322166
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,347231.393,11633
SteersChoiceAverage1,567238.393,736165
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,467232.693,41451

Every lot, as filed

25 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 Choice1,427233.85/cwt229.00–234.503,33723
SteersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,641233.75/cwt233.75–233.753,8367
SteersChoice1,544235.95/cwt234.50–240.003,64332
SteersChoice1,365237.92/cwt236.00–241.503,24837
HeifersChoiceHeavy Weight1,673236.49/cwt234.00–239.003,9562
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,654238.74/cwt236.00–242.003,94956
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,684240.86/cwt240.00–242.254,05632
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,234229.69/cwt225.00–232.002,8344
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,484237.00/cwt237.00–237.003,5176
SteersSelect and Choice1,565233.04/cwt231.00–233.753,64713
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,335212.68/cwt205.00–220.002,8396
SteersChoiceNatural1,628241.00/cwt241.00–241.003,9232
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,646214.66/cwt211.00–219.003,53316
Dairy SteersChoice1,663226.57/cwt224.00–230.003,76831
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,493208.72/cwt208.00–209.003,1167
Dairy HeifersChoice1,632215.32/cwt213.00–221.003,5143
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,305218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,8454
SteersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,310226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,9614
Dairy SteersChoiceReturn to Feed1,395216.81/cwt207.00–220.003,02415
HeifersSelect and ChoiceCertified Prgms1,457230.00/cwt230.00–230.003,3513
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,305237.11/cwt236.00–241.753,09416
HeifersSelect and Choice1,272232.36/cwt227.00–233.002,95625
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,653227.40/cwt225.00–231.003,7595
HeifersChoiceNatural1,495238.00/cwt238.00–238.003,5582
HeifersChoice1,411236.36/cwt234.00–240.003,335146

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.