Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-03-17

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Mar 17
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
437 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 377▲ 152 vs year ago 285 · +53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale. Trend is not applicable. Demand good. Active trade.

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
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,445117.951,70546
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21598.831,20119
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,08882.1289412
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,682127.112,13824
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,500119.881,79938
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,24783.921,04611
HeifersChoiceAverage1,343135.771,82374
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,321125.011,65117
HeifersSelectAverage1,234103.971,2828thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,437137.061,970128
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,379120.081,65654

Every lot

22 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,256135.70/cwt129.00–137.851,70448
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,372119.35/cwt119.00–126.001,63749
Steers—Select and Choice1,448127.20/cwt125.00–129.001,8425
Steers—Choice1,546137.87/cwt132.00–143.502,13180
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,130105.41/cwt105.00–107.001,1914
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,226123.06/cwt118.00–126.501,5094
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,273134.12/cwt128.00–137.001,70731
Heifers—Select1,337102.53/cwt101.00–107.001,3714
Heifers—Select and Choice1,339126.66/cwt123.00–128.001,69612
Heifers—Choice1,387137.24/cwt131.00–140.501,90442
Heifers—Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight1,480113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,6721
Heifers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,665125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,0811
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select97179.00/cwt79.00–79.007674
Dairy Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,14783.68/cwt82.50–86.009608
Dairy Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,15597.02/cwt92.00–101.001,12114
Dairy Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,375115.81/cwt115.00–121.001,59215
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,382103.91/cwt102.00–105.001,4365
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,479118.99/cwt116.75–129.001,76031
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—SelectReturn to Feed1,24783.92/cwt82.50–90.001,04611
Dairy Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,412119.77/cwt116.00–120.751,69114
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,552119.95/cwt111.00–120.501,86224
Dairy Steers—Choice1,682127.11/cwt125.00–135.002,13824

This sale against other markets

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.