Sale reports / Iowa / Sheldon Livestock Auction / 2022-06-30

Sheldon Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 30
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154
Receipts
296 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 365▼ 79 vs year ago 375 · −21.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday choice slaughter steers were 1.2 lower, choice slaughter heifers steady. 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,410133.501,8821thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,408119.001,67613
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,268110.291,39820
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,483127.951,89858
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,299117.501,5264thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273142.181,81036
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,234123.911,52923
HeifersSelectAverage1,147113.571,30328
SteersChoiceAverage1,458144.702,11061
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,348133.371,79822
SteersSelectAverage1,333121.811,6245thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,176133.15/cwt129.00–137.001,5668
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,195139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,6612
Steers—Select1,333121.81/cwt119.00–125.001,6245
Steers—Select and Choice1,446133.49/cwt127.00–136.001,93014
Steers—Choice1,467144.89/cwt139.00–148.502,12659
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,058124.38/cwt120.00–126.501,3163
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,065111.89/cwt108.00–114.001,19215
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,105139.44/cwt137.50–139.751,5417
Heifers—Select1,242115.50/cwt111.00–117.001,43513
Heifers—Select and Choice1,260123.84/cwt119.00–132.501,56020
Heifers—Choice1,314142.84/cwt138.00–145.751,87729
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,268130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6482
Dairy Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,273116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4773
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,375122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,6781
Dairy Steers—Choice1,491127.88/cwt125.00–132.001,90756
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,268110.29/cwt108.00–111.001,39820
Dairy Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,336120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,6104
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,410133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,8821
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,440118.34/cwt118.00–119.501,7049

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.