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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, May 8

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

409 head

▲ 195 vs last sale 214▼ 59 vs year ago 468 · −12.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale reported three weeks ago, comparison is not applicable. Upward trend noted. Load lot of steers, along with many smaller packages in the auction today. Nice offering of quality dairy cattle. Demand was 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,643	225.50	3,705	9thin
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,522	209.04	3,182	5thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,569	220.85	3,464	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,380	209.61	2,893	23
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,304	191.27	2,494	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,632	188.15	3,071	29
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,431	228.63	3,271	57
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,389	222.18	3,086	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,558	227.42	3,544	182
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,603	219.36	3,515	13

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,375	214.68/cwt	212.00–217.00	2,952	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,429	225.74/cwt	221.00–227.00	3,226	43
Steers	—	Choice	1,545	227.72/cwt	226.50–229.50	3,518	69
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,625	227.47/cwt	224.50–230.00	3,696	14
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,644	220.21/cwt	217.00–223.00	3,620	11
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,657	228.33/cwt	226.50–232.00	3,783	56
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,389	222.18/cwt	221.00–223.00	3,086	14
Heifers	—	Choice	1,402	228.92/cwt	226.00–230.00	3,209	49
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,565	3
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	3,690	5
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,238	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,600	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,410	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	3,017	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,497	225.00/cwt	224.00–226.00	3,368	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,630	217.30/cwt	216.00–220.00	3,542	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,755	205.02/cwt	200.00–209.00	3,598	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,632	188.15/cwt	187.50–190.00	3,071	29
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,522	209.04/cwt	204.00–212.00	3,182	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,643	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	3,705	9
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,304	191.27/cwt	190.00–196.00	2,494	5

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.

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Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu May 8, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Receipts 409Last week 214Year ago 468

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,429	221.00–227.00	225.74
69	—	1,545	226.50–229.50	227.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	212.00–217.00	214.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,625	224.50–230.00	227.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,644	217.00–223.00	220.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,657	226.50–232.00	228.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,497	224.00–226.00	225.00
7	—	1,630	216.00–220.00	217.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,238	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,410	214.00	214.00
5	—	1,755	200.00–209.00	205.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,632	187.50–190.00	188.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,643	225.50	225.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,522	204.00–212.00	209.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,550	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,389	221.00–223.00	222.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,402	226.00–230.00	228.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,640	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,304	190.00–196.00	191.27

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.