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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jun 12

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

← May 29Jun 12Jul 10 →

Receipts

476 head

▼ 124 vs last sale 600▲ 312 vs year ago 164 · +190.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was two weeks ago, May 29. Choice slaughter steers and heifers showing an upward trend. Dairy steers 3.00 higher, with a lofty offering. Fat cattle reaching 2.45 last week. and just under that today at 2.44. Most of the sale consisted of smaller strings with a load of dairy heifers today. Good demand throughout the sale.

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	1,625	236.35	3,841	3thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	236.64	3,479	6thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,443	229.00	3,304	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,585	205.00	3,249	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,600	189.79	3,037	40
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,692	215.08	3,640	28
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,560	199.73	3,116	26
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	237.54	3,232	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,252	231.71	2,900	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,538	238.92	3,675	144
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,467	234.03	3,432	33

Every lot, as filed

20 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	1,400	233.88/cwt	233.00–236.00	3,274	24
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,442	236.41/cwt	236.00–237.00	3,409	12
Steers	—	Choice	1,447	240.80/cwt	237.50–244.00	3,484	33
Steers	—	Choice	1,533	237.35/cwt	234.00–240.00	3,639	52
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,633	239.99/cwt	236.75–244.00	3,919	47
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,644	234.44/cwt	232.50–235.00	3,854	9
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,151	234.75/cwt	234.75–234.75	2,702	10
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,295	230.16/cwt	227.50–233.00	2,981	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,357	237.49/cwt	234.50–241.00	3,223	78
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,394	238.00/cwt	233.00–239.00	3,318	8
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,740	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,828	1
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,443	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	3,304	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,470	236.64/cwt	235.75–240.00	3,479	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,560	199.73/cwt	197.00–202.00	3,116	26
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,658	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,813	5
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,670	208.09/cwt	206.50–212.00	3,475	15
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,756	218.87/cwt	218.00–221.00	3,843	8
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,625	236.35/cwt	234.00–238.00	3,841	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,585	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,249	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,600	189.79/cwt	188.50–192.00	3,037	40

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Jun 12, 2025

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

Receipts 476Last week 600Year ago 164

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,447	237.50–244.00	240.80
52	—	1,533	234.00–240.00	237.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,400	233.00–236.00	233.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,442	236.00–237.00	236.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,644	232.50–235.00	234.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,633	236.75–244.00	239.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,470	235.75–240.00	236.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,670	206.50–212.00	208.09
8	—	1,756	218.00–221.00	218.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,658	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,560	197.00–202.00	199.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,625	234.00–238.00	236.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,585	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,600	188.50–192.00	189.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,357	234.50–241.00	237.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,394	233.00–239.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,151	234.75	234.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,295	227.50–233.00	230.16

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.