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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-24

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 24

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

288 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 320▲ 288 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, Choice slaughter steers steady to 2.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers mostly steady. The auction consisted of mainly smaller strings in the offering today. Demand was good 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	1,339	225.41	3,018	4thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	234.88	3,578	6thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,590	228.64	3,635	10
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,600	186.31	2,981	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,648	208.95	3,443	25
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,445	205.53	2,969	24
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,316	240.70	3,167	68
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,344	232.66	3,127	30
Steers	Choice	Average	1,454	239.51	3,483	79
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,466	233.89	3,429	13

Every lot, as filed

18 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,334	230.79/cwt	229.00–235.50	3,079	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,358	238.64/cwt	236.00–242.75	3,241	45
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,418	240.27/cwt	238.75–241.50	3,407	9
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,558	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	3,700	2
Steers	—	Choice	1,562	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	3,702	7
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,620	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	3,848	6
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,684	242.89/cwt	239.50–245.00	4,090	16
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,242	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,956	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,319	240.82/cwt	238.00–244.50	3,176	65
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,344	232.66/cwt	231.00–236.00	3,127	30
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,600	186.31/cwt	182.50–190.00	2,981	2
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,339	225.41/cwt	224.00–227.00	3,018	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,346	209.55/cwt	205.00–210.00	2,821	10
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,515	202.65/cwt	200.00–206.00	3,070	14
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,648	208.95/cwt	207.00–214.00	3,443	25
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,460	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	3,504	1
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,536	233.86/cwt	232.50–237.25	3,592	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,590	228.64/cwt	226.50–231.00	3,635	10

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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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,620	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,684	239.50–245.00	242.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	237.50	237.50
9	—	1,418	238.75–241.50	240.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,562	237.00	237.00
45	—	1,358	236.00–242.75	238.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,334	229.00–235.50	230.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	182.50–190.00	186.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,344	231.00–236.00	232.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,319	238.00–244.50	240.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,339	224.00–227.00	225.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,346	205.00–210.00	209.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,515	200.00–206.00	202.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,648	207.00–214.00	208.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,590	226.50–231.00	228.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,536	232.50–237.25	233.86

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.