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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 4

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

292 head

▼ 81 vs last sale 373▲ 292 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Choice slaughter steers were steady to 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers mostly steady. Mainly smaller packages in the offering 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
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,429	217.94	3,114	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,605	230.25	3,696	5thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,456	218.54	3,181	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,369	246.36	3,372	43
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,284	238.51	3,063	48
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,313	246.27	3,232	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,474	245.49	3,619	94

Every lot, as filed

17 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 ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,282	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	3,243	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,343	239.53/cwt	237.00–241.00	3,217	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,414	244.58/cwt	243.00–247.00	3,458	48
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,460	246.35/cwt	242.00–247.75	3,597	21
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,575	242.64/cwt	242.00–244.00	3,822	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,586	247.24/cwt	247.00–247.25	3,921	18
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,691	246.15/cwt	244.50–248.00	4,162	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,190	240.18/cwt	235.00–243.00	2,858	8
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,296	239.23/cwt	235.00–240.00	3,100	21
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,311	237.02/cwt	234.00–239.25	3,107	19
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,351	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	3,344	5
Heifers	—	Choice	1,364	246.40/cwt	244.00–248.00	3,361	37
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,640	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	3,920	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,302	215.25/cwt	215.00–216.00	2,803	7
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,590	221.42/cwt	219.00–223.00	3,521	8
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,605	230.25/cwt	227.50–232.00	3,696	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,429	217.94/cwt	215.00–221.00	3,114	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 Sep 4, 2025

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Receipts 292Last week 373Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,605	227.50–232.00	230.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,590	219.00–223.00	221.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,302	215.00–216.00	215.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,414	243.00–247.00	244.58
18	—	1,586	247.00–247.25	247.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,343	237.00–241.00	239.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,282	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,575	242.00–244.00	242.64
21	—	1,460	242.00–247.75	246.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,691	244.50–248.00	246.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,296	235.00–240.00	239.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,311	234.00–239.25	237.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,190	235.00–243.00	240.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,364	244.00–248.00	246.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,351	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,429	215.00–221.00	217.94

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.