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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 11

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

← Sep 4Sep 11Sep 25 →

Receipts

359 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 292▲ 359 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 1.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 lower. The auction consisted of two partial loads and many smaller strings. Good demand.

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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,737	236.00	4,099	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,220	215.00	2,623	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,677	223.71	3,752	24
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,454	210.76	3,064	4thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,347	242.85	3,271	96
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,232	236.80	2,917	20
Steers	Choice	Average	1,515	243.14	3,683	123
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,471	233.79	3,439	42

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,371	232.38/cwt	231.00–235.00	3,186	25
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,412	243.55/cwt	239.00–244.75	3,439	9
Steers	—	Choice	1,429	243.19/cwt	240.00–244.25	3,475	41
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,528	232.81/cwt	230.00–235.00	3,557	6
Steers	—	Choice	1,530	242.80/cwt	239.00–245.50	3,715	39
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,535	242.79/cwt	241.00–244.00	3,727	16
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,668	237.51/cwt	235.00–238.00	3,962	11
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,710	243.90/cwt	243.50–244.75	4,171	18
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,167	241.65/cwt	235.00–243.00	2,820	6
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,216	228.12/cwt	226.00–232.00	2,774	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,277	237.36/cwt	235.00–238.00	3,031	10
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,292	240.81/cwt	238.00–242.50	3,111	19
Heifers	—	Choice	1,352	243.27/cwt	241.00–244.50	3,289	74
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,575	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	3,867	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,220	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,623	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,454	210.76/cwt	210.00–211.00	3,064	4
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,677	223.71/cwt	220.00–225.50	3,752	24
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,737	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	4,099	3

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 11, 2025

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

Receipts 359Last week 292Year ago 0

Compared to the sale last Thursday; Choice slaughter steers 1.00 lower. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 lower. The auction consisted of two partial loads and many smaller strings. Good demand.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,668	235.00–238.00	237.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,528	230.00–235.00	232.81
25	—	1,371	231.00–235.00	232.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,710	243.50–244.75	243.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,535	241.00–244.00	242.79
9	—	1,412	239.00–244.75	243.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,530	239.00–245.50	242.80
41	—	1,429	240.00–244.25	243.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,167	235.00–243.00	241.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,216	226.00–232.00	228.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,277	235.00–238.00	237.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,575	245.50	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,292	238.00–242.50	240.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,352	241.00–244.50	243.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,454	210.00–211.00	210.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,677	220.00–225.50	223.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,737	236.00	236.00

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.