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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Sep 25

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

436 head

▲ 77 vs last sale 359▲ 169 vs year ago 267 · +63.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Large offering of steers mostly over 1500 lbs, including 4 loads. Many other smaller strings of both steers and heifers in the offering today. With cattle prices declining in the last weeks, demand was moderate.

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	Select and Choice	Average	1,360	214.00	2,910	7thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,565	224.35	3,511	3thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,558	214.55	3,343	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,733	220.62	3,823	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,389	232.35	3,227	44
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,282	226.42	2,902	45
Steers	Choice	Average	1,547	231.61	3,584	238
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,458	224.20	3,269	26

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,230	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,755	3
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,375	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	3,169	2
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,379	224.84/cwt	222.00–227.00	3,101	13
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,420	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	3,266	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,424	230.15/cwt	227.50–233.00	3,277	40
Steers	—	Choice	1,565	232.00/cwt	229.00–233.00	3,631	176
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,569	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	3,515	5
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,689	222.85/cwt	220.00–225.00	3,764	5
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,699	231.46/cwt	230.00–234.75	3,933	17
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,185	224.45/cwt	220.00–227.50	2,660	14
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,308	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	3,048	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,308	227.47/cwt	225.50–228.00	2,975	29
Heifers	—	Choice	1,376	232.12/cwt	229.75–235.00	3,194	37
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,569	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	3,671	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,580	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	3,555	2
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,558	214.55/cwt	214.00–215.00	3,343	2
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,565	224.35/cwt	220.00–226.50	3,511	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,733	220.62/cwt	218.00–223.00	3,823	2
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,360	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,910	7

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 436Last week 359Year ago 267

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,424	227.50–233.00	230.15
176	—	1,565	229.00–233.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	230.50	230.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,230	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,379	222.00–227.00	224.84
5	—	1,569	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,689	220.00–225.00	222.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,699	230.00–234.75	231.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,565	220.00–226.50	224.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	214.00–215.00	214.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,376	229.75–235.00	232.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,308	225.50–228.00	227.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,308	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,185	220.00–227.50	224.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,569	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,733	218.00–223.00	220.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,360	214.00	214.00

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.