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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 9

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

287 head

▼ 149 vs last sale 436▼ 127 vs year ago 414 · −30.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Too light a test for Choice slaughter steers. Good offering of heavyweight steers but not enough in the previous auction to compare. Choice slaughter heifers 3.00 higher, with light numbers. One load of steers, along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering. 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	1,581	230.72	3,648	15
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,606	224.87	3,611	8thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,594	215.42	3,434	18
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,535	213.46	3,276	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,452	235.21	3,415	24
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	228.60	3,069	41
Steers	Choice	Average	1,648	233.76	3,852	104
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,498	228.77	3,427	25

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	1,249	230.53/cwt	230.00–232.50	2,879	5
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,357	225.13/cwt	224.00–227.00	3,055	7
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,405	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	3,246	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,449	231.42/cwt	229.00–234.00	3,353	11
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,501	232.25/cwt	232.25–232.25	3,486	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,546	237.28/cwt	235.00–239.00	3,668	13
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,573	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	3,634	3
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,733	233.87/cwt	233.00–237.50	4,053	70
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,831	228.11/cwt	228.00–228.25	4,177	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,133	225.60/cwt	221.00–229.00	2,556	7
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,217	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,836	3
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,358	230.01/cwt	227.50–233.00	3,124	27
Heifers	—	Choice	1,452	235.21/cwt	233.75–239.50	3,415	24
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,700	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	3,757	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,424	214.86/cwt	214.00–215.00	3,060	7
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,594	215.42/cwt	213.00–218.00	3,434	18
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,690	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	3,574	5
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,581	230.72/cwt	228.00–232.75	3,648	15
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,606	224.87/cwt	223.00–227.00	3,611	8

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

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Receipts 287Last week 436Year ago 414

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,449	229.00–234.00	231.42
13	—	1,546	235.00–239.00	237.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,405	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,573	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,831	228.00–228.25	228.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,357	224.00–227.00	225.13
4	—	1,501	232.25	232.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,249	230.00–232.50	230.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,733	233.00–237.50	233.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,594	213.00–218.00	215.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,424	214.00–215.00	214.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,690	211.50	211.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,581	228.00–232.75	230.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,606	223.00–227.00	224.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,133	221.00–229.00	225.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,452	233.75–239.50	235.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,217	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,700	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,358	227.50–233.00	230.01

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.