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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Oct 23

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

335 head

▼ 556 vs last sale 891▼ 91 vs year ago 426 · −21.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last Thursday, Choice slaughter steers 2.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Not enough dairy steers this week for comparison. One load of heifers, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Demand good.

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	1,462	228.43	3,340	9thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,541	216.52	3,337	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,494	212.31	3,172	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,561	207.07	3,232	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,385	237.72	3,292	133
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,276	231.68	2,956	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,555	238.99	3,715	72
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,530	234.83	3,593	42

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 Choice	1,452	235.06/cwt	232.00–236.00	3,413	22
Steers	—	Choice	1,460	239.00/cwt	238.00–242.00	3,489	21
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,528	233.81/cwt	233.00–234.50	3,573	8
Steers	—	Choice	1,558	239.30/cwt	238.50–240.00	3,728	23
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,563	238.85/cwt	238.00–240.00	3,733	14
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,675	235.10/cwt	234.00–236.50	3,938	12
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,682	238.58/cwt	238.00–242.00	4,013	14
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,091	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,509	4
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,232	234.10/cwt	232.50–234.50	2,884	9
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,314	236.38/cwt	235.00–240.00	3,106	64
Heifers	—	Choice	1,439	239.02/cwt	237.00–242.50	3,439	65
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,640	237.87/cwt	237.50–239.00	3,901	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,654	226.68/cwt	226.00–227.00	3,749	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,494	212.31/cwt	211.00–219.00	3,172	7
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,561	207.07/cwt	204.00–208.50	3,232	5
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,462	228.43/cwt	228.00–229.00	3,340	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,541	216.52/cwt	215.00–218.00	3,337	4

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 335Last week 891Year ago 426

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,452	232.00–236.00	235.06
8	—	1,528	233.00–234.50	233.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,460	238.00–242.00	239.00
23	—	1,558	238.50–240.00	239.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,682	238.00–242.00	238.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,675	234.00–236.50	235.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,563	238.00–240.00	238.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,232	232.50–234.50	234.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,654	226.00–227.00	226.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,091	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,439	237.00–242.50	239.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,314	235.00–240.00	236.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,640	237.50–239.00	237.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,494	211.00–219.00	212.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,561	204.00–208.50	207.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,462	228.00–229.00	228.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,541	215.00–218.00	216.52

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.