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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Nov 6

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

459 head

▲ 124 vs last sale 335▼ 12 vs year ago 471 · −2.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last reported sale was two weeks ago. No comparison today, as the market has fluctuated persistently in the last two weeks. Downward trend noted today. Several half loads, along with plenty of smaller strings of quality cattle in the offering. Buyers wary with the market shifts this week. Moderate 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 Heifers	Choice	Average	1,353	218.75	2,960	16
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,475	217.38	3,206	37
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,415	209.00	2,957	7thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,228	210.00	2,579	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,480	215.52	3,190	7thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,673	210.74	3,526	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,426	223.78	3,191	86
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,349	218.97	2,954	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,537	223.77	3,439	149
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,427	221.78	3,165	34

Every lot, as filed

24 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,184	229.40/cwt	226.00–232.00	2,716	8
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,192	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,670	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,418	215.91/cwt	214.50–219.00	3,062	9
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,425	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	3,171	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,441	222.06/cwt	220.75–225.00	3,200	19
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,449	223.64/cwt	220.75–225.00	3,241	28
Steers	—	Choice	1,550	224.39/cwt	222.00–224.75	3,478	48
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,573	224.18/cwt	223.00–225.00	3,526	10
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,622	220.72/cwt	220.00–221.50	3,580	14
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,630	223.97/cwt	222.50–228.00	3,651	40
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceNatural	1,188	216.91/cwt	216.00–218.00	2,577	4
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,198	219.70/cwt	217.00–225.00	2,632	6
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,385	219.42/cwt	215.00–220.50	3,039	26
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,398	222.31/cwt	220.00–223.00	3,108	20
Heifers	—	Choice	1,420	224.28/cwt	222.00–226.75	3,185	60
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,577	223.67/cwt	223.50–223.75	3,527	6
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	3,558	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,228	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,579	5
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,353	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	2,960	16
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,393	216.93/cwt	216.75–218.00	3,022	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceNatural	1,415	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,957	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,494	217.48/cwt	214.50–218.00	3,249	30
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,480	215.52/cwt	215.00–218.00	3,190	7
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,673	210.74/cwt	206.00–211.50	3,526	6

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.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Nov 6, 2025

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

Receipts 459Last week 335Year ago 471

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,622	220.00–221.50	220.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,630	222.50–228.00	223.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,573	223.00–225.00	224.18
28	—	1,449	220.75–225.00	223.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,550	222.00–224.75	224.39
19	—	1,441	220.75–225.00	222.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,184	226.00–232.00	229.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,192	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,418	214.50–219.00	215.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,425	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,198	217.00–225.00	219.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,188	216.00–218.00	216.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,385	215.00–220.50	219.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,577	223.50–223.75	223.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,398	220.00–223.00	222.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,420	222.00–226.75	224.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,228	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,353	218.75	218.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,415	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,393	216.75–218.00	216.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,494	214.50–218.00	217.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,673	206.00–211.50	210.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,480	215.00–218.00	215.52

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.