Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Dairy-Holstein Feeder Special! No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Most of the auction consisted of smaller strings today. The arena was crowded and demand was active throughout the sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −147.62 against this barn's trailing median of $447.62.

Average price

$300.00

3 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−32.80

vs IA average

−21.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	300.00	1,776	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

300.00

—

IA average6 barns · 435 hd

332.80

−32.80

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−21.18

This barn, trailing median2 sales

447.62

−147.62

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

48 lots · USDA AMS · Sheldon Livestock Feeder Cattle Special - Sheldon, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	431	347.31/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,497	18
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,173	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	723	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,952	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,013	29
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,872	42
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,647	21
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	317.96/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,701	54
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	626	306.04/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,916	40
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,760	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	616	323.38/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,992	24
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	337.15/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,966	18
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	15
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	334.50/cwt	327.50–360.00	1,582	38
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	669	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,867	12
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	323	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,502	12
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	298.63/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,726	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	223.66/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,957	11
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	764	229.54/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,754	10
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	950–1000	965	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,496	4
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,202	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,650	3
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,148	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,901	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,776	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	650–700	655	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,539	3
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	250–300	289	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,084	4
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	200–250	219	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	810	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	500–550	504	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,361	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	366.32/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,103	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,522	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	599	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,587	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	350–400	393	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,179	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	400–450	434	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,194	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	750–800	775	224.48/cwt	222.50–227.00	1,740	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1300–1350	1,335	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,537	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	518	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,632	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,172	178.12/cwt	173.00–180.00	2,088	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	723	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,771	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,010	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,020	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	836	234.99/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,965	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,142	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,375	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	487	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,461	26
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	750–800	768	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,306	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	1150–1200	1,176	143.32/cwt	137.50–155.00	1,685	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	850–900	881	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,101	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	800–850	813	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,098	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1200–1250	1,241	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	2,141	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1250–1300	1,260	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,407	10

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 Feeder Cattle Special - Sheldon, IA

Thu Apr 17, 2025

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

Receipts 1,106Last week 1,100Year ago 891

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	431	345.00–350.00	347.31
15	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
18	550–600	583	330.00–340.00	337.15
24	600–650	616	320.00–330.00	323.38
29	650–700	660	305.00	305.00
4	700–750	723	270.00	270.00
4	800–850	820	265.00	265.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	317	480.00	480.00
21	350–400	358	460.00	460.00
42	500–550	520	360.00	360.00
14	550–600	574	360.00–370.00	366.32
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	465.00	465.00
38	450–500	473	327.50–360.00	334.50
54	500–550	535	300.00–330.00	317.96
9	550–600	578	290.00–310.00	298.63
40	600–650	626	300.00–308.00	306.04
12	650–700	669	279.00	279.00
10	750–800	764	220.00–240.00	229.54
3	800–850	800	220.00	220.00
11	850–900	875	220.00–225.00	223.66
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	768	170.00	170.00
4	950–1000	965	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1150–1200	1,172	173.00–180.00	178.12
7	1200–1250	1,241	172.50	172.50
10	1250–1300	1,260	191.00	191.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	813	135.00	135.00
5	850–900	881	125.00	125.00
9	1150–1200	1,176	137.50–155.00	143.32
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,036	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	600	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,011	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	592	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	667	285.00	285.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	300.00	300.00
18	400–450	434	275.00	275.00
4	500–550	504	270.00	270.00
3	650–700	655	235.00	235.00
22	750–800	775	222.50–227.00	224.48
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	219	370.00	370.00
4	250–300	289	375.00	375.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	487	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	518	315.00	315.00
13	550–600	599	265.00	265.00
13	700–750	723	245.00	245.00
14	800–850	836	231.00–250.00	234.99
13	1000–1050	1,010	200.00	200.00
18	1100–1150	1,142	208.00	208.00
3	1300–1350	1,335	190.00	190.00

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.

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