Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Dairy-Holstein feeder cattle special! No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Smaller auction today with county fairs in the area. Nice offering of quality Holstein cattle and diary/beef crosses. Good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $350.00/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −164.20 against this barn's trailing median of $514.20.

Average price

$350.00

10 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.92

vs IA average

−49.29 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	443	350.00	1,551	10thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 400–500 lb

3 sales

Steers 400–500 lb: high $518.33, low $467.89, median $514.20 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

350.00

—

IA average2 barns · 13 hd

371.92

−21.92

National average148 barns · 4,501 hd

399.29

−49.29

This barn, trailing median3 sales

514.20

−164.20

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

36 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	434	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,345	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3Natural	1000–1050	1,008	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,197	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	333	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,199	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	763	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,908	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	658	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,744	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,079	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	718	311.16/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,234	38
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,020	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,372	3
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	300–350	302	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,284	3
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	550–600	573	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,433	6
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	200–250	245	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,164	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,042	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	312	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,248	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	512	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,946	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	410.40/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,413	49
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,445	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,689	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	313.15/cwt	312.50–315.00	2,270	15
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	750–800	786	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,376	6
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	700–750	736	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,380	9
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	636	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,353	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,932	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,176	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,670	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,332	15
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	448.77/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,849	28
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,242	30
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	902	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,706	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	310.45/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,515	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	553	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,825	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	644	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,835	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4Natural	500–550	514	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	234	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,229	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	412.05/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,372	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,551	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 Jul 17, 2025

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

Receipts 628Last week 1,106Year ago 627

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	360.00	360.00
19	400–450	434	310.00	310.00
13	450–500	465	305.00	305.00
6	550–600	553	330.00	330.00
7	600–650	644	285.00	285.00
3	650–700	658	265.00	265.00
14	750–800	763	250.00	250.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,008	218.00	218.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	245	475.00	475.00
3	300–350	302	425.00	425.00
6	550–600	573	250.00	250.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	514	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	450.00	450.00
28	400–450	412	445.00–470.00	448.77
9	450–500	457	455.00	455.00
15	500–550	507	460.00	460.00
49	550–600	588	400.00–440.00	410.40
6	700–750	747	360.00	360.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	405.00	405.00
9	500–550	517	395.00	395.00
6	550–600	588	370.00	370.00
15	700–750	725	312.50–315.00	313.15
11	800–850	810	305.00–315.00	310.45
9	900–950	902	300.00	300.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	312	400.00	400.00
10	500–550	512	380.00	380.00
30	550–600	590	380.00	380.00
4	600–650	636	370.00	370.00
38	700–750	718	300.00–320.00	311.16
3	1000–1050	1,020	232.50	232.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	450.00	450.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	736	187.50	187.50
6	750–800	786	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	234	525.00	525.00
7	300–350	333	395.00–425.00	412.05
10	400–450	443	350.00	350.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Sheldon Livestock Auction