Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Dairy-Holstein feeder cattle special!! No comparison as the last reported sale was July 17. Mostly smaller strings in the offering. Good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $485.00/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −12.61 against this barn's trailing median of $497.61.

Average price

$485.00

14 head · 436 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,115

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+21.15

vs IA average

+100.29 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	436	485.00	2,115	14thin

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

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

485.00

—

IA average2 barns · 24 hd

463.85

+21.15

National average155 barns · 6,754 hd

384.71

+100.29

This barn, trailing median1 sales

497.61

−12.61

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

43 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	Small and Medium 3-4	150–200	183	332.24/cwt	325.00–350.00	608	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	669	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,840	15
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	350–400	378	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	794	4
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	200–250	246	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	861	7
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	700–750	718	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,580	8
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	250–300	266	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	865	8
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	300–350	326	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	897	7
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,516	13
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	219	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,314	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	891	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,896	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 2	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 2	250–300	254	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,016	5
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	750–800	793	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,427	12
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	408.09/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,110	24
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,031	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,242	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,184	10
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	413.46/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,530	10
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	413.96/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,801	36
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,848	16
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,223	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	423	416.31/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,761	44
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	606	343.37/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,081	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,558	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,710	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,548	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,057	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,049	15
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,474	6
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	829	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,155	8
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	26
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	1200–1250	1,215	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,187	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	1350–1400	1,383	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,628	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	500–550	512	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,485	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	589.78/cwt	575.00–625.00	1,699	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,115	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	568.04/cwt	550.00–585.00	1,551	20
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	200–250	223	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	558	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	300–350	342	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	941	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	950–1000	997	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,243	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	469	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,642	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	364	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,456	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	350–400	358	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,253	3

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

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Dairy-Holstein feeder cattle special!! No comparison as the last reported sale was July 17. Mostly smaller strings in the offering. Good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	150–200	183	325.00–350.00	332.24
7	200–250	246	350.00	350.00
8	250–300	266	325.00	325.00
7	300–350	326	275.00	275.00
8	700–750	718	220.00	220.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	364	400.00	400.00
10	450–500	469	350.00	350.00
15	650–700	669	275.00	275.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	350.00	350.00
7	500–550	512	290.00	290.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	223	250.00	250.00
4	350–400	378	210.00	210.00
12	750–800	793	180.00	180.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	275.00	275.00
3	950–1000	997	225.00	225.00
3	1200–1250	1,215	180.00	180.00
3	1350–1400	1,383	190.00	190.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	370	400.00–435.00	413.46
36	400–450	435	400.00–440.00	413.96
7	450–500	467	435.00	435.00
24	500–550	517	400.00–420.00	408.09
10	550–600	560	390.00	390.00
13	650–700	671	375.00	375.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	375	375.00	375.00
9	600–650	606	335.00–350.00	343.37
8	800–850	829	260.00	260.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	219	600.00	600.00
8	350–400	360	475.00	475.00
5	450–500	477	470.00	470.00
10	550–600	553	462.50	462.50
6	700–750	733	337.50	337.50
5	850–900	891	325.00	325.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	254	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	440	325.00	325.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	423	410.00–425.00	416.31
16	450–500	462	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	517	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	482	425.00	425.00
8	600–650	637	400.00	400.00
9	950–1000	994	307.50	307.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	288	575.00–625.00	589.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	273	550.00–585.00	568.04
14	400–450	436	485.00	485.00

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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