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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, May 22

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

230 head

▼ 179 vs last sale 409▼ 295 vs year ago 525 · −56.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago; Choice slaughter steers steady to 1.00 higher. Choice slaughter heifers 1.00 higher, heavy-weight heifers 2.00-4.00 higher. Dairy steers 10.00 higher. The sale consisted of a few half loads and many smaller strings. Demand good throughout the sale.

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	1,586	209.23	3,318	6thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,691	223.45	3,779	14
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,482	185.32	2,746	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,437	207.00	2,975	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,673	197.96	3,312	16
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,519	229.25	3,483	36
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	223.91	3,022	47
Steers	Choice	Average	1,572	228.08	3,586	76
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,373	223.18	3,064	9thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,286	223.33/cwt	223.00–225.00	2,872	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,383	227.23/cwt	225.00–230.75	3,143	24
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,481	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	3,303	4
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,543	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	3,533	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,545	229.02/cwt	227.00–232.00	3,538	17
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,744	228.07/cwt	226.00–230.00	3,978	30
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,331	224.54/cwt	220.00–226.50	2,989	44
Heifers	—	Choice	1,422	230.14/cwt	229.00–233.75	3,273	13
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,574	228.75/cwt	227.00–229.25	3,601	23
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,624	214.65/cwt	214.00–216.00	3,486	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,482	185.32/cwt	180.00–186.50	2,746	11
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,586	209.23/cwt	208.00–215.00	3,318	6
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,691	223.45/cwt	219.50–226.00	3,779	14
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,437	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,975	3
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,673	197.96/cwt	197.00–200.00	3,312	16

This sale against other markets

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

Thu May 22, 2025

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Receipts 230Last week 409Year ago 525

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,331	220.00–226.50	224.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,574	227.00–229.25	228.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,624	214.00–216.00	214.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,422	229.00–233.75	230.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,482	180.00–186.50	185.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,586	208.00–215.00	209.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,543	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,744	226.00–230.00	228.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,545	227.00–232.00	229.02
24	—	1,383	225.00–230.75	227.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,286	223.00–225.00	223.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,481	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,691	219.50–226.00	223.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,673	197.00–200.00	197.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	207.00	207.00

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.