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Sheldon Livestock Auction

Name: Sheldon Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-10

Slaughter Cattle · Sheldon, Iowa · Thu, Jul 10

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2154

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Receipts

492 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 476▼ 49 vs year ago 541 · −9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison, as there hasn't been a recently reported sale. Several half loads of steers, heifers and dairy steers along with plenty of smaller packages in the offering today. Good demand throughout the sale. Next Thursday Dairy-Holstein feeder/slaughter 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	1,418	237.36	3,366	3thin
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,441	226.00	3,257	5thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,471	229.32	3,373	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,599	227.19	3,633	12
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,398	186.95	2,614	6thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,707	209.22	3,571	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,561	203.89	3,183	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,360	238.48	3,243	124
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,319	232.08	3,062	56
Steers	Choice	Average	1,541	238.29	3,672	120
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,413	231.83	3,275	57

Every lot

20 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,207	231.99/cwt	230.00–233.00	2,800	3
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,375	231.96/cwt	227.50–234.25	3,189	41
Steers	—	Choice	1,440	238.74/cwt	235.00–241.75	3,438	57
Steers	—	Choice	1,538	238.89/cwt	238.00–240.00	3,674	21
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,557	233.10/cwt	232.00–233.50	3,629	10
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,580	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	3,729	4
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,655	225.67/cwt	225.00–226.00	3,735	3
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,690	237.52/cwt	235.00–240.00	4,014	38
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,164	234.70/cwt	233.50–235.00	2,732	10
Heifers	—	Choice	1,327	238.64/cwt	235.50–241.50	3,167	109
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,353	231.51/cwt	227.50–234.00	3,132	46
Heifers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,600	237.31/cwt	236.50–239.00	3,797	15
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,561	203.89/cwt	201.00–205.00	3,183	11
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,707	209.22/cwt	209.00–214.00	3,571	35
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,427	228.43/cwt	228.00–229.00	3,260	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,599	227.19/cwt	226.00–228.00	3,633	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,602	231.98/cwt	230.00–235.00	3,716	3
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,418	237.36/cwt	236.00–240.00	3,366	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,441	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	3,257	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,398	186.95/cwt	184.00–195.00	2,614	6

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.

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

Sheldon Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Sheldon, IA

Thu Jul 10, 2025

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

Receipts 492Last week 476Year ago 541

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,440	235.00–241.75	238.74
21	—	1,538	238.00–240.00	238.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	230.00–233.00	231.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,375	227.50–234.25	231.96
10	—	1,557	232.00–233.50	233.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,580	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,655	225.00–226.00	225.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,690	235.00–240.00	237.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,707	209.00–214.00	209.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,561	201.00–205.00	203.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,427	228.00–229.00	228.43
3	—	1,602	230.00–235.00	231.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,599	226.00–228.00	227.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,327	235.50–241.50	238.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,600	236.50–239.00	237.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,164	233.50–235.00	234.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,353	227.50–234.00	231.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,418	236.00–240.00	237.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,441	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,398	184.00–195.00	186.95

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.