Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

10,482 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $135.77/cwt ≈ $1,176/hd at 866 lb · 556 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $138.87/cwt ≈ $1,075/hd at 774 lb · 527 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $158.41/cwt ≈ $893/hd at 564 lb · 305 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,482	1,962	10,337
Feeder cattle	7,951	—	8,943
Slaughter cattle	2,531	1,962	1,394

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold1.00 lower. No feeder cattle reported last week for a price comparison.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337–348	342	19	166.00–194.00	$180.01	$616	—
366–390	383	46	158.00–190.00	$175.62	$673	—
405–449	427	64	169.00–185.00	$177.33	$757	—
457–497	470	210	153.00–182.25	$172.86	$812	—
511 unweaned	511	15	164.00	$164.00	$838	—
504–546	524	90	148.00–160.00	$153.43	$804	—
550–594	563	294	144.00–163.50	$158.79	$894	—
583–595 unweaned	588	11	145.00–151.00	$148.24	$872	—
610 fancy	610	46	150.00	$150.00	$915	—
601–641	619	254	135.75–157.00	$145.54	$901	—
666 fancy	666	40	156.25	$156.25	$1,041	—
661–676 unweaned	671	19	132.00–134.00	$132.62	$890	—
653–696	688	211	134.00–150.00	$143.41	$987	—
707 unweaned	707	6	134.00	$134.00	$947	—
701–749	723	267	127.00–147.00	$138.91	$1,004	—
751–791	774	527	130.00–145.10	$138.87	$1,075	—
802–849	830	303	127.00–148.00	$137.65	$1,142	—
851–893	866	556	121.00–148.00	$135.77	$1,176	—
913–945	929	133	120.00–130.75	$128.08	$1,190	—
956–998	968	291	120.00–133.75	$128.08	$1,240	—
1009–1017	1011	51	117.75–123.00	$121.45	$1,228	—
1065	1065	4	111.00	$111.00	$1,182	—
1107	1107	8	104.50	$104.50	$1,157	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1443	1167	90	92.50–117.25	$107.50	$1,255	—
1000–1273	1180	7	96.50–100.00	$97.43	$1,150	—
1240	1240	1	90.50	$90.50	$1,122	—
1238–1643	1415	61	90.00–99.50	$96.15	$1,361	+1.22
1015–1801	1423	118	85.00–102.50	$99.44	$1,415	+4.51
1145–1670	1455	700	97.00–108.00	$103.29	$1,503	-0.98
1640–1955	1747	16	81.00–99.50	$94.00	$1,642	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402–440	430	38	155.00–168.00	$159.47	$686	—
441 unweaned	441	7	154.00	$154.00	$679	—
451–499	476	63	148.00–157.00	$155.39	$740	—
461–485 unweaned	477	26	142.00–155.50	$146.52	$699	—
507–543	525	29	142.00–149.00	$145.48	$764	—
554–561 unweaned	558	14	142.00–143.50	$142.75	$797	—
565–596	584	48	137.00–145.00	$140.99	$823	—
601–632	612	68	125.00–136.00	$129.98	$795	—
625–628 unweaned	626	17	126.00–130.50	$127.86	$800	—
655–697	678	52	129.50–135.00	$133.48	$905	—
682 unweaned	682	11	125.50	$125.50	$856	—
738–742	741	49	105.00–110.00	$108.78	$806	—
780–796	788	6	125.00	$125.00	$985	—
835–846	842	111	114.00–133.00	$119.18	$1,003	—
863–894	868	24	113.00–122.50	$114.63	$995	—
963	963	11	107.00	$107.00	$1,030	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
272 unweaned	272	4	520.00	$520.00	—
310–338 unweaned	322	12	600.00–610.00	$605.62	—
360–370 unweaned	365	6	500.00–680.00	$591.23	—
501 unweaned	501	3	600.00	$600.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–346	334	28	167.50–174.00	$170.77	$570	—
358–394	367	16	149.00	$149.00	$547	—
400–448	432	70	139.00–161.50	$152.52	$659	—
451–499	467	178	125.00–164.00	$151.28	$706	—
496 unweaned	496	15	139.00	$139.00	$689	—
500–547	532	265	134.50–145.50	$141.40	$752	—
541 unweaned	541	5	135.00	$135.00	$730	—
554 unweaned	554	14	144.00	$144.00	$798	—
551–599	578	237	129.00–145.00	$135.65	$784	—
603 unweaned	603	33	138.25	$138.25	$834	—
609–646	632	194	127.00–139.25	$136.22	$861	—
665 fancy	665	35	141.50	$141.50	$941	—
651–691	669	78	125.00–135.00	$131.77	$882	—
700–745	718	131	124.00–136.50	$130.04	$934	—
751–786	757	60	122.25–132.75	$125.14	$947	—
801–846	826	188	122.00–134.00	$129.53	$1,070	—
856–898	865	189	108.00–126.10	$121.04	$1,047	—
903–942	922	80	110.00–125.50	$123.00	$1,134	—
952–979	966	124	106.00–124.10	$122.12	$1,180	—
1012–1040	1034	66	95.00–120.10	$117.85	$1,219	—
1064	1064	9	103.00	$103.00	$1,096	—
1170	1170	7	97.00	$97.00	$1,135	—
1217	1217	5	101.00	$101.00	$1,229	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
886–1265	1009	30	74.00–113.00	$99.23	$1,001	—
1010–1195	1121	4	85.50–94.00	$89.44	$1,003	-3.52
975–1292	1158	21	98.50–105.00	$100.18	$1,160	—
1045–1565	1282	120	92.00–103.75	$100.44	$1,288	+1.90
1035–1549	1311	543	95.25–108.00	$103.12	$1,352	-1.47
1175–1470	1374	43	74.00–99.50	$93.47	$1,284	—
1575–1620	1595	3	82.00–90.00	$86.52	$1,380	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	145.00	$145.00	$483	—
394	394	4	153.00	$153.00	$603	—
404–449	431	40	133.00–152.50	$144.89	$624	—
461–480	472	20	126.00–136.00	$128.89	$608	—
507–538	531	14	127.00–129.00	$128.01	$680	—
564–596	574	50	123.00–131.00	$125.54	$721	—
596 unweaned	596	3	116.00	$116.00	$691	—
638–643	641	14	126.50–127.00	$126.68	$812	—
706–735	732	76	111.00–116.00	$111.57	$817	—
755–783	759	24	110.00–116.00	$110.77	$841	—
800	800	13	106.50	$106.50	$852	—
942	942	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,083	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
258–287 unweaned	277	9	375.00–380.00	$378.45	—
316–329 unweaned	324	8	480.00–590.00	$549.78	—
370–381 unweaned	375	26	550.00–630.00	$605.65	—
520 unweaned	520	3	525.00	$525.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
405 unweaned	405	4	660.00	$660.00	—
511 unweaned	511	3	730.00	$730.00	—
563 unweaned	563	9	788.00	$788.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538 unweaned	538	4	130.00	$130.00	$699	—
613	613	3	121.00	$121.00	$742	—
683	683	3	106.00	$106.00	$724	—
704	704	4	112.00	$112.00	$788	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1750	1331	80-85%	79	50.00–59.00	$55.29	$736	—
1470–1560	1500	80-85%	4	45.00–49.50	$47.35	$710	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1880	1461	75-80%	63	60.00–69.50	$62.75	$917	—
1310–1900	1513	75-80%	9	70.00–87.00	$77.06	$1,166	+13.37

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1465	1194	85-90%	18	21.00–41.00	$33.63	$402	—
990–1525	1233	85-90%	39	42.00–51.00	$47.29	$583	+15.87

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1370–1810	1586	7	65.00–68.00	$66.34	$1,052	—
1165–2425	1781	34	70.00–90.00	$78.42	$1,397	-1.39

YG2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1281	1281	4	82.00	$82.00	$1,050	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1360	1163	8	72.00–88.00	$78.62	$914	—
1028–1400	1192	29	71.00–79.00	$76.01	$906	—
1170–1796	1419	160	80.00–89.00	$86.52	$1,228	—
1213–1805	1483	87	90.00–98.50	$92.60	$1,373	-1.21

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175–193	184	20	100.00–115.00	$105.62	$194	—
240	240	5	115.00	$115.00	$276	—
264–285	272	28	125.00	$125.00	$340	—
307–325	320	20	107.50–117.00	$112.89	$361	—
365–387	379	23	105.00–116.00	$113.91	$432	—
400–423	414	51	100.00–117.00	$109.43	$453	—
464–469	466	14	95.00–97.50	$96.42	$449	—
520–546	539	15	87.50–91.00	$88.40	$476	—
560–584	575	11	85.00–89.00	$86.42	$497	—
607–624	618	19	75.00–89.00	$82.93	$513	—
657	657	3	83.00	$83.00	$545	—
754–760	758	17	80.00–82.00	$81.30	$616	—
805–835	820	6	78.00–79.00	$78.51	$644	—
868	868	5	71.00	$71.00	$616	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
99	99	6	215.00	$215.00	$213	—
195	195	3	107.50	$107.50	$210	—
258–294	285	13	122.50–145.00	$129.57	$369	—
347–348	347	18	120.00–126.00	$125.33	$435	—
368–395	382	8	129.00–137.50	$133.40	$510	—
432–447	435	38	127.00–131.00	$127.73	$556	—
460	460	4	131.00	$131.00	$603	—
500–514	512	19	117.50–127.50	$119.04	$609	—
553–565	557	9	117.50–121.00	$118.68	$661	—
613–615	614	7	110.00–117.00	$113.99	$700	—
717	717	8	104.00	$104.00	$746	—
791	791	9	105.00	$105.00	$831	—
811–828	817	14	100.00–105.00	$101.81	$832	—
908	908	18	97.00	$97.00	$881	—
1114	1114	6	92.50	$92.50	$1,030	—
1266	1266	5	97.50	$97.50	$1,234	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125	125	3	60.00	$60.00	$75	—
180–198	192	28	80.00–100.00	$85.25	$164	—
235	235	3	67.50	$67.50	$159	—
258–286	272	33	70.00–110.00	$78.35	$213	—
300–340	331	16	82.00–105.00	$92.02	$305	—
370–393	382	24	76.00–96.00	$85.55	$327	—
428–446	441	15	80.00–85.00	$83.71	$369	—
464–480	466	21	70.00–82.50	$76.10	$355	—
505–518	512	8	69.00–70.00	$69.51	$356	—
575	575	9	77.50	$77.50	$446	—
664	664	5	67.50	$67.50	$448	—
704	704	5	70.00	$70.00	$493	—
750–773	762	8	56.00–62.50	$59.30	$452	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	10	123.00	$123.00	$461	—
425–439	430	23	121.00–122.50	$121.90	$524	—
478–482	481	14	107.00–107.50	$107.14	$515	—
507	507	16	102.50	$102.50	$520	—
578–587	583	15	95.00–97.00	$96.21	$561	—
606	606	14	99.00	$99.00	$600	—
713	713	21	93.00	$93.00	$663	—
830–848	844	12	80.00–85.00	$81.23	$686	—
871	871	8	81.00	$81.00	$706	—
979	979	8	85.00	$85.00	$832	—
1202	1202	4	78.00	$78.00	$938	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
843–846	846	36	90.00–99.00	$98.00	$829	—
868–898	895	53	94.50–96.25	$96.06	$860	—
908–934	929	17	91.00–93.00	$91.52	$850	—
1140	1140	3	83.00	$83.00	$946	—
1341	1341	6	84.00	$84.00	$1,126	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.