Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 25, 2021

10,280 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $138.48/cwt +3.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,070/hd at 773 lb · 1,009 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $142.79/cwt +3.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,031/hd at 722 lb · 761 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $148.93/cwt +5.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,001/hd at 672 lb · 664 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,280	25,135	17,622
Feeder cattle	9,131	22,923	17,398
Slaughter cattle	1,149	2,212	224

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 5.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/449 lbs 6.00 lower, 450/949 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400/599 lbs 1.00 to 10.00 higher, 600/949 lbs 2.00/3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	181.00	$181.00	$594	-0.62
363–392	371	12	170.00–182.50	$177.77	$660	-15.96
377 unweaned	377	6	184.00	$184.00	$694	—
413–448	436	18	163.00–178.00	$170.95	$745	-6.40
453 unweaned	453	10	170.00	$170.00	$770	—
450–497	481	131	150.00–177.00	$171.68	$826	+3.09
501–549	524	132	152.00–180.00	$165.86	$869	+4.58
526 fancy	526	75	173.00	$173.00	$910	—
550–595	573	300	151.00–169.00	$159.68	$915	+4.45
611 unweaned	611	4	140.00	$140.00	$855	-0.04
600–648	619	590	140.00–158.35	$153.97	$953	+6.13
654–698	672	664	139.00–154.00	$148.93	$1,001	+5.71
721 unweaned	721	5	120.00	$120.00	$865	—
700–749	722	756	135.50–148.00	$142.94	$1,032	+3.74
750–796	773	1,009	124.00–146.00	$138.48	$1,070	+3.62
805–847	827	416	124.00–137.75	$133.65	$1,105	+3.86
854–892	875	373	116.00–136.75	$132.85	$1,162	+4.02
903–920	904	77	127.50–135.75	$133.46	$1,206	+7.18
958	958	23	121.50	$121.50	$1,164	-2.89

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,277	—
1170–1270	1224	10	102.00–109.50	$107.35	$1,314	—
1075–1540	1289	14	91.00–95.00	$92.65	$1,194	-8.81
1185–1585	1408	24	96.00–109.00	$102.36	$1,441	—
1358–1475	1424	66	102.00–115.00	$109.02	$1,552	—
1165–1610	1453	155	110.00–115.75	$113.57	$1,650	+5.26
1513–1695	1608	76	101.00–112.50	$107.69	$1,732	—
1655–1957	1802	14	103.00–109.50	$107.64	$1,940	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	4	170.00	$170.00	$549	+4.45
350	350	1	151.00	$151.00	$528	-9.17
400	400	5	143.00	$143.00	$572	—
464–485	470	10	135.00–151.00	$139.95	$658	-9.98
504–539	519	28	141.00–160.00	$149.41	$775	+7.82
580–588	584	18	145.00–150.00	$147.38	$861	+3.91
600–639	624	38	130.00–141.00	$136.90	$854	-9.60
690	690	11	133.50	$133.50	$921	+2.51
737	737	9	130.00	$130.00	$958	-12.21
770	770	9	128.50	$128.50	$989	-0.59
898–899	899	8	115.00–120.00	$117.50	$1,056	-3.15
973	973	3	104.00	$104.00	$1,012	-12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
851–856	854	53	105.00–119.75	$115.63	$987	—
933–938	938	87	118.00–118.35	$118.34	$1,110	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
669	669	9	146.00	$146.00	$977	—
961	961	4	121.50	$121.50	$1,168	+2.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376–398	384	27	151.75–167.00	$160.10	$615	+10.52
413–431	419	25	143.50–158.00	$147.88	$620	+0.55
451–498	473	258	137.00–166.00	$152.23	$720	+9.82
500–548	529	205	133.50–155.50	$143.69	$760	+1.65
553–564 unweaned	559	14	126.00–127.50	$126.74	$708	+0.12
553–598	572	482	124.50–151.00	$145.35	$831	+9.98
621 unweaned	621	8	119.50	$119.50	$742	-1.00
600–649	625	592	126.75–148.50	$135.87	$849	+3.40
631	631	11	137.00	$137.00	$864	+4.53
653–695	670	509	120.00–140.50	$132.31	$886	+2.94
701–745	725	543	117.75–134.50	$128.98	$935	+2.21
753–795	771	256	115.00–136.00	$126.71	$977	+1.94
779	779	4	110.00	$110.00	$857	-14.77
808–848	824	229	115.00–131.00	$126.28	$1,041	+2.63
853–866	858	94	119.00–125.75	$124.41	$1,067	+3.30
900–948	930	59	112.00–130.50	$118.99	$1,107	+2.47
978	978	15	112.75	$112.75	$1,103	+1.88
999	999	12	117.00	$117.00	$1,169	+6.13

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
958–1039	1012	6	103.00–109.00	$107.11	$1,084	+7.90
1045–1325	1107	15	101.00–108.00	$105.29	$1,166	—
1077–1570	1287	28	96.00–109.50	$105.93	$1,363	—
1120–1370	1304	17	91.50–95.00	$93.26	$1,216	—
1228–1435	1316	94	101.00–112.75	$108.40	$1,427	-0.12
1195–1595	1367	163	110.00–118.00	$113.71	$1,554	+6.73
1443–1513	1466	31	103.00–109.00	$104.86	$1,537	—
1615–1735	1668	4	102.00–108.50	$106.31	$1,773	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361–383	372	6	120.00–150.00	$134.56	$501	-9.81
410–445	432	6	133.00–141.00	$137.69	$595	-0.91
463–494	470	51	131.00–144.50	$136.32	$641	+6.64
500–545	523	19	121.00–137.50	$130.16	$681	-0.65
565–583	573	10	120.00–135.00	$127.50	$731	-0.41
600–649	623	48	120.00–131.25	$124.50	$776	+0.21
655–699	682	39	119.50–126.25	$122.83	$838	-17.14
756	756	3	125.00	$125.00	$945	+18.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
863	863	44	115.50	$115.50	$997	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	7	133.00	$133.00	$697	—
739	739	4	123.50	$123.50	$913	—
1019	1019	7	114.00	$114.00	$1,162	+5.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	9	146.00	$146.00	$765	+16.00

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1765	1400	75-80%	40	62.00–71.00	$66.32	$928	—
1260–1785	1411	75-80%	15	72.00–78.00	$74.11	$1,046	+10.95

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1200	1122	80-85%	10	62.00–67.00	$64.99	$729	—
880–1640	1239	80-85%	28	53.00–61.00	$57.84	$717	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1470	1063	85-90%	6	31.00–43.00	$38.18	$406	—
840–1350	1100	85-90%	8	44.00–52.00	$48.46	$533	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–2010	1633	65-75%	3	80.00–86.00	$81.73	$1,335	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1315	1210	2	64.00–70.00	$67.26	$814	—
1050–2310	1581	14	76.00–97.00	$85.54	$1,352	—
1635–1755	1695	2	102.00–103.00	$102.48	$1,737	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	8	83.50	$83.50	$939	+1.50
1120–1408	1322	19	70.00–80.00	$73.43	$971	—
1190–1570	1339	29	83.00–90.50	$86.14	$1,153	—
1325–1615	1511	67	92.00–98.00	$94.56	$1,429	—
1643–1720	1681	29	94.00–98.50	$95.14	$1,599	+8.16
1606–1760	1698	10	87.00–88.00	$87.62	$1,488	—
1640–2297	2114	7	74.00–78.00	$74.56	$1,576	—

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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.