Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

10,152 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $163.44/cwt -3.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,030/hd at 630 lb · 613 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $152.84/cwt +0.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,103/hd at 722 lb · 612 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $159.10/cwt -0.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,072/hd at 674 lb · 593 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,152	8,014	6,618
Feeder cattle	8,619	6,224	6,071
Slaughter cattle	1,533	1,790	547

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/449 lbs 5.00 lower, 450/499 lbs 8.00 higher, 500/599 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 600/999 lbs 1.00 higher to 3.00 lower mostly steady. Feeder heifers 400/899 lbs steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
153 unweaned	153	3	170.00	$170.00	$260	—
281	281	4	193.00	$193.00	$542	—
310–340	333	8	152.50–190.00	$180.63	$601	-18.22
353–396 unweaned	382	21	188.00–201.00	$195.70	$748	—
370–396	382	35	180.00–202.00	$194.42	$743	—
400–443	427	35	182.00–212.50	$193.50	$826	-4.93
405–445 unweaned	433	40	180.00–205.00	$198.77	$861	—
453–499	475	181	179.00–197.00	$189.77	$901	+8.79
452–498 unweaned	476	27	170.00–208.00	$189.15	$900	—
502–549	527	257	167.00–193.00	$180.38	$951	+0.04
507–548 unweaned	536	67	169.00–184.25	$178.74	$958	—
551–580 unweaned	562	52	150.00–179.00	$169.57	$953	—
550–598	580	264	161.00–181.00	$170.20	$987	+1.09
600–648	630	609	152.50–169.50	$163.54	$1,030	-3.72
638 unweaned	638	4	148.00	$148.00	$944	—
650–695	674	590	145.50–167.00	$159.23	$1,073	-0.46
683 unweaned	683	3	134.00	$134.00	$915	—
708 unweaned	708	10	140.75	$140.75	$997	—
700–749	722	602	140.00–163.75	$153.04	$1,105	+0.24
750–799	781	519	134.00–151.75	$145.57	$1,137	+0.22
801–843	819	542	131.00–144.00	$140.66	$1,152	+0.10
855–895	874	228	122.50–138.35	$133.73	$1,169	-0.98
900–932	923	210	117.00–134.75	$131.96	$1,218	+1.05
998	998	10	117.50	$117.50	$1,173	-6.83

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1180	1124	18	104.00–113.00	$107.85	$1,212	+7.33
1265	1265	2	116.00	$116.00	$1,467	+2.50
1145–1570	1339	36	108.00–116.50	$114.52	$1,533	+4.75
1312–1497	1430	55	107.00–123.50	$117.82	$1,685	—
1185–1682	1442	267	116.00–124.75	$120.18	$1,733	—
1500–1613	1552	35	111.00–122.50	$118.51	$1,839	—
1697–1990	1727	26	106.00–112.50	$109.88	$1,898	+4.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365 unweaned	365	6	169.00	$169.00	$617	—
363–389	383	30	170.00–176.00	$172.21	$660	—
419–442 unweaned	422	21	170.00–177.50	$176.38	$744	—
415–442	431	12	170.00–181.00	$173.30	$747	—
455–494	472	18	156.00–178.00	$171.15	$808	+16.15
508–539	529	21	159.00–168.00	$163.82	$867	—
551–599	589	57	153.00–171.00	$158.94	$936	+6.94
644	644	4	146.50	$146.50	$943	-8.50
663 unweaned	663	5	139.00	$139.00	$922	—
660–693	679	55	135.00–148.00	$143.01	$971	-1.78
710–744	730	12	120.00–138.00	$130.70	$954	-10.01
776	776	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,024	-4.35

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	4	138.50	$138.50	$1,011	—
1041–1049	1045	73	107.25–118.25	$112.80	$1,179	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	225	3	182.50–185.00	$184.20	$414	—
265	265	2	175.00	$175.00	$464	—
327 unweaned	327	3	173.00	$173.00	$566	—
307–347	334	15	151.50–177.00	$168.54	$563	+4.54
352–398	376	47	152.00–175.00	$161.64	$608	—
385 unweaned	385	2	171.00	$171.00	$658	—
407–446 unweaned	427	63	146.50–184.00	$161.93	$691	—
412–449	433	142	144.00–178.75	$163.25	$707	+0.29
450–495 unweaned	470	29	135.00–171.00	$156.41	$735	—
451–492	478	113	140.00–166.00	$154.83	$740	-2.31
500–548	525	277	136.00–162.75	$150.42	$790	-0.14
511–547 unweaned	527	41	132.50–169.00	$150.59	$794	—
550–585 unweaned	571	30	128.00–150.00	$136.48	$779	—
550–599	579	275	131.00–153.75	$145.55	$843	-3.11
600 unweaned	600	3	140.00	$140.00	$840	—
608–616 fancy	612	91	154.00–154.25	$154.13	$943	—
600–649	627	421	126.00–152.00	$144.42	$906	-2.00
652	652	13	161.00	$161.00	$1,050	+22.79
652 fancy	652	32	148.00	$148.00	$965	—
650–697	674	478	127.00–145.50	$137.15	$924	-1.06
700–749	721	373	120.00–141.00	$132.99	$959	-3.52
726–728	727	32	143.00–143.50	$143.27	$1,042	+6.76
752–797	766	212	120.00–142.00	$131.26	$1,005	-0.28
770–787	781	79	142.50–153.00	$149.40	$1,167	+17.86
804–841	823	14	116.00–141.00	$128.78	$1,060	-1.39
837	837	14	123.50	$123.50	$1,034	-6.67
905–930	913	5	110.00–119.50	$112.54	$1,027	-6.60
955	955	5	117.50	$117.50	$1,122	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1208	1113	13	83.00–111.00	$103.81	$1,155	—
1160–1195	1166	18	102.00–108.00	$106.97	$1,247	—
1225–1395	1293	46	102.00–117.00	$112.24	$1,451	-0.76
1105–1625	1337	209	115.50–124.00	$119.93	$1,603	+7.99
1100–1595	1388	39	110.00–115.50	$112.45	$1,561	-5.22
1406–1489	1459	54	115.75–119.00	$116.99	$1,707	+5.90
1525–1655	1564	10	103.00–121.00	$115.92	$1,813	+31.17

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
401	401	6	161.00	$161.00	$646	—
450–493	475	24	130.00–150.00	$140.03	$665	-0.97
475 unweaned	475	6	150.00	$150.00	$712	+10.00
522–531 unweaned	525	14	146.00–151.00	$147.45	$774	—
500–547	534	31	120.00–146.00	$134.94	$721	-5.06
537	537	4	130.00	$130.00	$698	-10.00
550–595	576	53	115.00–137.00	$133.54	$769	-5.71
590 unweaned	590	6	133.00	$133.00	$785	—
605 unweaned	605	11	130.50	$130.50	$790	—
600–647	626	52	122.00–137.00	$133.35	$835	-3.52
671 unweaned	671	4	120.00	$120.00	$805	—
652–695	672	32	115.00–129.00	$122.16	$821	-8.84
724–749	732	27	115.00–126.00	$119.84	$877	—
780–787	783	13	118.00–120.00	$119.23	$934	-1.76
800–835	825	4	111.00–117.00	$113.24	$934	-7.76
868	868	4	115.00	$115.00	$998	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	177.00	$177.00	$761	—
455–475	465	2	165.00–174.00	$169.40	$788	+8.40
450–474 unweaned	466	6	173.00–178.00	$176.39	$822	—
559 unweaned	559	12	168.50	$168.50	$942	—
576	576	6	160.00	$160.00	$922	—
603	603	3	149.00	$149.00	$898	—
670 unweaned	670	3	141.00	$141.00	$945	—
670–696	684	9	134.00–146.00	$139.22	$952	-1.28
821	821	4	113.00	$113.00	$928	-4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330	1330	75-80%	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,064	—
1105–2105	1469	75-80%	123	66.00–79.00	$72.13	$1,060	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1915	1289	80-85%	84	56.00–69.00	$65.85	$849	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630–1450	990	85-90%	11	30.00–49.00	$40.03	$396	—
630–1490	1043	85-90%	44	47.00–62.00	$56.19	$586	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1990	1428	6	67.00–77.00	$74.15	$1,059	—
1150–2620	1713	33	78.00–99.00	$88.47	$1,515	—
1890–2345	2064	5	100.00–105.00	$102.34	$2,112	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1008–1275	1160	37	70.00–100.50	$77.62	$900	—
1250	1250	1	77.50	$77.50	$969	—
1035–1670	1330	20	80.00–93.50	$86.24	$1,147	+0.81
1088–1835	1386	106	90.00–105.00	$97.31	$1,349	—
1193–1527	1410	34	101.00–107.00	$104.38	$1,472	—
1610–1645	1626	9	103.50–110.00	$104.89	$1,706	—

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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.