Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

11,934 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $152.42/cwt +4.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,169/hd at 767 lb · 693 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $144.08/cwt -0.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,200/hd at 833 lb · 626 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.55/cwt +1.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,015/hd at 727 lb · 601 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,934	13,875	3,095
Feeder cattle	9,898	12,255	3,095
Slaughter cattle	2,036	1,620	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to 2.50 higher. Feeder steers under 550 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower, 550/699 lbs steady to 6.00 higher, over 700 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, 500/599 lbs 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher, 600/749 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, over 750 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–294	293	7	190.00–207.50	$194.95	$571	—
300–330	314	10	200.00–220.00	$207.79	$652	+10.29
360–390	377	56	192.50–218.00	$211.00	$795	+2.99
393 unweaned	393	11	203.00	$203.00	$798	+4.12
400–446	423	84	177.00–210.00	$194.14	$821	-5.16
461–462 fancy	461	18	195.00–197.00	$195.89	$903	-26.61
451–498	482	219	168.00–196.50	$181.95	$877	-8.61
485 unweaned	485	16	173.00	$173.00	$839	-14.21
493 thin fleshed	493	4	194.00	$194.00	$956	—
506 unweaned	506	13	173.75	$173.75	$879	-1.50
502–547	522	272	171.00–195.00	$183.06	$956	-3.24
543–548	545	17	161.00–165.00	$162.62	$886	-23.68
566 thin fleshed	566	5	181.75	$181.75	$1,029	—
551–597	577	464	158.00–182.00	$173.70	$1,002	+1.04
611 unweaned	611	7	152.00	$152.00	$929	-6.13
613–617	615	7	144.00–151.00	$147.99	$910	-18.61
601–649	627	354	156.75–175.50	$166.25	$1,042	+22.25
650	650	13	149.00	$149.00	$968	-9.27
652 thin fleshed	652	31	164.75	$164.75	$1,074	—
650–698	667	531	150.00–172.00	$165.84	$1,106	+7.57
702–748	732	423	142.50–164.00	$154.79	$1,133	+1.44
759 unweaned	759	4	135.00	$135.00	$1,025	—
751–794	767	689	138.00–158.00	$152.52	$1,170	+4.56
800–848	833	626	131.00–150.00	$144.08	$1,200	-0.44
850–893	868	508	130.00–149.85	$140.97	$1,224	+1.76
908–925	918	91	130.60–145.00	$132.74	$1,219	-3.19
951	951	5	133.50	$133.50	$1,270	+2.64
1003	1003	14	121.00	$121.00	$1,214	-7.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1120	1075	2	100.00–110.50	$105.47	$1,134	—
985–1365	1166	14	101.00–116.00	$110.01	$1,283	-0.40
1205–1333	1292	7	115.00–123.00	$117.35	$1,516	+1.86
1040–1990	1346	115	98.00–122.75	$117.49	$1,581	—
1205–1710	1426	340	116.00–130.25	$126.01	$1,797	+1.06
1357–1505	1445	64	117.00–124.25	$121.65	$1,758	-3.30
1505–1598	1550	57	117.00–126.75	$121.80	$1,888	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–391	376	10	185.00–197.00	$192.49	$724	+11.20
429–438	431	21	152.00–186.50	$180.17	$777	+5.44
454–498	484	21	169.00–176.00	$172.32	$834	+0.51
515–520 unweaned	516	19	168.00–170.00	$169.68	$876	+16.18
501–549	533	68	166.00–175.00	$172.28	$918	+7.61
559 unweaned	559	5	152.00	$152.00	$850	-4.00
552–583	561	21	155.00–163.00	$156.89	$880	+2.64
608–638	621	24	140.00–155.00	$146.73	$911	-2.55
619–633 unweaned	626	21	148.00–149.50	$148.76	$931	+3.76
653–699	676	84	140.00–154.00	$148.51	$1,004	+6.09
706–743	732	45	139.25–146.00	$140.85	$1,031	+1.01
774–794	780	58	120.00–141.75	$137.03	$1,069	+7.03
805–813	808	7	128.00–136.00	$132.55	$1,071	+3.27
976	976	4	120.25	$120.25	$1,174	+4.79

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429 thin fleshed	429	7	192.00	$192.00	$824	—
541 thin fleshed	541	8	184.25	$184.25	$997	—
648 thin fleshed	648	3	162.50	$162.50	$1,053	—
854	854	27	138.50	$138.50	$1,183	—
1021–1043	1023	49	116.00–126.00	$125.17	$1,280	-3.47
1103	1103	3	109.50	$109.50	$1,208	—
1202	1202	7	114.75	$114.75	$1,379	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	2	174.00	$174.00	$432	—
281	281	15	170.00–187.50	$179.33	$504	—
315–324	323	15	175.00–178.00	$177.81	$574	+4.41
380 unweaned	380	11	170.00	$170.00	$646	-6.99
355–398	382	46	162.00–174.00	$168.37	$643	-4.81
412 fancy	412	18	191.00	$191.00	$787	—
408–445	432	197	153.00–169.00	$161.15	$696	-3.62
451–499	475	256	145.50–167.00	$158.22	$752	-4.93
476–492 unweaned	489	27	145.00–156.50	$154.43	$755	-0.18
503–541	524	360	138.00–163.50	$153.87	$806	-3.85
556–582 fancy	571	36	170.00–182.00	$173.11	$988	+23.36
550–598	575	399	134.00–157.50	$147.41	$848	+0.77
615 thin fleshed	615	16	147.00	$147.00	$904	-7.30
602–649	627	513	132.00–156.00	$148.74	$933	+5.54
616–646	634	13	125.00–130.00	$128.82	$817	-14.38
650–698	679	443	133.00–149.50	$143.28	$973	+2.86
693	693	6	125.00	$125.00	$866	-15.42
723 unweaned	723	3	122.00	$122.00	$882	-1.00
702–748	727	590	127.00–148.00	$139.43	$1,014	+1.17
743	743	8	155.00	$155.00	$1,152	+16.74
764	764	8	120.00	$120.00	$917	-14.00
766	766	43	140.25	$140.25	$1,074	+6.25
750–799	772	320	128.00–146.60	$135.67	$1,047	+1.67
809–822	816	135	140.00–159.00	$151.01	$1,232	+15.65
803–836	818	207	126.25–144.00	$133.36	$1,091	-2.00
846 fancy	846	5	133.00	$133.00	$1,125	—
860–892	875	96	123.50–130.35	$127.88	$1,119	-2.22
893	893	27	153.00	$153.00	$1,366	+22.90
911	911	14	124.50	$124.50	$1,134	+0.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1078–1310	1128	12	106.00–113.50	$111.46	$1,257	+6.90
940–1364	1204	21	91.00–110.50	$98.29	$1,183	-9.64
1115–1322	1242	16	117.00–126.00	$123.44	$1,533	+21.23
1041–1602	1282	97	102.00–122.50	$117.47	$1,506	+2.78
1267–1460	1324	72	116.00–122.50	$120.08	$1,590	-5.92
1065–1625	1332	425	119.50–132.50	$126.52	$1,685	+0.52
1460–1585	1525	35	115.00–123.50	$117.93	$1,798	—
1548	1548	6	94.00	$94.00	$1,455	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	141.00	$141.00	$479	-8.54
399	399	4	135.00	$135.00	$539	-30.30
423	423	3	149.00	$149.00	$630	-9.73
463–494	478	26	131.00–145.00	$138.50	$662	-15.36
501–543	516	58	131.00–146.00	$141.99	$733	+2.96
554–577	565	39	125.00–142.00	$131.28	$742	-5.58
619 unweaned	619	8	129.00	$129.00	$799	+1.53
608–641	628	55	121.00–138.50	$133.16	$836	+4.17
657–698	669	106	116.50–132.00	$128.97	$863	-5.00
710–733	723	21	126.00–139.00	$129.30	$935	+6.07
797	797	5	124.50	$124.50	$992	+2.07

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	11	159.50	$159.50	$710	—
560	560	4	141.00	$141.00	$790	+4.00
600	600	6	121.00	$121.00	$726	—
762	762	3	115.50	$115.50	$880	-17.25
1076	1076	7	104.00	$104.00	$1,119	—
1103	1103	9	94.00	$94.00	$1,037	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	4	135.00	$135.00	$587	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–427	420	6	159.00–175.00	$167.13	$702	—
464–495	483	13	150.00–164.00	$158.11	$764	-9.39
500–545	540	9	153.00–167.50	$156.85	$847	-1.68
571–578	573	6	147.50–150.00	$149.16	$855	-10.18
605–644	626	16	130.00–143.00	$135.44	$848	-10.56
763	763	4	127.00	$127.00	$969	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1860	1305	80-85%	113	56.00–74.00	$69.02	$901	+3.39

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–2230	1464	75-80%	88	69.00–79.00	$74.86	$1,096	-6.44
1305–1725	1492	75-80%	16	79.00–87.00	$81.68	$1,219	+7.21

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1270	1000	85-90%	16	31.00–54.00	$44.32	$443	—
840–1650	1237	85-90%	38	43.00–65.00	$58.77	$727	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560	1560	65-75%	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,388	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1425	1350	4	66.00–76.00	$73.36	$990	—
1355–2455	1796	23	80.00–99.00	$88.35	$1,587	—
1470–2200	1940	5	101.00–107.00	$103.83	$2,014	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1910	1408	17	83.00–99.00	$92.81	$1,307	+0.31
1220–1670	1413	4	68.50–78.00	$73.27	$1,035	-19.23
1223–1833	1477	70	93.00–109.00	$103.59	$1,530	+0.72
1301–1625	1503	166	100.00–110.00	$102.76	$1,544	—

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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.