Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 11, 2021

3,016 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $178.85/cwt +3.17 vs last sale · ≈ $947/hd at 529 lb · 196 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $185.45/cwt -0.83 vs last sale · ≈ $864/hd at 466 lb · 92 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.84/cwt +11.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,108/hd at 711 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,016	8,598	4,459
Feeder cattle	1,795	7,077	2,823
Slaughter cattle	1,221	1,521	1,636

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 1.50 lower. Feeder Cattle , too few receipts this past week for market test.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278 unweaned	278	3	191.00	$191.00	$531	-16.50
353–359 unweaned	358	21	182.00–182.50	$182.43	$653	-10.06
416 unweaned	416	7	182.50	$182.50	$759	-13.05
451–497 unweaned	466	92	176.00–188.50	$185.45	$864	-0.22
508–520	515	62	169.50–171.50	$170.67	$879	-4.21
506–548 unweaned	536	134	166.50–186.50	$182.63	$979	+5.78
563–565	565	12	166.00–171.00	$166.83	$943	-0.95
607–639 unweaned	625	63	156.00–168.75	$163.73	$1,023	+5.23
660 unweaned	660	12	154.50	$154.50	$1,020	—
671	671	27	161.50	$161.50	$1,084	-4.37
693–698	697	25	130.00–138.00	$136.09	$949	-29.78

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1260	1102	3	84.00–94.00	$86.98	$959	-14.83
945–1346	1251	19	101.00–111.00	$108.00	$1,351	-11.92
1118–1310	1266	50	114.00–123.50	$122.37	$1,549	+2.45
1170–1648	1380	37	107.00–121.75	$115.02	$1,587	—
1238–1720	1469	336	113.00–130.00	$123.10	$1,808	-1.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	7	150.00	$150.00	$441	—
416	416	8	137.50	$137.50	$572	—
695	695	10	128.00	$128.00	$890	—
749	749	4	127.00	$127.00	$951	—
1023	1023	12	115.50	$115.50	$1,182	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	5	110.00	$110.00	$404	—
561–578	573	16	120.00–127.00	$122.14	$700	—
626	626	9	117.50	$117.50	$736	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–1295	1033	14	89.00–113.00	$100.22	$1,035	—
845–1232	1122	19	100.00–110.00	$103.54	$1,162	+3.54
945–1328	1216	63	115.00–123.00	$118.62	$1,442	-0.66
1130–1463	1310	35	99.00–121.50	$117.56	$1,540	-6.02
1154–1590	1351	308	113.00–130.00	$122.28	$1,652	—
1315–1485	1402	3	90.00–98.00	$94.97	$1,331	—
1620	1620	3	113.75	$113.75	$1,843	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
266 unweaned	266	4	160.00	$160.00	$426	±0.00
357–388 unweaned	365	23	153.00–162.50	$155.78	$569	-16.40
366	366	7	150.00	$150.00	$549	-22.43
410–413 unweaned	412	8	155.00	$155.00	$639	-11.40
457–495 unweaned	471	53	147.00–161.50	$153.12	$721	-8.60
517–535 unweaned	522	68	146.00–157.50	$154.04	$804	+2.54
554–576 unweaned	560	17	136.00–144.00	$141.48	$792	-6.49
558–579	573	10	137.00–144.75	$139.27	$798	-36.32
631 unweaned	631	10	137.75	$137.75	$869	-2.25
659 unweaned	659	4	136.00	$136.00	$896	—
696 thin fleshed	696	78	157.35	$157.35	$1,095	—
709 thin fleshed	709	77	157.35	$157.35	$1,116	—
739	739	6	136.50	$136.50	$1,009	-8.21
811	811	5	143.25	$143.25	$1,162	+2.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	7	140.00	$140.00	$442	—
428	428	11	132.00	$132.00	$565	—
653	653	14	119.00	$119.00	$777	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465 unweaned	465	16	133.00	$133.00	$618	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	3	110.00	$110.00	$660	—
724	724	9	92.50	$92.50	$670	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718 thin fleshed	718	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,005	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391 unweaned	391	6	160.00	$160.00	$626	—
501 unweaned	501	7	145.00	$145.00	$726	—
583 unweaned	583	5	141.00	$141.00	$822	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1440	1142	85-90%	22	20.00–44.00	$36.37	$415	-0.79
740–1440	1189	85-90%	17	50.00–59.00	$53.66	$638	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325–1950	1576	75-80%	22	70.00–79.00	$74.60	$1,176	-6.67
1525–1815	1670	75-80%	2	81.00	$81.00	$1,353	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1645	1341	80-85%	19	61.00–69.00	$64.20	$861	-1.22
1230–1610	1416	80-85%	4	50.00–56.00	$52.87	$749	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1760	1326	4	63.00–71.00	$69.52	$922	—
1380–2785	1866	14	74.00–87.00	$81.62	$1,523	—

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Dairy Heifers

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–546	515	28	40.00–47.00	$42.86	$221	—
574	574	9	40.00	$40.00	$230	—
667–673	669	16	44.00–45.00	$44.25	$296	—
706	706	5	45.00	$45.00	$318	—
758–792	774	24	43.00–55.00	$48.63	$376	—
830	830	23	49.00	$49.00	$407	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
192	192	18	45.00	$45.00	$86	—
240	240	23	45.00	$45.00	$108	—
272–278	276	25	50.00–65.00	$54.73	$151	—
372	372	5	60.00	$60.00	$223	—
567	567	3	62.50	$62.50	$354	—
731–733	732	19	62.50	$62.50	$458	—
755	755	3	52.00	$52.00	$393	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1071–1330	1123	23	90.00–101.00	$94.39	$1,060	—
1123–1240	1193	5	79.00–84.00	$82.12	$980	—
1399–1487	1439	8	75.00–81.00	$77.92	$1,121	—
1350–1579	1525	19	87.00–96.00	$90.26	$1,376	-24.14

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	9	72.50	$72.50	$254	—
438	438	9	77.50	$77.50	$339	—
1130	1130	3	84.00	$84.00	$949	—
1318	1318	5	91.00	$91.00	$1,199	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
187	187	10	90.00–95.00	$93.50	$175	—
200–244	228	8	90.00–110.00	$96.59	$220	—
271	271	5	90.00	$90.00	$244	—
316	316	6	95.00	$95.00	$300	—
377–398	389	14	95.00–110.00	$101.23	$394	—
431–433	432	28	105.00–115.00	$112.13	$484	—
460	460	3	95.00	$95.00	$437	—
534	534	11	85.00	$85.00	$454	—
550–581	573	19	85.00–97.50	$94.05	$539	—
600–614	607	22	91.00–95.00	$92.98	$564	—
817	817	18	92.50	$92.50	$756	—
962–974	967	10	82.50–90.00	$85.52	$827	—
1084	1084	19	90.00	$90.00	$976	—
1344	1344	21	98.50	$98.50	$1,324	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
168–198	183	24	125.00	$125.00	$229	—
262	262	10	117.50	$117.50	$308	—
333	333	18	130.00	$130.00	$433	—
470–478	475	24	120.00–122.50	$120.82	$574	—
508–529	520	17	115.00–120.00	$117.99	$614	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1303–1432	1381	24	99.00–101.00	$100.68	$1,390	—
1325–1405	1398	11	88.00–90.00	$89.83	$1,256	—
1300–1432	1411	25	106.00–112.00	$107.16	$1,512	+6.16
1319–1710	1442	13	100.00–104.00	$100.93	$1,455	—
1448–1535	1477	6	91.00–95.00	$93.61	$1,383	-12.82
1584–1684	1640	9	112.00–113.50	$112.86	$1,851	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
143	143	8	75.00	$75.00	$107	—
236	236	4	75.00	$75.00	$177	—
296	296	8	85.00	$85.00	$252	—
308	308	5	55.00	$55.00	$169	—
443	443	4	60.00	$60.00	$266	—
933	933	5	64.00	$64.00	$597	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
226	226	4	65.00	$65.00	$147	—
472	472	3	50.00	$50.00	$236	—

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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.