Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 24, 2022

18,567 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $167.02/cwt +1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,207/hd at 723 lb · 1,731 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $170.19/cwt -1.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,148/hd at 674 lb · 1,344 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.45/cwt -1.74 vs last sale · ≈ $947/hd at 626 lb · 1,021 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	18,567	19,816	10,280
Feeder cattle	17,075	18,483	9,131
Slaughter cattle	1,492	1,333	1,149

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Choice Steers and Heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 400 to 659 lbs steady to 5;00 higher, 650 to 849 lbs steady to 1.00 lower, 850 to 999 steady to 7.00 higher. Feeder higher 400 to 595 lbs , 1.00 to 4.00 higher, 600 to 849lbs steady to 2.00 lower, 850 to 879 lbs l3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–393	384	23	186.00–227.00	$216.02	$830	+12.21
409–448	429	89	175.00–219.00	$202.09	$867	-0.45
434 unweaned	434	5	195.00	$195.00	$846	—
450 unweaned	450	11	186.00	$186.00	$837	+10.00
462 value added	462	18	211.50–215.50	$213.50	$986	—
451–495	474	217	172.50–220.00	$201.70	$956	+3.19
502–533 value added	522	52	203.00–205.00	$204.30	$1,066	—
523 thin fleshed	523	65	204.00	$204.00	$1,067	—
500–549	529	513	180.00–214.00	$196.91	$1,042	+5.66
559 thin fleshed	559	28	194.50	$194.50	$1,087	—
566 unweaned	566	23	173.00	$173.00	$979	-0.54
551–599	580	873	164.00–195.25	$185.22	$1,074	+2.01
583–585 value added	585	59	185.00–186.25	$186.02	$1,088	—
616–624 value added	618	35	175.00–181.50	$180.00	$1,112	—
602–649	621	708	161.00–185.00	$176.53	$1,096	-0.16
657 unweaned	657	25	164.00	$164.00	$1,077	—
657–698 value added	665	144	160.00–176.75	$174.25	$1,159	—
674 thin fleshed	674	23	172.25	$172.25	$1,161	—
652–699	676	1,152	155.00–180.25	$169.78	$1,148	-1.13
711 fancy	711	135	193.00	$193.00	$1,372	—
700–749	723	1,515	150.00–172.00	$164.87	$1,192	-0.40
718–741 value added	734	81	163.25–166.75	$164.02	$1,204	—
753 value added	753	21	159.00	$159.00	$1,197	—
750–796	770	949	150.00–169.25	$159.52	$1,228	+0.49
802–848	825	845	137.50–162.60	$157.13	$1,296	-0.09
853–893	863	624	141.00–160.10	$156.40	$1,350	+0.70
888	888	8	135.00	$135.00	$1,199	-20.70
903–943	920	96	132.00–153.25	$142.67	$1,313	-7.65
965–973	972	111	144.00–148.50	$144.52	$1,405	-2.89
1007–1026	1015	28	141.75–155.50	$147.71	$1,499	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
259 unweaned	259	5	182.50	$182.50	$473	—
320	320	1	178.00	$178.00	$570	+18.39
331 unweaned	331	7	190.00	$190.00	$629	—
358–391	376	9	190.00	$190.00	$714	+1.20
409–447	428	20	130.00–198.00	$175.93	$753	-1.61
432 unweaned	432	6	175.00	$175.00	$756	—
455–497	485	89	130.00–189.00	$178.55	$866	-4.91
500–549	539	87	137.00–189.00	$178.32	$961	+1.50
552–592 unweaned	563	20	150.00–180.00	$167.84	$945	—
551–595	580	158	151.00–186.50	$167.95	$974	+3.35
608–645	628	91	141.00–173.00	$159.08	$999	-4.61
636 unweaned	636	5	149.00	$149.00	$948	—
658–691	676	40	148.00–169.50	$156.72	$1,059	+0.24
683 unweaned	683	6	142.00	$142.00	$970	—
705–740	727	122	120.00–163.25	$152.18	$1,106	+0.64
753–796	772	59	125.00–152.75	$148.73	$1,148	—
820–834	829	17	136.00–147.75	$143.65	$1,191	-0.21
852	852	3	146.25	$146.25	$1,246	+6.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1325	1106	16	93.00–120.00	$107.02	$1,184	—
1115–1285	1200	2	123.00–127.00	$125.14	$1,502	-9.34
1233–1380	1305	21	131.00–137.00	$135.36	$1,766	—
1100–1955	1398	49	120.00–137.50	$131.96	$1,845	+0.92
1355–1675	1487	5	100.00–111.00	$104.79	$1,558	-35.67
1240–1723	1491	601	130.00–150.50	$141.89	$2,116	+1.43
2055	2055	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,850	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630 value added	630	38	177.00	$177.00	$1,115	—
647	647	10	159.00	$159.00	$1,029	—
696	696	25	148.50	$148.50	$1,034	-6.50
759	759	20	158.25	$158.25	$1,201	—
938	938	6	146.00	$146.00	$1,369	—
1008–1010	1009	15	133.00–138.00	$136.66	$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
288 unweaned	288	4	160.00	$160.00	$461	—
291	291	5	180.00	$180.00	$524	+20.00
345	345	4	162.00	$162.00	$559	-13.20
366–395	383	28	160.00–171.00	$164.73	$631	+1.10
400–445	421	134	156.00–181.00	$169.04	$712	+1.33
453–499	474	357	151.00–182.75	$165.55	$785	+1.29
471–484 unweaned	477	33	146.00–161.00	$152.16	$726	-10.15
500–548	528	592	147.00–181.00	$163.59	$864	-1.61
531 unweaned	531	10	150.00	$150.00	$796	+12.00
539 value added	539	58	178.75	$178.75	$963	—
550–598	576	686	143.00–170.50	$159.68	$920	+3.80
582 value added	582	24	169.50	$169.50	$986	—
606–615 unweaned	613	19	141.00–146.00	$142.04	$871	—
609–626 value added	618	20	160.50–161.50	$160.99	$995	—
600–649	626	982	140.00–167.00	$151.44	$948	-1.71
650–697	676	1,012	139.00–160.00	$149.47	$1,010	+0.02
701–748	725	518	130.00–153.00	$144.95	$1,051	-1.43
728 unweaned	728	5	129.50	$129.50	$943	—
751 value added	751	16	143.50	$143.50	$1,078	—
750–798	775	305	135.00–148.35	$143.03	$1,108	-1.33
805–848	821	241	126.00–157.50	$142.71	$1,172	-2.52
861–873	863	26	125.00–142.75	$140.39	$1,212	+3.00
915–927	919	138	128.00–134.75	$133.72	$1,229	-1.99
968–971	968	21	134.00–134.50	$134.43	$1,301	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243 unweaned	243	7	147.50	$147.50	$358	—
359	359	6	167.50	$167.50	$601	+11.90
373–376 unweaned	374	21	157.00–159.00	$158.14	$591	—
415–443	436	43	140.00–170.00	$161.67	$705	+16.28
465–499	491	53	145.00–170.50	$152.59	$749	+8.05
500–548	530	129	122.00–164.00	$150.00	$795	-2.41
551–597	575	114	125.00–164.50	$142.29	$818	-5.88
600–643	614	103	128.00–151.00	$139.88	$859	-3.34
664 value added	664	7	148.50	$148.50	$986	—
652–698	672	158	132.00–153.75	$143.39	$964	+3.29
713–743	732	57	120.00–141.00	$133.83	$980	-3.61
759–764	761	10	130.00–131.00	$130.40	$992	-5.02

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1251	1119	18	101.00–126.00	$111.95	$1,253	—
969–1295	1138	31	125.50–132.50	$130.80	$1,489	—
1140–1255	1198	2	115.50–120.50	$117.88	$1,412	-12.70
1050–1545	1239	49	114.00–137.50	$130.34	$1,615	—
1124–1610	1349	260	130.50–147.75	$141.88	$1,914	+11.26
1410–1505	1435	4	105.00–110.00	$106.93	$1,534	—
1553	1553	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,972	-2.56

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
534 value added	534	47	174.00	$174.00	$929	—
623 value added	623	24	150.00	$150.00	$934	—
657–686	669	17	145.00–145.50	$145.21	$971	—
835	835	11	141.00	$141.00	$1,177	—
1048	1048	3	122.00	$122.00	$1,279	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623–647	637	21	138.00–141.00	$139.26	$887	—
652–668	662	8	132.00–133.50	$132.95	$880	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205 unweaned	205	4	175.00	$175.00	$359	—
298 unweaned	298	9	202.50	$202.50	$603	—
318	318	2	225.00	$225.00	$716	—
431 unweaned	431	5	174.00	$174.00	$750	-43.50
437	437	5	162.50	$162.50	$710	-3.50
464–495	474	16	147.50–171.00	$160.61	$761	+5.61
525	525	6	159.00	$159.00	$835	—
540 unweaned	540	13	165.00	$165.00	$891	—
565–586	570	23	143.00–157.00	$150.55	$858	-0.34
616 unweaned	616	2	130.00	$130.00	$801	+6.50
619–630	622	10	133.00–146.00	$136.95	$852	—
670 unweaned	670	11	146.00	$146.00	$978	+13.77
673–696	685	23	127.00–141.00	$133.99	$918	+6.57
733–745	736	8	130.00–138.00	$134.86	$993	+4.86
759	759	6	131.00	$131.00	$994	—
828–837	831	9	105.00–129.00	$120.94	$1,005	—
856	856	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,113	—
909	909	12	128.00	$128.00	$1,164	—
993	993	5	106.00	$106.00	$1,053	-7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454–477	461	10	150.00	$150.00	$692	—
519	519	5	144.00	$144.00	$747	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1845	1467	75-80%	38	68.00–79.00	$74.27	$1,090	—
1225–2005	1520	75-80%	20	76.00–87.00	$82.85	$1,259	+12.21

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1370	1178	85-90%	13	20.00–49.00	$34.95	$412	—
820–1500	1202	85-90%	39	42.00–64.00	$56.99	$685	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1535	1313	80-85%	11	70.00–81.00	$75.08	$986	+13.34
1320–1400	1360	80-85%	2	52.00–53.00	$52.49	$714	—
980–1690	1369	80-85%	37	54.00–69.00	$63.29	$866	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1490	1252	3	58.00–70.00	$63.46	$795	—
840–2415	1652	27	73.00–99.00	$86.16	$1,423	—
1890–2385	2145	3	101.00–108.00	$103.59	$2,222	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1380	1308	3	98.00–110.00	$102.01	$1,334	—
1127–1510	1383	9	100.00–112.50	$107.65	$1,489	—
1282–1845	1506	30	113.00–123.50	$116.47	$1,754	—
1633	1633	2	98.50	$98.50	$1,609	—

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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.