Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 28, 2022

14,908 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $181.12/cwt +1.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,215/hd at 671 lb · 1,016 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $164.50/cwt +2.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,267/hd at 770 lb · 948 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $165.14/cwt -4.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,195/hd at 724 lb · 931 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	14,908	18,550	18,712
Feeder cattle	13,462	17,586	16,526
Slaughter cattle	1,446	964	2,186

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 lower. Feeder steers under 500 lbs no recent price comparison but lower undertone noted; 500 to 600 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower; 600 to 850 lbs uneven, 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher; over 850 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher in a light test; 450 to 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower; over 600 lbs steady to 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
280	280	3	210.00	$210.00	$588	—
310–327	315	16	197.50–235.00	$221.84	$699	+4.42
368–393	379	28	197.00–231.00	$209.35	$793	-6.12
403–448	428	137	192.50–226.00	$215.01	$920	+2.18
454–493	479	171	195.00–224.50	$206.88	$991	-8.17
503 fancy	503	17	230.00	$230.00	$1,157	—
500–548	525	278	188.00–223.50	$206.74	$1,085	-4.99
553 unweaned	553	16	207.50	$207.50	$1,147	—
556 fancy	556	33	222.75	$222.75	$1,238	—
551–598	577	380	160.00–212.00	$194.12	$1,120	-5.39
600–648	624	623	160.00–196.75	$186.78	$1,166	+0.61
650–699	671	1,016	150.00–190.35	$181.12	$1,215	+2.22
703 fancy	703	5	172.00	$172.00	$1,209	—
700–749	724	926	150.00–176.50	$165.10	$1,195	-4.57
751–795	770	942	140.00–173.35	$164.60	$1,267	+3.22
785	785	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,170	-12.38
801–848	820	789	138.00–168.00	$156.52	$1,283	-0.46
853–896	873	874	140.00–153.75	$146.33	$1,277	-9.01
904–946	920	328	135.00–152.85	$144.92	$1,333	-7.85
950–976	957	112	122.00–146.25	$139.58	$1,336	-5.13

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,224	—
1029–1380	1214	45	130.50–141.00	$135.36	$1,643	—
1082–1345	1245	20	105.00–135.00	$128.80	$1,604	—
1130–1514	1341	25	131.00–142.00	$138.36	$1,855	+2.43
1165–1705	1469	428	129.75–153.50	$146.24	$2,148	-1.13

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	180.00	$180.00	$567	—
390	390	2	182.50–187.50	$185.00	$722	+1.67
427–438	430	22	196.00–203.00	$197.94	$851	-4.78
457–498	485	66	162.50–193.00	$185.76	$901	-2.26
502–549	526	69	150.00–203.50	$186.23	$980	-2.71
574–593	579	74	161.00–192.50	$183.26	$1,061	+2.68
600–643	623	43	152.00–178.00	$163.28	$1,017	-8.95
675–692	681	69	143.00–175.00	$164.43	$1,120	-2.06
705–748	727	58	130.00–162.50	$153.79	$1,118	+2.52
756–791	776	29	140.00–151.00	$147.58	$1,145	+4.84
800	800	6	138.00	$138.00	$1,104	-4.50
815–843	821	26	135.00–146.75	$144.56	$1,187	+2.06
888	888	4	141.00	$141.00	$1,252	-3.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1020	1013	20	129.75–137.50	$133.21	$1,349	—
1089	1089	15	139.75	$139.75	$1,522	+4.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–395	375	36	179.00–196.00	$187.20	$702	-1.77
409–448	428	94	167.00–209.00	$188.32	$806	-3.38
461 fancy	461	18	204.00	$204.00	$940	—
450–497	477	211	161.00–205.00	$183.73	$876	+2.24
501–547	524	356	155.00–196.00	$180.79	$947	+2.31
552–568 fancy	559	22	194.00–197.00	$195.62	$1,094	+5.39
554–599	568	306	145.00–183.00	$170.54	$969	-0.07
603–649	626	827	140.00–168.50	$159.30	$997	-3.25
650–699	671	656	139.00–167.00	$153.17	$1,028	-3.94
700–748	719	690	130.00–160.00	$150.31	$1,081	+0.20
758	758	5	148.50	$148.50	$1,126	+2.15
752–794	776	349	130.00–161.00	$140.87	$1,093	-5.48
778–783	781	9	145.00	$145.00	$1,132	-1.35
800–830	819	48	142.00–149.00	$145.71	$1,193	+1.56
802–845	820	305	120.00–149.50	$140.37	$1,151	-3.78
855–891	875	132	121.00–144.50	$136.06	$1,191	-1.78
902–935	920	28	125.00–142.00	$136.35	$1,254	-0.28
956–992	960	62	120.00–141.50	$139.19	$1,336	+5.62

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–345	338	6	140.00–151.00	$148.54	$502	-17.74
360	360	1	150.00	$150.00	$540	-12.89
403–446	422	12	150.00–180.00	$169.65	$716	+0.86
453–495	476	55	127.00–180.00	$171.14	$815	+1.45
508–549	530	120	144.00–171.50	$165.07	$875	+11.35
554–593	579	145	135.00–163.00	$155.13	$898	+1.05
602–645	626	84	139.00–155.00	$148.43	$929	-0.53
663–687	675	67	120.00–150.50	$144.64	$976	-0.09
701–739	717	22	133.00–144.50	$140.64	$1,008	+1.52
724	724	9	139.00	$139.00	$1,006	-0.12
753–775	759	11	135.00–135.50	$135.36	$1,027	-2.40
812–837	830	24	135.00–139.00	$135.83	$1,127	—
855	855	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,120	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1255	1142	17	100.00–136.50	$119.04	$1,359	—
952–1295	1160	65	125.00–141.60	$133.51	$1,549	—
1210–1245	1234	5	120.00–122.50	$120.49	$1,487	—
1120–1550	1332	83	119.50–141.50	$133.94	$1,784	-1.84
1165–1645	1370	269	135.50–153.00	$146.37	$2,005	-0.68
1380–1405	1393	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,602	—
1730	1730	1	118.50	$118.50	$2,050	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1014–1044	1029	34	123.00–133.75	$127.28	$1,310	—
1062	1062	9	130.00	$130.00	$1,381	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–378	378	8	202.00–217.50	$211.70	$800	+19.70
422	422	3	192.00	$192.00	$810	—
515–524	521	7	171.00–175.00	$172.13	$897	+5.67
529 unweaned	529	5	177.50	$177.50	$939	—
550 unweaned	550	4	171.00	$171.00	$940	—
584	584	7	162.00	$162.00	$946	+17.00
800–819	815	10	128.00–129.00	$128.80	$1,050	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500 unweaned	500	2	145.00	$145.00	$725	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1770	1366	75-80%	73	74.00–84.00	$79.76	$1,090	—
1185–1825	1481	75-80%	80	84.00–94.00	$87.46	$1,295	+8.75

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1280	1007	85-90%	9	37.00–49.00	$42.21	$425	—
720–1815	1226	85-90%	27	51.00–63.00	$57.32	$703	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1510	1265	80-85%	34	63.00–74.00	$69.04	$873	-9.67

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1950	1698	65-75%	8	90.00–101.00	$92.20	$1,566	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	1	44.00	$44.00	$576	—
1200–2215	1681	26	75.00–99.00	$92.17	$1,549	—
1260–2585	1782	20	100.00–114.00	$105.04	$1,872	+44.70

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1500	1223	7	95.00–109.00	$103.26	$1,263	—
1025–1620	1387	7	114.00–119.00	$117.45	$1,629	—
1315–1740	1520	32	120.00–131.00	$125.23	$1,903	—

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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.