Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 19, 2022

11,747 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $181.63/cwt -3.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,502/hd at 827 lb · 974 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $183.49/cwt +0.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,414/hd at 771 lb · 738 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $176.59/cwt +1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,294/hd at 733 lb · 554 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	11,747	11,893	13,026
Feeder cattle	9,699	9,337	11,423
Slaughter cattle	2,048	2,556	1,603

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher and heifers sold 4.00 lower. Feeder steers under 650 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower; over 650 lbs sold uneven, 3.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher; over 750 lbs sold 3.00 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
273	273	3	249.00	$249.00	$680	+16.50
343–345	344	15	202.50–240.00	$229.29	$789	-15.76
359	359	5	212.50	$212.50	$763	-22.69
351–392	376	81	220.00–246.00	$231.71	$871	-3.48
396 fancy	396	13	253.00	$253.00	$1,002	—
406–432 unweaned	417	12	175.00–195.00	$186.36	$777	-55.61
400–447	421	122	195.00–238.00	$230.01	$968	-11.72
437–443	438	15	185.00–200.00	$196.97	$863	-44.76
450–499	482	250	181.00–236.00	$215.05	$1,037	+17.05
463–493 thin fleshed	482	76	210.00–232.50	$225.94	$1,089	—
508–512 unweaned	508	29	185.00	$185.00	$940	-34.43
502–547	525	390	182.50–232.50	$218.57	$1,147	-1.79
568 fancy	568	14	222.00	$222.00	$1,261	—
551–598	574	444	180.00–227.00	$207.88	$1,193	-1.54
613 unweaned	613	7	205.00	$205.00	$1,257	+20.00
600–648	618	310	179.00–210.00	$196.19	$1,212	-9.16
623 fancy	623	51	208.75	$208.75	$1,301	+10.37
652–695	674	401	178.00–210.00	$191.37	$1,290	+2.50
720 fancy	720	16	196.00	$196.00	$1,411	—
701–748	727	401	178.50–206.50	$189.94	$1,381	-0.01
756 fancy	756	8	188.00	$188.00	$1,421	—
750–798	771	730	169.50–191.35	$183.44	$1,414	+0.38
802–848	827	974	164.00–188.00	$181.63	$1,502	-1.94
851–884	861	423	165.00–180.00	$175.49	$1,511	-7.26
863	863	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,294	-32.75
900–942	911	334	161.00–176.85	$170.73	$1,555	-9.19
953–969	966	38	164.00–165.25	$165.06	$1,594	+1.38

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1270	1126	34	114.00–151.00	$132.53	$1,492	-12.21
845–1235	1134	17	141.00–150.00	$143.86	$1,631	-0.88
955–1247	1218	12	130.50–137.00	$131.06	$1,596	-0.25
1270	1270	1	126.50	$126.50	$1,607	-10.00
1130–1530	1359	163	130.00–148.00	$141.84	$1,928	+2.30
1258–1705	1428	612	139.50–156.75	$149.47	$2,134	+1.42

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307	307	3	182.00	$182.00	$559	+9.50
369–398	378	10	162.00–186.00	$169.59	$641	-33.90
413	413	3	192.00	$192.00	$793	-3.43
456–499	482	66	152.00–206.00	$178.45	$860	-13.74
514–541	534	22	180.00–201.50	$187.96	$1,004	-1.73
560–589	572	24	171.00–182.50	$177.99	$1,018	-15.89
605–617	610	7	160.00–185.00	$174.17	$1,062	-1.57
656–665	660	7	152.50–164.00	$157.47	$1,039	-11.20
702–746	716	85	164.00–181.50	$178.72	$1,280	—
783	783	11	168.00	$168.00	$1,315	-1.50
801	801	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,322	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
998	998	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,397	—
1004	1004	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,456	±0.00
1217–1240	1236	16	133.00–135.00	$133.37	$1,648	-8.63
1270	1270	10	137.00	$137.00	$1,740	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
217–230	224	6	675.00	$675.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–343	328	6	200.00–216.00	$207.63	$681	+5.86
351–394	375	150	180.00–211.00	$196.37	$736	-19.65
426 fancy	426	4	205.00	$205.00	$873	+8.00
401–447	432	145	170.00–210.00	$193.19	$835	-6.95
436	436	9	187.50	$187.50	$818	-12.64
454–498	479	366	165.00–218.00	$195.92	$938	+5.70
501–544	523	220	162.00–200.25	$184.39	$964	+6.39
541 fancy	541	27	180.00	$180.00	$974	—
550–597	575	365	161.00–208.50	$184.67	$1,062	+0.38
607–644	623	252	164.00–188.50	$179.55	$1,119	-0.65
611–641 thin fleshed	625	131	186.25–189.75	$187.87	$1,174	-2.38
652–699	666	379	163.50–185.35	$176.48	$1,175	+0.99
705–740	733	554	154.00–180.00	$176.59	$1,294	+1.09
753–798	772	231	156.50–176.00	$170.32	$1,315	+5.75
773–788 fancy	781	120	171.00–172.25	$171.62	$1,340	—
804–840	823	140	152.00–175.50	$171.62	$1,412	+8.11
838	838	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,299	-8.51
859–874	868	95	157.00–170.50	$168.92	$1,466	+11.80
909–939	916	29	164.00–166.00	$164.49	$1,507	+2.80
953	953	7	160.50	$160.50	$1,530	-1.96

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1227	1105	33	115.00–145.00	$131.44	$1,452	—
762–1262	1128	119	141.50–146.00	$143.93	$1,624	—
1230–1295	1263	89	134.50–138.00	$137.36	$1,735	—
1070–1572	1279	139	139.00–147.50	$144.30	$1,846	—
1141–1510	1316	367	142.50–156.75	$150.25	$1,977	+1.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	181.00	$181.00	$606	+21.00
356 thin fleshed	356	5	172.00	$172.00	$612	—
391–398	395	10	145.00–151.00	$148.03	$585	-30.72
402 unweaned	402	5	137.50	$137.50	$553	—
413–432	422	14	150.00–154.00	$151.42	$639	-13.71
467–482	474	13	170.00–180.00	$173.51	$822	+5.36
500–525	514	26	125.00–170.00	$153.82	$791	-22.40
550–582	571	40	157.00–183.00	$167.78	$958	+6.47
585 unweaned	585	3	168.00	$168.00	$983	+11.00
603–641	620	20	141.00–161.50	$152.63	$946	+2.63
660	660	3	148.00	$148.00	$977	-28.01
715	715	9	154.50	$154.50	$1,105	+1.08
946	946	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,277	-6.01

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
203	203	5	485.00	$485.00	—
356–384	375	15	660.00–700.00	$673.45	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	4	207.50	$207.50	$643	—
377	377	5	188.00	$188.00	$709	—
439	439	8	199.00	$199.00	$874	+14.00
520	520	3	163.00	$163.00	$848	-26.00
588	588	3	152.00	$152.00	$894	—
620–645	631	9	154.00–162.50	$158.64	$1,001	+2.64
741	741	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,067	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1760	1277	80-85%	81	75.00–87.50	$81.12	$1,036	-0.29

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1780	1423	75-80%	35	87.00–95.00	$91.51	$1,302	—
1325–1895	1617	75-80%	26	95.00–103.00	$97.50	$1,577	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–1420	1111	85-90%	12	40.00–57.00	$50.30	$559	—
890–1620	1186	85-90%	40	63.00–75.00	$69.87	$829	+0.63

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	76.00	$76.00	$760	—
935–2035	1495	10	112.50–130.00	$117.22	$1,752	—
885–2255	1651	37	86.00–113.00	$102.76	$1,697	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1835	1418	19	130.00–141.00	$136.00	$1,928	+12.49
1210–1665	1420	6	122.00–129.00	$125.67	$1,785	+2.16

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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.