Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 26, 2022

6,967 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $181.16/cwt -0.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,496/hd at 826 lb · 669 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $180.55/cwt -9.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,319/hd at 731 lb · 299 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.27/cwt -1.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,500/hd at 919 lb · 271 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	6,967	11,747	3,537
Feeder cattle	4,848	9,699	1,927
Slaughter cattle	2,119	2,048	1,610

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers sold steady to 1.00 higher and heifers sold 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers under 650 lbs sold on a light test with a weak undertone noted; over 650 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 fancy	270	8	242.50	$242.50	$655	—
289 unweaned	289	6	180.00	$180.00	$520	—
290	290	2	224.00	$224.00	$650	-25.00
303–313 unweaned	306	9	212.50–217.50	$214.20	$655	—
327–338	334	9	200.00–220.00	$213.48	$713	-15.81
350–395	372	31	206.00–229.00	$216.88	$807	-14.83
364–382 unweaned	373	47	184.00–227.50	$219.17	$818	—
402–446 unweaned	421	40	182.00–217.50	$200.75	$845	+14.39
413–444	430	57	191.00–215.00	$204.84	$881	+7.87
431–447 fancy	442	67	220.50–229.00	$226.15	$1,000	—
453–493 unweaned	468	132	179.00–232.00	$207.23	$970	—
450–490 fancy	473	48	220.00–230.00	$224.78	$1,063	—
458–486	477	28	185.00–206.00	$196.09	$935	-18.96
504–515 fancy	508	38	215.00–219.75	$217.98	$1,107	—
507–527 unweaned	516	11	178.00–183.00	$180.32	$930	-4.68
500–544	519	118	176.00–199.00	$189.95	$986	-28.62
528 thin fleshed	528	19	202.00	$202.00	$1,067	—
550–583 unweaned	565	57	174.00–182.00	$180.96	$1,022	—
567 fancy	567	61	200.00	$200.00	$1,134	-22.00
554–583	570	102	172.50–194.75	$188.06	$1,072	-19.82
607–641	630	46	160.00–198.25	$177.20	$1,116	-18.99
615–646 unweaned	633	84	184.00–185.50	$184.88	$1,170	-20.12
642 fancy	642	22	181.00	$181.00	$1,162	-27.75
652 thin fleshed	652	64	200.35	$200.35	$1,306	—
658–694	677	156	170.00–199.25	$191.56	$1,297	+0.19
718 fancy	718	79	187.75	$187.75	$1,348	-8.25
701–744	735	220	163.00–183.75	$177.97	$1,308	-11.97
755–793	774	86	176.00–179.75	$178.44	$1,381	-5.00
808–838	824	350	158.00–187.00	$177.99	$1,467	-3.64
806–841 fancy	828	319	180.00–187.85	$184.63	$1,529	—
852–892	862	136	162.00–177.50	$169.63	$1,462	-5.86
864–884 fancy	874	125	173.50–174.00	$173.75	$1,519	—
931	931	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,490	-10.73

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1285	1092	13	130.00–137.00	$133.65	$1,459	—
988–1375	1165	29	118.50–150.00	$131.87	$1,536	—
1125–1245	1166	9	139.00–144.50	$141.88	$1,654	—
1232–1490	1337	24	117.00–128.00	$122.14	$1,633	—
1140–1630	1368	172	128.50–148.00	$141.26	$1,932	-0.58
1420	1420	2	148.50	$148.50	$2,109	-0.97
1225–1713	1463	607	139.00–159.00	$150.22	$2,198	—
1893	1893	6	103.50	$103.50	$1,959	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–440	428	6	151.00–197.00	$173.33	$742	-18.67
467	467	5	192.00	$192.00	$897	+13.55
520–547	532	29	169.00–181.00	$175.47	$934	-12.49
559–585	573	16	170.00–183.00	$175.61	$1,006	-2.38
575 unweaned	575	3	179.00	$179.00	$1,029	—
618–632	623	8	165.00–167.00	$165.76	$1,033	-8.41
668	668	8	165.00	$165.00	$1,102	+7.53
785	785	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,178	-18.00
875	875	3	170.50	$170.50	$1,492	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	9	175.00	$175.00	$924	—
963–994	980	9	160.00–161.50	$160.85	$1,576	+20.85
1003	1003	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,555	+10.00
1088	1088	6	148.50	$148.50	$1,616	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218	218	3	193.00	$193.00	$421	—
242 unweaned	242	2	207.00	$207.00	$501	—
275–299	287	9	205.00–215.00	$208.75	$599	—
302 unweaned	302	12	189.00	$189.00	$571	—
315–348	337	13	199.00–215.00	$210.24	$709	+2.61
362–395	383	67	176.00–213.00	$201.23	$771	+4.86
359–395 unweaned	385	58	179.00–214.00	$194.01	$747	—
415–448	433	45	180.00–206.50	$194.18	$841	+0.99
434	434	17	182.00	$182.00	$790	-11.19
422–448 unweaned	436	57	164.00–190.00	$180.64	$788	—
452–480 unweaned	473	57	160.00–196.00	$181.69	$859	—
457–498	473	127	165.00–205.00	$197.15	$933	+1.23
511 unweaned	511	8	171.00	$171.00	$874	—
500–538	522	36	165.00–193.50	$181.94	$950	-2.45
539	539	41	196.00	$196.00	$1,056	+11.61
555	555	42	176.00	$176.00	$977	-8.67
563–567 unweaned	565	38	156.00–198.50	$181.80	$1,027	—
559–571	567	65	165.00–175.25	$172.25	$977	-12.42
605–638	622	19	155.00–172.00	$164.03	$1,020	-15.52
630 unweaned	630	2	136.50	$136.50	$860	—
661–684	672	47	161.00–181.00	$169.42	$1,139	-7.06
698	698	25	174.00	$174.00	$1,215	-2.48
709 fancy	709	82	169.50	$169.50	$1,202	—
703–746	734	75	164.50–173.00	$168.14	$1,234	-8.45
771 fancy	771	78	165.00	$165.00	$1,272	-6.62
828–830	828	65	162.00–168.75	$168.44	$1,395	-3.18
863–893	886	51	159.50–164.00	$162.28	$1,438	-6.64
900–944	919	271	159.00–167.00	$163.27	$1,500	-1.22
955	955	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,490	-4.50
971	971	9	159.00	$159.00	$1,544	-1.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1177	1071	23	141.50–146.75	$145.24	$1,556	—
775–1265	1101	33	130.50–138.00	$135.45	$1,491	+4.01
850–1240	1114	30	100.00–145.00	$129.57	$1,443	-1.87
1158–1525	1308	60	127.50–148.00	$140.69	$1,840	-9.56
1193–1667	1351	486	139.00–159.00	$150.31	$2,031	—
1285–1588	1510	20	105.00–119.00	$114.71	$1,732	—
1615–1645	1630	2	110.50–111.00	$110.75	$1,805	—
1675–1710	1693	2	123.50–126.00	$124.76	$2,112	—
1710	1710	2	127.00–139.00	$133.00	$2,274	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	5	186.00	$186.00	$737	—
448	448	3	180.00	$180.00	$806	—
491	491	4	181.00	$181.00	$889	—
520	520	11	154.00	$154.00	$801	—
1000–1020	1002	59	146.00–154.50	$153.77	$1,541	—
1014 fancy	1014	54	156.25	$156.25	$1,584	—
1062–1068	1063	21	142.00–146.50	$145.42	$1,546	—
1138	1138	6	130.50	$130.50	$1,485	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342 unweaned	342	3	155.00	$155.00	$530	—
385 unweaned	385	9	177.00	$177.00	$681	—
430	430	3	170.00	$170.00	$731	+18.58
516–546	527	9	155.00–169.00	$163.18	$860	+9.36
556 unweaned	556	3	163.00	$163.00	$906	-5.00
628	628	5	158.00	$158.00	$992	+5.37
653	653	5	164.00	$164.00	$1,071	+16.00
766–770	767	25	147.00–166.25	$163.84	$1,257	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	8	150.00	$150.00	$1,388	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	195.00	$195.00	$663	-12.50
355	355	1	200.00	$200.00	$710	+12.00
408	408	6	193.50	$193.50	$789	-5.50
497	497	13	171.00	$171.00	$850	—
560–595	581	5	164.00	$164.00	$953	+12.00
622	622	3	160.00	$160.00	$995	+1.36
664	664	7	159.00	$159.00	$1,056	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840	840	3	110.00	$110.00	$924	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–1515	998	85-90%	36	20.00–57.00	$47.24	$471	—
725–1835	1222	85-90%	88	56.00–73.00	$66.44	$812	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1825	1294	80-85%	59	74.00–86.00	$79.51	$1,029	-1.61

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1640	1444	75-80%	28	86.00–94.00	$89.39	$1,291	-2.12
1365–1970	1586	75-80%	15	95.00–105.00	$99.20	$1,573	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–2210	1579	10	112.00–121.00	$115.66	$1,826	—
1595	1595	1	69.00	$69.00	$1,101	—
1035–2175	1732	32	82.00–115.00	$101.27	$1,754	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1398	1398	2	95.00	$95.00	$1,328	—
1475	1475	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,814	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1328	1201	19	94.00–105.00	$101.61	$1,220	—
1165–1425	1306	5	120.00–128.00	$125.16	$1,635	—
1365	1365	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,693	—
1235–1630	1491	11	130.00–137.00	$133.36	$1,988	—
1459–1658	1566	67	124.00–131.00	$127.81	$2,002	—
1620	1620	1	102.50	$102.50	$1,660	—

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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.