Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

7,360 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $178.19/cwt -0.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,562/hd at 877 lb · 623 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $180.12/cwt -4.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,497/hd at 831 lb · 376 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $211.01/cwt +9.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,113/hd at 528 lb · 370 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,360	3,912	10,569
Feeder cattle	5,472	2,066	9,521
Slaughter cattle	1,888	1,846	1,048

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower; 500 to 600 lbs 7.00 to 8.00 higher; 600 to 900 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower; over 900 lbs sold on a light test with a firm undertone noted. Feeder heifers overall sold on a light test with a higher undertone noted.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 unweaned	330	3	220.00	$220.00	$726	—
343–347	346	10	195.00–220.00	$202.44	$700	-25.06
353–384 unweaned	367	22	229.00–240.00	$230.89	$847	—
350–396	370	7	210.00–216.00	$212.75	$787	-19.51
410 unweaned	410	3	217.50	$217.50	$892	+1.50
415–447	430	70	205.00–231.50	$226.24	$973	—
443 fancy	443	31	234.00	$234.00	$1,037	+13.00
453–495 unweaned	466	64	210.00–235.00	$230.46	$1,074	+17.46
452–488	467	43	170.00–215.00	$202.97	$948	-3.54
512–539 fancy	518	51	174.50–223.00	$186.37	$965	—
500–545	527	98	188.00–218.00	$209.08	$1,102	+7.88
501–545 unweaned	530	221	121.00–230.50	$217.56	$1,153	+13.42
555–558 fancy	556	62	192.00–216.00	$212.03	$1,179	—
550–587 unweaned	568	77	165.00–206.00	$200.37	$1,138	+17.37
550–596	577	140	170.00–199.00	$185.98	$1,073	+7.94
603–626 unweaned	611	28	141.00–200.25	$184.99	$1,130	+14.99
618 fancy	618	15	188.50	$188.50	$1,165	+0.56
601–644	622	108	161.50–188.00	$177.71	$1,105	-3.32
652–676 unweaned	657	45	166.00–186.00	$178.80	$1,175	-3.20
653–699	686	195	159.00–192.75	$180.84	$1,241	-4.40
711–719 unweaned	715	39	164.50–165.50	$164.96	$1,179	—
731 fancy	731	8	174.00	$174.00	$1,272	—
700–747	733	166	162.25–186.00	$178.83	$1,311	-8.83
769 fancy	769	14	171.00	$171.00	$1,315	-23.50
761–781	775	198	170.00–185.00	$180.80	$1,401	+5.39
811 fancy	811	72	183.50	$183.50	$1,488	-2.75
831 unweaned	831	12	150.00	$150.00	$1,246	—
805–848	836	292	151.00–185.00	$180.52	$1,509	-1.23
859–899	874	552	156.00–182.50	$178.09	$1,557	-0.96
899 fancy	899	71	179.00	$179.00	$1,609	—
900	900	3	133.00	$133.00	$1,197	-38.00
903–922	917	193	160.00–180.40	$177.93	$1,632	+6.93
953–995	982	251	157.25–176.50	$170.89	$1,678	+1.39

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1054–1245	1105	9	137.00–143.00	$141.21	$1,560	—
1040–1195	1118	2	136.50–137.00	$136.73	$1,529	—
1000–1324	1218	28	110.00–149.00	$135.62	$1,652	—
1240	1240	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,500	—
1120–1695	1383	124	127.00–146.75	$141.03	$1,950	+29.03
1250–1720	1495	577	138.00–155.25	$145.96	$2,182	-3.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	9	165.00	$165.00	$528	—
413–418	416	7	160.00–174.00	$168.04	$699	—
475	475	7	150.00	$150.00	$712	—
491 unweaned	491	6	200.00	$200.00	$982	—
505–533	519	28	188.00–190.00	$189.03	$981	—
574–575	575	8	153.00–175.00	$164.01	$943	—
639	639	16	155.00	$155.00	$990	-21.00
715 unweaned	715	4	141.00	$141.00	$1,008	—
801	801	6	151.50	$151.50	$1,214	—
868	868	6	158.00	$158.00	$1,371	+4.35

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1093	1077	7	129.00–142.00	$134.65	$1,450	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300 unweaned	300	9	242.00	$242.00	$726	—
334–339	337	10	202.00–215.00	$207.15	$698	+2.15
374–388	381	27	186.00–190.00	$188.13	$717	-9.96
372–390 unweaned	382	9	185.00–191.00	$188.40	$720	—
408–446 unweaned	426	58	177.00–215.00	$196.88	$839	—
406–449	432	52	184.00–201.00	$189.42	$818	+9.11
456	456	29	188.50	$188.50	$860	+17.45
455–499	473	69	172.00–190.00	$180.51	$854	+9.46
470–486 unweaned	476	13	185.00	$185.00	$881	+9.93
502–535 unweaned	507	168	167.00–211.00	$197.23	$1,000	—
502–547	521	64	162.00–180.00	$171.58	$894	-4.80
544	544	41	190.00	$190.00	$1,034	+13.62
545 fancy	545	10	190.00	$190.00	$1,036	—
550–597	571	104	142.00–184.50	$173.04	$988	-2.96
551–593 unweaned	572	54	160.00–190.25	$181.89	$1,040	+12.39
606–608 unweaned	608	24	150.00–163.00	$160.30	$975	—
613	613	20	161.50	$161.50	$990	+10.93
600–646	630	134	152.00–185.50	$172.82	$1,089	+22.25
646 fancy	646	7	170.00	$170.00	$1,098	—
657–687	666	95	154.00–180.25	$174.71	$1,164	+19.15
668–682 unweaned	671	21	158.00	$158.00	$1,060	—
701 unweaned	701	13	154.00	$154.00	$1,080	—
702–744	713	220	156.50–177.10	$168.47	$1,201	+5.39
767–793	786	14	148.00–157.00	$154.49	$1,214	-13.42
786 unweaned	786	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,100	—
817 unweaned	817	11	131.00	$131.00	$1,070	—
812–826	821	49	151.00–172.50	$162.61	$1,335	-9.64
856–881	875	26	144.00–161.50	$153.27	$1,341	—
908–947	911	66	125.00–165.75	$162.54	$1,481	-1.81
952–995	961	155	121.50–164.75	$156.58	$1,505	-0.17
1025	1025	54	156.25	$156.25	$1,602	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1220	1042	19	120.00–138.00	$134.05	$1,397	+7.24
928–1234	1101	43	137.00–144.50	$139.92	$1,541	+7.47
835–1285	1103	34	110.00–137.50	$129.74	$1,431	-2.71
1108–1533	1316	85	127.00–146.25	$142.26	$1,872	+1.36
1200–1605	1361	449	137.00–157.25	$147.01	$2,001	—
1420	1420	1	125.50	$125.50	$1,782	+6.57
1720	1720	1	124.00	$124.00	$2,133	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360 unweaned	360	3	160.00	$160.00	$576	—
413	413	5	155.00	$155.00	$640	—
463–476	470	8	152.50–165.00	$158.66	$746	+4.82
490 unweaned	490	4	166.00	$166.00	$813	—
552 unweaned	552	5	163.00	$163.00	$900	—
565–578	568	32	149.00–181.00	$168.80	$959	—
607 unweaned	607	4	131.00	$131.00	$795	—
649	649	4	156.00	$156.00	$1,012	—
651–660	653	37	154.50–177.00	$172.70	$1,128	+30.20
703 unweaned	703	3	130.00	$130.00	$914	—
740	740	6	137.00	$137.00	$1,014	—
793	793	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,086	—
816–832	819	21	112.00–171.00	$159.58	$1,307	+30.58
886	886	4	95.00	$95.00	$842	—
950	950	4	153.00	$153.00	$1,454	—
1006	1006	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,187	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1149	1149	4	88.00	$88.00	$1,011	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	4	217.50	$217.50	$772	—
502 unweaned	502	4	171.00	$171.00	$858	—
538	538	4	162.00	$162.00	$872	-16.60
625–642	630	10	145.00–158.00	$154.03	$970	-12.97
698 unweaned	698	6	134.00	$134.00	$935	—
793	793	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,039	—
1111	1111	6	100.00	$100.00	$1,111	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	3	182.50	$182.50	$615	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1875	1324	80-85%	88	60.00–83.00	$76.63	$1,015	-0.73
1110–1730	1412	80-85%	8	60.00–69.00	$64.61	$912	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1490	1129	85-90%	28	30.00–55.00	$49.06	$554	—
880–1565	1194	85-90%	62	56.00–71.00	$65.41	$781	-0.73

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1905	1458	75-80%	36	84.00–91.00	$86.44	$1,260	—
1300–2175	1683	75-80%	22	92.00–101.00	$96.37	$1,622	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1470	1470	65-75%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,911	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1320	1039	4	55.00–76.00	$65.66	$682	—
935–2235	1639	26	82.00–107.00	$94.97	$1,557	—
1915–1965	1940	2	110.00–112.00	$111.01	$2,154	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1369	1369	8	131.00–133.00	$131.25	$1,797	—
1410–1548	1456	25	116.00–125.00	$122.68	$1,786	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1325	1325	1	75.00	$75.00	$994	—
1180–1555	1383	16	116.00–129.00	$121.31	$1,678	—
1325–1592	1504	17	130.00–142.00	$134.57	$2,024	+10.99
1475–1648	1577	22	124.00–130.00	$126.42	$1,994	—

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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.