Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 9, 2023

32,742 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $189.77/cwt +0.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,279/hd at 674 lb · 2,645 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.69/cwt +3.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,082/hd at 623 lb · 2,580 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $197.53/cwt +4.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,235/hd at 625 lb · 2,452 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	32,742	33,554	29,694
Feeder cattle	31,018	32,093	27,881
Slaughter cattle	1,724	1,461	1,813

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers under 800 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher, with instances of 7.00 higher; over 800 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–290	267	8	205.00–218.00	$212.52	$567	-8.17
325 fancy	325	4	216.00	$216.00	$702	—
318–335	326	14	213.00–231.00	$222.88	$727	+5.19
350–398	375	93	205.00–237.00	$215.61	$809	-2.48
380 unweaned	380	6	218.00	$218.00	$828	+8.54
405–438 unweaned	426	37	221.00–231.50	$228.00	$971	+21.87
400–448	428	282	197.50–239.00	$220.86	$945	-0.86
442 fancy	442	23	232.75	$232.75	$1,029	—
474–477 fancy	475	30	217.50–227.00	$223.19	$1,060	-7.96
450–499	476	564	191.00–240.00	$218.37	$1,039	+6.71
480–492 unweaned	487	63	187.00–216.00	$209.71	$1,021	+12.40
500–549	525	1,028	190.00–230.00	$212.05	$1,113	+1.83
509–548 fancy	533	135	191.00–216.75	$208.05	$1,109	-2.95
520–540 unweaned	533	41	174.00–203.00	$187.38	$999	-6.16
550–596 fancy	567	196	201.50–217.50	$212.33	$1,204	+2.16
555–571 unweaned	568	65	198.00–201.25	$200.47	$1,139	+20.58
550–599	572	1,632	181.00–228.50	$205.45	$1,175	+1.75
608 unweaned	608	6	186.00	$186.00	$1,131	+8.98
600–649	625	2,308	172.50–215.50	$197.37	$1,234	+3.63
630–639 fancy	633	138	199.00–201.75	$200.78	$1,271	+8.03
657–695 fancy	673	248	182.00–198.25	$191.40	$1,288	+2.74
660–685 unweaned	673	18	160.00–185.50	$167.40	$1,127	-1.04
650–699	674	2,379	166.00–207.00	$189.77	$1,279	-0.19
707–747 fancy	722	79	174.50–189.25	$180.60	$1,304	-3.81
700–749	724	2,104	160.00–207.00	$181.85	$1,317	+0.05
744 unweaned	744	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,235	+1.66
750–799	774	1,754	157.50–191.00	$178.27	$1,380	-1.04
779–791 fancy	784	138	173.75–190.25	$182.80	$1,433	+3.06
801–848	827	880	159.00–189.10	$178.19	$1,474	-2.66
825–838 fancy	831	153	175.00–176.75	$176.36	$1,466	+1.62
834	834	27	170.00	$170.00	$1,418	-10.85
850 fancy	850	21	179.25	$179.25	$1,524	—
851–896	869	532	158.00–185.85	$175.42	$1,524	-2.68
903–947	929	419	154.00–173.75	$169.17	$1,572	-2.50
951–977	963	48	154.00–169.00	$161.79	$1,558	-7.81
974 fancy	974	19	162.00	$162.00	$1,578	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–396	375	17	189.00–210.00	$195.51	$733	+14.13
400–443	428	28	186.00–206.00	$201.71	$863	+20.24
450–498	475	113	160.00–205.00	$189.18	$899	+6.81
505–548	525	129	140.00–197.50	$187.63	$985	+4.65
552–590	570	42	140.00–203.00	$181.78	$1,036	+1.77
600–647	628	162	141.00–191.00	$175.86	$1,104	+1.05
655 unweaned	655	7	166.00	$166.00	$1,087	—
650–699	679	149	151.00–181.00	$174.68	$1,186	+5.51
705–745	719	81	150.00–171.50	$165.02	$1,186	-3.00
754–790	773	41	140.00–175.00	$156.82	$1,212	+2.93
822–833	830	13	150.00–175.00	$159.56	$1,324	+1.69
862–871	866	13	140.00–165.00	$160.77	$1,392	+4.63

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1245	1133	17	111.00–147.00	$127.12	$1,440	—
1155–1630	1406	128	146.00–159.50	$155.77	$2,190	—
1250–1668	1478	351	160.00–169.50	$164.20	$2,427	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–481	477	17	185.00–191.00	$186.74	$891	—
565–585	574	24	177.00–181.00	$178.23	$1,023	—
601–648	619	32	170.00–177.50	$172.76	$1,069	—
670–683	680	28	161.00–170.75	$168.35	$1,145	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1003–1033	1013	40	125.00–159.00	$148.55	$1,505	-16.15
1096	1096	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,589	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
350	350	3	560.00	$560.00	—
508	508	5	720.00	$720.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–291	282	8	177.50–208.00	$192.26	$542	+10.16
302–348	328	35	160.00–215.00	$191.27	$627	+6.84
340–348 fancy	347	17	183.50–195.00	$184.83	$641	—
365–366 unweaned	366	28	183.00–185.00	$184.71	$676	+20.45
356–398	381	168	168.00–205.00	$186.34	$710	+10.69
381 fancy	381	3	201.00	$201.00	$766	+17.00
400–449	426	341	161.00–202.00	$182.73	$778	+1.29
430 unweaned	430	7	180.00	$180.00	$774	+1.07
452–496 fancy	463	67	171.00–197.00	$188.90	$875	-5.20
450–496 unweaned	468	83	173.00–185.00	$183.04	$857	+23.55
450–499	480	1,042	164.00–200.00	$183.97	$883	+2.53
499	499	38	185.50	$185.50	$926	+4.06
501–544 fancy	515	42	181.00–190.75	$186.79	$962	-5.23
509–523	517	57	193.00–193.50	$193.20	$999	+15.12
516–535 unweaned	526	38	169.50–175.00	$172.63	$908	+11.01
500–549	527	1,279	160.50–192.00	$179.92	$948	+1.84
560 fancy	560	17	185.00	$185.00	$1,036	+13.47
550–599	573	1,731	160.00–189.00	$178.29	$1,022	+2.95
560–585	579	68	175.00–186.50	$182.97	$1,059	+7.63
595 unweaned	595	4	168.00	$168.00	$1,000	+16.51
613 unweaned	613	3	155.00	$155.00	$950	-7.00
600–649	623	2,351	151.00–186.00	$173.01	$1,078	+3.90
613–646	624	209	175.00–184.75	$180.89	$1,129	+11.78
639 fancy	639	17	182.00	$182.00	$1,163	+8.00
651–655 fancy	652	114	172.00–185.50	$182.64	$1,191	+13.31
652–690	673	54	170.00–179.50	$177.25	$1,193	+7.09
650–699	676	1,274	153.00–185.50	$167.36	$1,131	-2.80
720	720	23	166.50	$166.50	$1,199	-3.18
700–749	721	1,137	150.00–179.00	$165.90	$1,196	-3.78
704–744	724	217	163.50–178.25	$172.54	$1,249	+8.12
750–799	777	544	153.00–174.00	$164.98	$1,282	+2.03
800–842	817	51	159.75–173.00	$167.38	$1,367	-0.19
802–843	819	208	124.00–165.50	$157.34	$1,289	-10.23
850–894	877	68	152.50–170.00	$163.82	$1,437	+6.83
902–935	925	49	140.00–160.00	$154.59	$1,430	+12.26

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1285	1153	16	90.00–146.00	$129.85	$1,497	—
1060–1570	1317	137	145.00–159.75	$155.16	$2,043	—
1137–1660	1383	370	160.00–170.00	$164.90	$2,281	-1.85

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	4	145.00	$145.00	$551	-18.15
400–448	420	69	146.00–193.00	$160.70	$675	-3.42
452–495	476	60	155.00–171.00	$163.98	$781	+1.95
501–548	525	64	141.00–171.00	$160.65	$843	+1.37
564–599	585	84	144.50–170.00	$157.80	$923	-0.06
615–648	630	97	140.00–167.00	$161.40	$1,017	+6.09
650–699	677	54	140.00–161.00	$149.62	$1,013	-4.29
702–745	709	30	144.00–161.00	$154.52	$1,096	+10.74
761–777	769	17	136.00–157.00	$147.08	$1,131	+0.91
833	833	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,191	—
872	872	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,221	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
774	774	10	140.00	$140.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
315	315	5	525.00	$525.00	—
351	351	3	490.00	$490.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1197	1197	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,436	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–423	415	17	190.50–199.00	$192.54	$799	—
502	502	3	180.00	$180.00	$904	—
520 unweaned	520	7	190.00	$190.00	$988	—
571	571	8	160.00	$160.00	$914	-6.00
605–626	618	25	149.50–167.00	$160.14	$990	—
678	678	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,119	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	8	190.00	$190.00	$958	+28.22
708	708	3	153.00	$153.00	$1,083	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1845	1339	80-85%	128	70.00–79.50	$74.40	$996	+2.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1950	1475	75-80%	94	76.00–89.00	$81.77	$1,206	—
1270–1850	1580	75-80%	12	85.00–105.00	$92.19	$1,457	+0.62

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1285	1011	85-90%	17	36.00–55.50	$47.06	$476	—
795–1655	1162	85-90%	54	54.00–69.50	$64.59	$751	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1880	1423	4	63.00–72.00	$69.38	$987	—
965–2315	1721	22	105.00–148.00	$129.38	$2,227	—
1060–2400	1728	38	75.00–119.00	$100.83	$1,742	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1410	1264	11	112.00–127.00	$120.33	$1,521	—
1215–1540	1347	13	130.00–139.00	$134.91	$1,817	—
1280–1885	1703	23	141.00–150.00	$144.69	$2,464	—

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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.