Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 16, 2023

21,221 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $187.78/cwt -1.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,267/hd at 675 lb · 1,656 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $179.89/cwt -1.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,305/hd at 725 lb · 1,612 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $198.00/cwt +0.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,235/hd at 624 lb · 1,595 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	21,221	32,742	19,816
Feeder cattle	19,849	31,018	18,483
Slaughter cattle	1,372	1,724	1,333

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers overall sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold uneven; 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330 unweaned	330	9	219.00	$219.00	$723	—
315–339	336	11	217.00–220.00	$219.73	$738	-3.15
365 unweaned	365	3	226.00	$226.00	$825	+8.00
350–399	382	102	214.00–239.00	$225.49	$861	+9.88
402–448	427	159	192.50–232.00	$214.40	$915	-6.46
432–436 unweaned	433	27	204.00–206.00	$204.45	$885	-23.55
453–480 fancy	468	78	218.00–250.00	$235.22	$1,101	+12.03
474 unweaned	474	21	195.00–218.00	$209.24	$992	-0.47
450–499	477	265	190.00–233.50	$213.32	$1,018	-5.05
503–547 fancy	518	52	210.25–226.75	$220.40	$1,142	+12.35
518	518	31	182.25	$182.25	$944	-29.80
519–535 unweaned	525	22	203.00–209.50	$207.03	$1,087	+19.65
500–548	527	674	187.00–230.00	$212.04	$1,117	-0.01
553 unweaned	553	33	196.00	$196.00	$1,084	-4.47
550–599	573	886	171.00–217.00	$203.16	$1,164	-2.29
566–598 fancy	582	110	204.50–209.50	$207.70	$1,209	-4.63
605–644 fancy	623	114	185.00–203.25	$195.67	$1,219	-5.11
600–648	624	1,481	160.00–216.50	$198.18	$1,237	+0.81
664 unweaned	664	10	170.00	$170.00	$1,129	+2.60
660–692 fancy	670	126	174.00–198.25	$189.18	$1,268	-2.22
650–699	675	1,520	165.00–202.50	$187.78	$1,268	-1.99
700–749	725	1,365	160.00–190.00	$180.64	$1,310	-1.21
703–743 fancy	728	247	171.25–179.25	$175.73	$1,279	-4.87
750–799	778	783	160.00–182.50	$175.83	$1,368	-2.44
780–788 fancy	785	32	173.75–179.75	$176.17	$1,383	-6.63
785 unweaned	785	3	154.00	$154.00	$1,209	—
803–846	823	887	152.00–180.25	$173.67	$1,429	-4.52
843 fancy	843	64	163.00	$163.00	$1,374	-13.36
848	848	8	164.75	$164.75	$1,397	-5.25
853–895	865	890	150.00–184.50	$174.80	$1,512	-0.62
900–948	912	453	153.00–172.00	$167.58	$1,528	-1.59
966–997	989	243	154.50–166.35	$164.91	$1,631	+3.12
1001	1001	53	164.00	$164.00	$1,642	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,477	—
1098	1098	2	160.50	$160.50	$1,762	—
980–1259	1177	18	120.00–163.00	$144.99	$1,707	—
1220–1790	1426	98	134.00–158.50	$156.34	$2,229	+0.57
1260–1718	1476	276	152.00–167.50	$161.16	$2,379	-3.04
1720–1770	1754	19	141.00–159.50	$155.69	$2,731	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	201.00	$201.00	$649	—
350–385	378	9	140.00–202.00	$177.77	$672	-17.74
415–445	429	26	190.00–208.00	$199.72	$857	-1.99
460–495	479	35	159.00–196.00	$178.54	$855	-10.64
500–531	513	25	170.00–195.00	$182.00	$934	-5.63
555–598	580	87	150.00–189.00	$185.28	$1,075	+3.50
610–648	630	56	153.00–186.00	$171.01	$1,077	-4.85
636 unweaned	636	14	175.00	$175.00	$1,113	—
650–699	686	70	149.00–180.00	$169.05	$1,160	-5.63
670–699 unweaned	689	9	157.00–157.50	$157.34	$1,084	-8.66
707–726	714	17	154.00–164.00	$160.60	$1,147	-4.42
750–780	775	6	150.00–158.50	$157.13	$1,218	+0.31
925	925	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,388	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	16	177.00	$177.00	$899	—
707	707	41	167.00	$167.00	$1,181	—
910	910	11	163.50	$163.50	$1,488	—
950–951	950	21	159.50–163.00	$160.67	$1,526	—
1020	1020	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,571	+5.45

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	8	162.50	$162.50	$834	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–349	340	28	174.00–196.00	$181.98	$619	-9.29
359 unweaned	359	21	188.00	$188.00	$675	+3.29
351–396	370	97	171.00–205.00	$188.66	$698	+2.32
402–448	430	307	168.00–203.00	$186.11	$800	+3.38
458–462 fancy	460	26	193.00–205.00	$200.36	$922	+11.46
450–499	469	485	160.00–198.00	$185.77	$871	+1.80
468–498 unweaned	487	44	181.75–184.00	$182.07	$887	-0.97
504–528 fancy	521	65	184.00–196.50	$192.78	$1,004	+5.99
501–549	525	960	160.00–199.00	$178.20	$936	-1.72
547 unweaned	547	11	155.00	$155.00	$848	-17.63
550–599	573	975	150.00–188.00	$174.52	$1,000	-3.77
558–599 fancy	573	78	162.00–191.00	$176.31	$1,010	-8.69
556–580	575	70	162.00–179.00	$174.01	$1,001	-4.28
606–633 unweaned	620	20	157.00–158.00	$157.49	$976	+2.49
600–649	627	1,024	151.00–187.00	$172.62	$1,082	-8.27
615–640 fancy	630	12	171.00–197.00	$181.58	$1,144	-0.42
610–642	632	52	162.00–173.50	$170.10	$1,075	-10.79
650–699	670	985	140.00–180.00	$168.43	$1,128	-8.82
650–698	670	181	165.00–184.00	$176.44	$1,182	-0.81
715 unweaned	715	4	130.00	$130.00	$930	—
701–749	718	587	145.00–174.75	$166.38	$1,195	-0.12
719–735	729	79	167.50–180.00	$172.69	$1,259	+0.15
750–795	766	303	150.00–178.00	$164.31	$1,259	-0.67
772 fancy	772	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,235	—
769–797	784	89	162.00–173.00	$168.22	$1,319	+3.24
807–849	823	134	142.00–163.25	$158.48	$1,304	+1.14
859–880	874	29	140.00–158.00	$153.43	$1,341	-10.39
905–941	935	6	135.00–140.00	$135.81	$1,270	-18.78
980	980	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,323	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1175	1052	7	110.00–130.00	$119.33	$1,255	—
1005–1153	1089	4	142.00–144.50	$143.78	$1,566	—
1181–1215	1195	13	152.50–158.00	$155.61	$1,860	—
1130–1625	1336	108	132.00–158.75	$154.19	$2,060	-0.97
1175–1665	1393	271	150.00–166.25	$160.56	$2,237	-4.34
1283–1404	1398	59	159.75–162.00	$159.86	$2,235	-5.04
1403–1420	1406	6	123.00–129.00	$127.99	$1,800	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–343	329	14	169.00–180.00	$172.44	$567	—
355–399	391	14	142.50–170.00	$158.15	$618	+13.15
405–428	424	20	160.00–170.00	$164.50	$697	+3.80
454–494	468	21	148.00–174.00	$167.33	$783	+3.35
530 unweaned	530	3	170.00	$170.00	$901	—
520–545	533	42	121.00–171.50	$158.32	$844	-2.33
553–598	571	59	135.00–171.00	$154.06	$880	-3.74
603–645	625	25	130.00–161.50	$155.56	$972	-5.84
650–685	671	16	140.00–163.00	$153.81	$1,032	+4.19
730–740	735	2	150.00–151.00	$150.50	$1,106	-4.02

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	4	148.00	$148.00	$1,436	—
1176	1176	14	130.00	$130.00	$1,529	+10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
345	345	3	550.00	$550.00	+25.00
492	492	4	775.00	$775.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–333	323	6	193.50–210.00	$199.17	$643	—
443	443	3	195.00	$195.00	$864	+2.46
454–455	454	11	167.00–191.00	$173.56	$788	—
511	511	7	190.00	$190.00	$971	+10.00
579–597	589	21	150.00–177.50	$164.48	$969	+4.48
645	645	6	145.00	$145.00	$935	-15.14
707	707	13	125.00	$125.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407 unweaned	407	5	177.00	$177.00	$720	—
572 unweaned	572	8	158.00	$158.00	$904	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1470	1055	85-90%	29	32.50–56.00	$47.17	$498	—
890–1555	1181	85-90%	84	56.00–69.00	$64.24	$759	-0.35

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1825	1356	80-85%	86	70.00–79.50	$75.04	$1,018	—
1160–1610	1412	80-85%	12	54.00–66.00	$63.48	$896	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1760	1453	75-80%	39	80.00–87.00	$82.93	$1,205	+1.16
1320–1770	1552	75-80%	20	85.50–95.00	$87.88	$1,364	-4.31

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1665	1366	5	64.00–77.00	$71.75	$980	—
1150–2355	1668	37	78.00–116.50	$95.14	$1,587	—
1705–1865	1792	3	119.00–128.00	$124.80	$2,236	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1555	1382	7	125.00–136.00	$130.91	$1,809	—
1245–1845	1608	29	136.00–144.50	$140.09	$2,253	—

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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.