Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 29, 2023

10,392 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $229.63/cwt +31.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,750/hd at 762 lb · 659 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $238.81/cwt +8.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,362/hd at 570 lb · 488 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $286.58/cwt +11.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,488/hd at 519 lb · 439 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	10,392	8,269	10,803
Feeder cattle	9,057	7,291	8,821
Slaughter cattle	1,335	978	1,982

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers under 800 lbs sold 8.00 to 11.00 higher; over 800 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 unweaned	325	3	290.00	$290.00	$942	—
327–348	335	40	300.00–323.00	$312.76	$1,048	+32.76
352 fancy	352	30	314.00	$314.00	$1,105	-10.67
351–399	381	121	275.00–334.00	$308.49	$1,175	+9.22
400–449	427	247	284.00–318.00	$307.24	$1,312	+14.50
428 fancy	428	64	306.00	$306.00	$1,310	—
441–443 unweaned	442	20	278.00–292.50	$288.16	$1,274	-14.84
467 unweaned	467	5	271.00	$271.00	$1,266	+22.14
450–498	479	211	256.00–321.50	$299.70	$1,436	+4.34
511 fancy	511	29	300.00	$300.00	$1,533	—
510–530 unweaned	518	38	264.00–272.00	$267.23	$1,384	+12.84
501–549	520	372	264.00–300.00	$287.51	$1,495	+12.04
550–598	579	333	252.00–288.50	$277.16	$1,605	+9.00
578–586 unweaned	580	15	222.50–237.00	$226.41	$1,313	-12.49
596 fancy	596	19	254.00	$254.00	$1,514	-42.63
611–627 unweaned	619	16	235.00–239.00	$236.97	$1,467	+4.47
600–649	633	326	240.00–277.50	$262.46	$1,661	+8.15
650–698	677	203	220.00–268.00	$246.31	$1,668	+0.36
730	730	61	247.00	$247.00	$1,803	+24.78
703–747	732	235	217.00–249.00	$233.74	$1,711	+11.52
753–797	768	232	207.00–230.00	$224.09	$1,721	+1.90
801–848	820	407	204.25–228.50	$220.46	$1,808	-1.88
854–898	887	167	182.00–217.00	$203.07	$1,801	-9.57
907–949	922	380	189.75–209.00	$202.97	$1,871	-0.98
971–984	975	14	194.00–196.00	$195.42	$1,905	-4.87

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1195	1088	3	170.00–177.50	$174.75	$1,901	—
895–1330	1127	7	150.00–173.00	$161.36	$1,819	—
1225	1225	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,266	+8.73
1095–1740	1350	49	169.00–184.25	$175.51	$2,369	—
1195–1875	1441	364	180.50–194.50	$188.52	$2,717	+4.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–325	308	11	262.50–286.00	$279.23	$860	+44.53
375 unweaned	375	4	257.50	$257.50	$966	—
389	389	7	272.00	$272.00	$1,058	+15.31
402–448	437	40	227.50–276.00	$261.04	$1,141	+19.36
453–467	462	30	232.50–266.00	$253.73	$1,172	+7.19
473 unweaned	473	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,088	—
503–546	525	30	190.00–266.00	$243.79	$1,280	+14.57
557–580	568	10	249.00–253.00	$250.93	$1,425	+22.93
611–617	616	26	190.00–204.00	$193.21	$1,190	-26.34
683–699	691	15	202.50–225.00	$214.46	$1,482	-7.61
811	811	35	201.00	$201.00	$1,630	—
871–890	881	16	192.00–195.00	$194.34	$1,712	+4.34
915	915	3	184.00	$184.00	$1,684	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	61	192.00	$192.00	$1,949	+16.00
1078	1078	3	181.00	$181.00	$1,951	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
269	269	4	310.00	$310.00	$834	—
316–347	334	40	277.00–300.00	$292.64	$977	+35.17
345 unweaned	345	5	250.00	$250.00	$862	-31.00
351–399	376	126	248.00–292.00	$272.34	$1,024	+12.13
383 fancy	383	67	274.00	$274.00	$1,049	+36.50
407–449	432	305	230.00–270.00	$253.79	$1,096	-6.81
454–485 unweaned	459	34	237.50–253.00	$248.80	$1,142	+15.80
450–499	474	287	220.00–274.00	$257.87	$1,222	+7.02
475–476 fancy	475	44	274.00–281.00	$278.61	$1,323	+17.61
501–537	519	304	226.00–266.50	$249.26	$1,294	+5.83
552 fancy	552	60	257.00	$257.00	$1,419	—
555–583 unweaned	568	28	215.00–227.50	$221.50	$1,258	-1.50
550–599	573	400	220.00–253.00	$237.29	$1,360	+6.29
619 unweaned	619	4	222.50	$222.50	$1,377	+15.55
600–647	626	405	222.00–240.50	$228.69	$1,432	+9.10
651–693	678	134	213.00–236.00	$218.64	$1,482	+10.44
701–746	728	437	204.00–228.00	$213.33	$1,553	-4.67
761 fancy	761	501	237.00	$237.00	$1,804	—
752–798	766	158	179.50–220.00	$206.26	$1,580	+8.10
804–848	828	291	188.00–210.50	$204.25	$1,691	+6.92
864–890	871	97	173.50–195.00	$190.78	$1,662	+1.26
923	923	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,468	-21.76
965–981	971	23	159.00–180.00	$170.04	$1,651	+11.04

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1295	1102	7	141.00–165.00	$156.89	$1,729	—
1130	1130	3	179.00	$179.00	$2,023	—
1057–1502	1299	202	182.00–194.00	$188.39	$2,447	+3.94
1015–1505	1316	37	165.00–184.75	$178.53	$2,349	—
1275–1593	1421	20	160.00–168.00	$161.52	$2,295	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	10	262.50	$262.50	$840	+53.90
377–382	379	10	231.00–240.00	$233.72	$886	-6.11
400–435	425	45	195.00–259.00	$234.82	$998	+2.25
474–498	487	20	182.00–237.50	$210.26	$1,024	+5.48
492 fancy	492	64	237.50	$237.50	$1,168	—
503–548	527	60	200.00–228.00	$217.16	$1,144	-0.22
574–598	588	25	198.00–222.00	$210.59	$1,238	-4.91
622–645	638	10	195.00–207.00	$198.51	$1,266	+5.42
653–657	655	7	199.00–201.00	$200.15	$1,311	—
726	726	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,300	-2.36
908	908	5	141.00	$141.00	$1,280	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1073–1093	1081	19	149.00–156.00	$153.02	$1,654	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	3	327.50	$327.50	$829	—
400	400	4	299.00	$299.00	$1,196	—
663	663	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,425	+33.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
793	793	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,308	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1910	1390	75-80%	78	100.00–109.50	$105.14	$1,461	—
1175–2010	1505	75-80%	118	110.00–119.50	$113.91	$1,714	+8.54

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1990	1276	80-85%	45	89.00–99.50	$94.45	$1,205	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1080	903	85-90%	3	50.00–65.00	$57.06	$515	—
790–1460	1119	85-90%	9	80.00–86.00	$83.53	$935	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1860	1568	65-75%	12	120.00–140.00	$125.35	$1,965	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–2870	1669	17	92.00–126.00	$112.61	$1,879	—
1080–2415	1786	23	126.00–146.00	$134.53	$2,403	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	10	133.50	$133.50	$1,709	—
1375–1570	1487	6	135.00–142.00	$138.41	$2,058	—
1755	1755	1	129.00	$129.00	$2,264	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1395	1180	2	115.00–131.00	$124.46	$1,469	—
1200–1463	1365	9	136.00–147.00	$143.92	$1,965	-5.58
1288–1615	1510	51	139.00–148.00	$142.74	$2,155	—
1345–1805	1585	8	152.00–168.00	$159.14	$2,522	-1.67
1485–1887	1716	43	152.00–168.00	$156.61	$2,687	—

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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.