Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 9, 2023

3,186 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $280.85/cwt -17.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,594/hd at 568 lb · 132 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $247.41/cwt +5.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,812/hd at 733 lb · 130 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $320.07/cwt +16.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,675/hd at 523 lb · 126 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,186	9,690	3,912
Feeder cattle	1,577	8,154	2,066
Slaughter cattle	1,609	1,536	1,846

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold on a light test, though a lower undertone was noted.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1245	1105	10	150.00–172.00	$162.79	$1,799	-22.44
1128–1170	1152	7	180.50–181.50	$180.85	$2,083	+7.98
1160	1160	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,984	-1.87
1219–1505	1290	6	155.00–160.00	$158.68	$2,047	-0.32
1150–1707	1432	123	168.00–181.00	$176.45	$2,527	—
1165–1712	1448	539	180.00–193.00	$186.21	$2,696	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,162	-27.73
370–394 unweaned	383	16	282.00–395.00	$347.71	$1,332	-23.29
408–444 unweaned	425	52	293.00–382.00	$353.71	$1,503	+5.63
436	436	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,395	-6.34
471 unweaned	471	19	291.00	$291.00	$1,371	-44.27
456–486	472	22	288.00–341.00	$302.25	$1,427	-21.90
500–525 unweaned	519	77	292.00–361.00	$339.69	$1,763	+30.91
503–536	529	38	286.00–312.50	$288.45	$1,526	-11.03
534 fancy	534	11	292.00	$292.00	$1,559	—
562–575	564	36	267.00–285.00	$283.05	$1,596	-5.29
551–591 unweaned	569	96	250.00–292.50	$280.02	$1,593	-24.57
601–619	612	51	255.00–286.00	$279.54	$1,711	+5.38
607–642 unweaned	623	25	250.00–291.00	$279.13	$1,739	-5.84
642 fancy	642	42	286.00	$286.00	$1,836	—
650–679	672	13	240.00–273.50	$266.03	$1,788	-2.40
679 unweaned	679	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,664	-5.75
716–745	726	23	231.00–255.50	$246.76	$1,791	-11.45
764–791	784	81	235.00–255.00	$250.53	$1,964	-2.85
867	867	7	239.50	$239.50	$2,076	-10.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407	407	3	276.00	$276.00	$1,123	—
480	480	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,152	-27.80
509	509	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,272	-5.03
582 unweaned	582	9	235.00	$235.00	$1,368	—
594	594	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,307	-9.10
649	649	4	249.00	$249.00	$1,616	+3.76

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
497 unweaned	497	9	240.00	$240.00	$1,193	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1074	1074	6	216.00	$216.00	$2,320	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	2	180.00	$180.00	$734	—
520	520	1	170.00	$170.00	$884	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	162.50	$162.50	$910	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335 unweaned	335	2	250.00	$250.00	$838	—
351–372 unweaned	356	12	252.50–300.00	$277.75	$989	-11.30
380–396	389	16	274.00–291.00	$285.42	$1,110	+14.12
400–421 unweaned	410	70	255.00–285.00	$267.92	$1,098	-13.14
448	448	3	210.00	$210.00	$941	-70.06
457–487	473	30	247.00–261.00	$258.13	$1,221	-13.77
451–498 unweaned	483	47	250.00–277.00	$267.63	$1,293	-4.00
500–525 unweaned	507	48	250.00–273.00	$263.92	$1,338	-0.35
507–541	524	35	240.00–277.00	$258.74	$1,356	-10.04
554 unweaned	554	15	269.00	$269.00	$1,490	-5.86
575	575	41	275.00	$275.00	$1,581	+25.57
568–585	578	13	252.00–253.00	$252.62	$1,460	+3.19
623	623	5	232.00	$232.00	$1,445	-20.32
624 unweaned	624	7	221.00	$221.00	$1,379	-38.00
604–643	625	14	225.00–245.50	$234.94	$1,468	-17.38
658 unweaned	658	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,382	-20.00
651–685	660	15	182.50–248.00	$230.77	$1,523	-15.29
707–731	730	89	238.00–254.10	$252.05	$1,840	+10.42
738	738	41	235.50–240.25	$237.35	$1,752	-4.28
757–792	760	82	231.50–253.00	$251.36	$1,910	+17.67
825–843	835	12	220.00–235.50	$228.46	$1,908	-9.14

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1255	1076	9	145.00–174.00	$165.72	$1,783	-8.79
1115–1195	1168	3	176.00–179.00	$178.05	$2,080	—
1040–1545	1321	114	169.00–182.50	$175.71	$2,321	—
1140–1680	1350	309	180.00–191.00	$186.74	$2,521	+0.89
1530	1530	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,417	—
1770	1770	1	150.00	$150.00	$2,655	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413 unweaned	413	6	227.50	$227.50	$940	—
502	502	7	224.00	$224.00	$1,124	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	7	233.00	$233.00	$1,121	-6.09
548	548	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,315	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020	1020	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,856	—
1052	1052	6	217.00	$217.00	$2,283	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333 unweaned	333	3	301.00	$301.00	$1,002	—
505	505	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,338	—
532 unweaned	532	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,436	+25.00
651 unweaned	651	7	231.00	$231.00	$1,504	—
711	711	7	191.00	$191.00	$1,358	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,024	—
673–683	681	9	160.00–181.00	$164.61	$1,121	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488 unweaned	488	3	190.00	$190.00	$927	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1705	1295	80-85%	62	99.00–110.00	$104.40	$1,352	+11.32
1135–1590	1319	80-85%	12	82.50–97.50	$92.44	$1,219	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1090	879	85-90%	8	62.00–70.00	$65.62	$577	—
890–1575	1124	85-90%	56	71.00–99.00	$89.39	$1,005	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1765	1424	75-80%	38	110.00–119.00	$114.29	$1,627	—
1345–2130	1571	75-80%	25	120.00–127.00	$123.59	$1,942	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1475	1413	65-75%	2	130.00–145.00	$137.17	$1,938	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1080	1060	2	122.00–124.00	$122.98	$1,304	—
1060–1875	1510	3	77.50–92.50	$85.47	$1,291	-29.58
1190–2475	1730	20	105.00–128.00	$116.34	$2,013	—
1365–2295	1915	13	128.00–145.00	$132.40	$2,535	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1082	1082	6	131.00	$131.00	$1,417	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,842	—
1175–1525	1314	4	125.00–136.00	$131.66	$1,730	+6.71
1351	1351	41	153.00	$153.00	$2,067	—
1578–1620	1593	18	158.00–164.00	$161.58	$2,574	+3.49
1205–1743	1624	8	144.00–154.00	$150.56	$2,445	—
1390–1936	1712	11	155.00–166.00	$160.49	$2,748	—

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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.