Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 12, 2024

15,716 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $273.76/cwt +0.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,861/hd at 680 lb · 1,349 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $251.81/cwt +1.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,957/hd at 777 lb · 1,181 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $242.32/cwt -0.96 vs last sale · ≈ $2,011/hd at 830 lb · 1,092 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	15,716	19,169	10,014
Feeder cattle	14,539	18,577	9,524
Slaughter cattle	1,177	592	490

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Steers under 650 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher; over 650 lbs unevenly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher; 600 to 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher; over 800 lbs not well tested. Demand was moderate to good on moderate supply.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–308	305	10	356.00–382.00	$374.13	$1,141	—
359–385	375	52	335.00–390.00	$371.41	$1,393	+37.89
375 unweaned	375	5	327.50	$327.50	$1,228	-2.50
416 unweaned	416	12	375.00	$375.00	$1,560	+60.17
404–448	428	86	319.00–377.50	$338.41	$1,448	+9.54
453–478 unweaned	464	16	304.00–327.50	$311.03	$1,443	-4.76
469 fancy	469	7	359.00	$359.00	$1,684	-8.50
451–499	485	207	305.00–355.00	$335.66	$1,628	+20.29
514–518 fancy	517	37	337.00–339.00	$338.30	$1,749	+22.80
509–528 unweaned	524	38	288.00–314.00	$308.27	$1,615	+21.03
511–548	529	223	286.00–336.50	$317.62	$1,680	+0.09
558–569 unweaned	561	21	271.00–290.00	$281.51	$1,579	—
552–599	581	730	274.00–330.50	$313.25	$1,820	+10.41
595 fancy	595	10	307.50	$307.50	$1,830	-0.57
613 fancy	613	38	317.00	$317.00	$1,943	—
603–619 unweaned	615	81	280.00–299.00	$292.71	$1,800	+39.79
600–647	622	655	266.00–313.00	$293.38	$1,825	+6.01
652 fancy	652	44	291.25	$291.25	$1,899	+5.25
652–682 unweaned	669	17	230.00–262.00	$253.10	$1,693	—
650–699	681	1,288	235.00–285.75	$273.44	$1,862	+1.04
707–737	717	40	253.00–270.50	$264.65	$1,898	+3.41
700–749	727	845	231.00–278.00	$260.96	$1,897	-0.28
750–799	777	1,181	225.50–271.00	$251.81	$1,957	+0.88
802	802	12	243.00	$243.00	$1,949	-0.28
801–849	830	1,036	220.00–265.50	$242.72	$2,015	-0.56
831–845 fancy	838	44	228.50–236.75	$232.78	$1,951	—
859–896	872	316	216.00–247.50	$233.49	$2,036	-4.25
901–942	918	181	210.00–227.00	$219.35	$2,014	-4.87
955–991	964	191	203.50–224.75	$215.76	$2,080	-3.40
975	975	9	218.50	$218.50	$2,130	-0.66

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–328	323	7	325.00–330.00	$327.90	$1,059	—
422–432	429	11	301.00–330.00	$308.78	$1,325	+45.32
475–497	489	19	287.00–317.50	$299.94	$1,467	+13.54
496 unweaned	496	5	282.50	$282.50	$1,401	+20.00
505–548	527	29	237.00–308.00	$265.78	$1,401	-18.85
563–598	585	100	229.00–293.00	$269.71	$1,578	+3.36
605–644	629	117	244.00–267.50	$258.45	$1,626	+7.28
638–643 unweaned	641	13	255.00–261.00	$257.76	$1,652	—
652–698	676	41	225.00–255.00	$243.09	$1,643	-5.62
703–734	718	43	205.00–249.00	$237.25	$1,703	+10.60
780–799	788	47	218.00–248.50	$235.50	$1,856	-1.61
805–833	816	10	225.50–236.00	$231.71	$1,891	+14.96
871–888	875	13	191.00–215.00	$205.97	$1,802	—
941	941	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,995	+1.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1163	1104	13	163.00–177.00	$171.10	$1,889	—
1215	1215	1	170.00	$170.00	$2,066	—
1293	1293	3	176.00	$176.00	$2,276	—
1317	1317	2	178.75	$178.75	$2,354	+11.80
1065–1575	1365	45	160.00–179.50	$173.51	$2,368	+1.72
1293–1565	1376	16	172.50–179.50	$176.72	$2,432	+4.93
1322–1543	1469	6	176.50–178.25	$177.73	$2,611	+0.54
1238–1695	1476	223	180.00–190.00	$184.80	$2,728	+7.61
1520	1520	1	177.00	$177.00	$2,690	—
1597	1597	5	181.25	$181.25	$2,895	—
1740	1740	1	176.00	$176.00	$3,062	—
1701–2135	1754	17	159.00–186.00	$181.21	$3,178	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1016	1009	13	202.50–205.75	$203.99	$2,058	-3.42
1052	1052	11	190.00	$190.00	$1,999	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
257	257	4	780.00	$780.00	—
340	340	6	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—
501	501	3	975.00	$975.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	3	314.00	$314.00	$1,011	+17.20
378–391 unweaned	386	10	275.00–295.00	$287.16	$1,108	+28.00
350–395	389	54	287.00–346.00	$332.58	$1,294	+35.77
413 unweaned	413	19	320.00	$320.00	$1,322	+60.00
405–447	429	124	250.00–312.00	$285.11	$1,223	-9.33
451–487 unweaned	464	30	282.00–300.00	$288.49	$1,339	+23.28
450–499	481	249	263.00–312.50	$294.59	$1,417	+12.76
503 unweaned	503	18	287.00	$287.00	$1,444	+50.39
510 fancy	510	15	308.00	$308.00	$1,571	+29.56
501–549	528	368	255.00–305.00	$278.83	$1,472	+11.11
552–597	570	634	237.50–295.00	$273.92	$1,561	+18.13
556–586 unweaned	579	67	245.50–270.00	$256.81	$1,487	+32.96
602–648	623	682	230.00–273.00	$253.63	$1,580	+8.33
603–649 unweaned	623	23	226.00–235.00	$229.75	$1,431	+5.56
663 fancy	663	16	253.00	$253.00	$1,677	+4.50
651–697	669	828	230.00–266.50	$245.69	$1,644	+7.84
699 unweaned	699	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,559	—
703 fancy	703	18	240.00	$240.00	$1,687	-3.00
700–748	716	677	217.00–258.50	$237.29	$1,699	+5.84
765 unweaned	765	5	201.00	$201.00	$1,538	+5.00
754–797	766	677	200.00–236.00	$228.89	$1,753	+6.57
766 fancy	766	30	230.00	$230.00	$1,762	—
814	814	13	234.50	$234.50	$1,909	+9.95
803–847	815	197	204.00–223.25	$215.32	$1,755	-9.23
851–898	891	79	191.00–227.00	$205.74	$1,833	-4.43
908	908	3	197.00	$197.00	$1,789	-20.06
953–963	958	6	175.00–195.00	$184.95	$1,772	-1.45

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1070	961	4	127.50–168.00	$149.79	$1,439	—
890–1196	1160	12	129.00–175.00	$157.25	$1,824	—
1050–1496	1336	37	169.00–179.00	$175.16	$2,340	+40.76
1130–1630	1404	286	169.00–190.00	$183.39	$2,575	—
1331–1522	1437	9	175.75–178.25	$177.22	$2,547	—
1465–1578	1550	4	162.50–177.00	$165.93	$2,572	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	330	10	262.00–299.00	$278.42	$919	—
353–399	379	9	285.00–311.00	$295.78	$1,121	+58.08
418	418	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,150	+15.53
457–482	473	31	235.00–273.00	$263.24	$1,245	+22.14
527	527	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,281	+7.68
500–548	529	87	217.00–265.00	$251.73	$1,332	+16.41
554–592	570	24	220.00–245.00	$231.81	$1,321	-0.14
615–648	640	112	200.00–245.00	$231.30	$1,480	+4.23
676–698	692	20	206.00–230.00	$222.59	$1,540	+13.66
708–746	738	28	170.00–226.00	$201.64	$1,488	-11.30
785–793	788	15	185.00–200.00	$191.01	$1,505	—
876	876	3	186.00	$186.00	$1,629	—
968	968	3	178.00	$178.00	$1,723	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1086	1086	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,977	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403 unweaned	403	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,149	+5.00
409	409	5	312.50	$312.50	$1,278	—
522	522	11	297.50	$297.50	$1,553	+61.87
547 unweaned	547	5	222.50	$222.50	$1,217	—
578 unweaned	578	5	257.00	$257.00	$1,485	—
596	596	7	265.00	$265.00	$1,579	—
618	618	6	256.00	$256.00	$1,582	+16.00
680	680	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,652	—
685	685	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,644	—
716 unweaned	716	4	232.00	$232.00	$1,661	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	12	278.00	$278.00	$1,529	—
633	633	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,652	+68.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1151	1151	5	142.00	$142.00	$1,634	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1965	1408	75-80%	84	100.00–109.00	$105.51	$1,486	—
1160–2030	1499	75-80%	59	110.00–119.50	$113.58	$1,703	+8.50

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1340	1172	80-85%	14	100.00–109.50	$105.10	$1,232	—
990–1610	1258	80-85%	53	90.00–101.00	$97.60	$1,228	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1230	1063	85-90%	8	35.00–63.00	$47.17	$501	—
720–1470	1110	85-90%	39	66.00–94.00	$83.63	$928	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1385	1318	65-75%	2	122.00–127.50	$124.61	$1,642	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
902–1150	1036	8	120.00–145.00	$137.80	$1,428	—
1350–2300	1750	24	112.00–129.00	$122.56	$2,145	—
1455–2035	1842	3	100.00–106.00	$103.42	$1,905	—
1455–2325	1935	6	131.00–140.00	$133.58	$2,585	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1265	1042	5	110.00–122.50	$116.53	$1,214	—
1385–1600	1516	4	149.00–151.50	$150.16	$2,276	—
1440–1950	1595	35	152.50–162.00	$156.31	$2,493	—

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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.