Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 3, 2025

16,214 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $309.92/cwt -4.62 vs last sale · ≈ $2,099/hd at 677 lb · 1,228 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $295.00/cwt -7.09 vs last sale · ≈ $2,139/hd at 725 lb · 1,071 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $324.37/cwt -3.28 vs last sale · ≈ $2,031/hd at 626 lb · 885 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	16,214	15,065	19,169
Feeder cattle	15,368	13,346	18,577
Slaughter cattle	846	1,719	592

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers weighing less than 700lbs sold steady, while steers over 700lbs sold 13.00 to 14.00 lower. Heifers weighing less than 500lbs sold steady, while heifers weighing 500 to 700lbs sold 4.00 lower. Heifers weighing more than 700lbs sold 12.00 to 13.00 lower. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold unevenly steady. Demand for quality reputation calves was still good, while the cash market and futures have weakened.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,268	—
337 unweaned	337	17	440.00	$440.00	$1,483	—
355–398	382	33	370.00–424.00	$398.86	$1,524	-16.86
398 unweaned	398	23	415.00	$415.00	$1,652	—
402–445	423	107	360.00–417.50	$397.88	$1,683	+10.29
424–438 unweaned	427	24	362.50–387.50	$382.16	$1,632	—
450–495	466	217	352.00–410.00	$385.71	$1,797	+7.70
492 unweaned	492	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,722	—
500–548	525	465	339.00–389.00	$369.88	$1,942	+4.62
550–596	570	554	323.00–374.00	$352.87	$2,011	+7.48
570 unweaned	570	36	311.00	$311.00	$1,773	—
603–649	626	867	292.00–344.00	$325.12	$2,035	-2.48
615–641 unweaned	631	18	274.00–296.00	$288.22	$1,819	-2.65
650–699	677	1,215	283.50–328.50	$310.10	$2,099	-4.44
686–695 unweaned	692	13	286.00–297.00	$292.80	$2,026	—
701–749	725	1,071	275.00–313.75	$295.00	$2,139	-6.42
752–799	779	784	255.00–292.00	$276.53	$2,154	-10.34
800–849	821	740	255.00–280.00	$272.18	$2,235	-12.19
852–895	872	459	245.00–273.00	$262.07	$2,285	-14.23
881	881	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,762	-76.30
904–947	924	367	230.00–259.00	$252.32	$2,331	-15.74
950–985	971	243	226.50–252.85	$242.99	$2,359	-21.94
991	991	4	218.50	$218.50	$2,165	-46.43
1060–1073	1070	70	220.00–228.75	$227.02	$2,429	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412–438	427	12	327.50–367.50	$343.57	$1,467	+8.61
451–497	474	33	325.00–372.50	$351.39	$1,666	+26.91
506–548	539	87	301.00–360.50	$334.89	$1,805	+4.90
550–599	582	142	280.00–337.00	$320.72	$1,867	+4.11
609–648	635	121	275.00–318.00	$304.24	$1,932	+1.92
657–697	685	129	270.00–307.00	$288.07	$1,973	-2.54
708–748	734	19	265.00–271.00	$267.95	$1,967	-7.56
776–793	783	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,958	-20.00
802–844	826	46	241.00–262.50	$251.50	$2,077	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1285	1154	15	200.50–213.00	$207.29	$2,392	-3.57
930–1285	1168	6	189.00–204.00	$192.52	$2,249	-18.34
1265–1358	1335	4	200.50–202.50	$202.03	$2,697	—
1340–1480	1423	4	202.50–208.25	$205.87	$2,930	-6.60
1150–1635	1433	28	196.00–210.00	$204.85	$2,936	-7.62
1329–1677	1480	93	212.00–220.00	$216.27	$3,201	+6.77
1492	1492	4	211.00	$211.00	$3,148	+1.50
1517	1517	4	205.50	$205.50	$3,117	-8.93
1531	1531	3	208.00	$208.00	$3,184	+1.87
1360–1694	1547	128	221.50–231.50	$225.89	$3,495	+19.76
1588	1588	4	202.00	$202.00	$3,208	—
1561–1620	1601	19	211.25	$211.25	$3,382	+3.47
1735–1780	1757	5	225.00–232.00	$226.79	$3,985	—
1720–1910	1804	10	195.00–219.00	$210.63	$3,800	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–372	368	7	325.00–330.00	$326.45	$1,201	—
425–443	437	6	325.00–352.50	$343.59	$1,501	—
565–583	574	6	282.50–290.00	$286.19	$1,643	—
620	620	5	278.00	$278.00	$1,724	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
325	325	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306 fancy	306	14	445.00	$445.00	$1,362	—
310–328	324	4	400.00–420.00	$415.21	$1,345	-4.79
325 unweaned	325	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,105	—
379 unweaned	379	23	390.00	$390.00	$1,478	—
368–395	387	25	357.50–388.00	$375.76	$1,454	-17.32
415–447 unweaned	427	8	280.00–345.00	$324.74	$1,387	+14.74
407–449	430	149	328.00–376.00	$360.01	$1,548	+4.21
450–496	472	223	322.00–357.50	$339.80	$1,604	+4.75
500–544 unweaned	509	54	249.00–321.00	$306.28	$1,559	—
500–548	523	497	290.00–345.00	$322.58	$1,687	+4.17
566 fancy	566	15	314.50	$314.50	$1,780	-8.50
550–596	576	620	278.75–319.75	$305.05	$1,757	+2.52
578 unweaned	578	5	261.00	$261.00	$1,509	—
602 unweaned	602	13	268.00	$268.00	$1,613	—
612–617	614	34	309.00–310.00	$309.41	$1,900	+47.41
601–648	622	806	273.50–306.00	$289.19	$1,799	+1.66
650–698	669	871	257.00–302.50	$283.76	$1,898	+5.14
711–749 fancy	720	52	272.00–298.00	$291.76	$2,101	+18.26
700–749	727	502	243.00–276.00	$259.47	$1,886	-13.51
740	740	33	305.75	$305.75	$2,263	+32.77
750–799	777	503	232.50–271.25	$254.53	$1,978	-11.15
804–845	835	191	220.00–253.00	$244.81	$2,044	-16.72
853–886	859	54	237.00–255.00	$250.98	$2,156	-11.78
859	859	5	201.00	$201.00	$1,727	-61.76
900–932	928	33	210.00–230.00	$211.91	$1,967	—
969	969	10	240.00	$240.00	$2,326	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	4	317.50	$317.50	$1,254	-22.50
427–447	442	16	330.00–340.00	$332.42	$1,469	+13.86
470–498	486	108	291.00–325.00	$314.23	$1,527	+6.56
501–547	528	67	260.00–318.00	$297.75	$1,572	+12.17
555–596	587	132	242.00–294.75	$273.94	$1,608	-0.38
602–649	631	166	236.00–277.00	$267.61	$1,689	+10.26
662–697	686	65	245.00–263.00	$257.06	$1,763	-4.97
771–772	772	8	242.00–242.50	$242.25	$1,870	+7.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1218	1127	13	175.00–203.00	$189.15	$2,132	-16.35
915–1253	1174	38	186.00–203.50	$197.20	$2,315	-8.55
1080–1645	1290	25	202.00–212.75	$208.26	$2,687	+2.53
1103–1515	1349	27	194.00–201.50	$199.32	$2,689	—
1293–1463	1350	28	205.00–210.25	$209.66	$2,830	+9.31
1187–1660	1361	81	205.50–220.00	$213.09	$2,900	+12.74
1255–1615	1417	97	221.00–231.50	$226.56	$3,210	—
1655–1705	1680	2	182.50–185.00	$183.77	$3,087	—
1731–1775	1742	4	195.00–205.00	$202.45	$3,527	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–382	377	3	310.00–320.00	$316.76	$1,194	—
442	442	4	305.00	$305.00	$1,348	—
481–487	483	8	301.00–316.00	$312.22	$1,508	—
543	543	3	284.00	$284.00	$1,542	—
637	637	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,656	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
286	286	4	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
300	300	4	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415 unweaned	415	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,660	—
608	608	7	287.00	$287.00	$1,745	+7.00

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1510	1401	75-80%	9	133.00–169.00	$146.54	$2,053	+0.29
1280–1875	1524	75-80%	21	129.75–139.00	$133.96	$2,042	+0.58
1325–1840	1570	75-80%	16	138.50–148.00	$142.92	$2,244	+25.10

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1265	1107	80-85%	8	128.00–197.50	$160.22	$1,774	—
1100–1690	1370	80-85%	36	115.00–212.00	$125.42	$1,718	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1030	1020	85-90%	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,163	—
720–1245	1033	85-90%	4	65.00–83.00	$75.27	$778	—
1020–1395	1202	85-90%	7	93.00–112.00	$102.91	$1,237	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1105	1070	2	185.00–202.00	$193.22	$2,067	—
1440–2170	1817	10	140.00–166.00	$158.85	$2,886	—
1710–2100	1893	4	170.00–188.00	$178.48	$3,379	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1655	1655	2	205.00	$205.00	$3,393	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1660	1516	4	182.50–187.00	$183.97	$2,789	—

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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.