Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 7, 2025

8,714 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $272.96/cwt -2.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,974/hd at 723 lb · 553 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $325.35/cwt -0.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,183/hd at 671 lb · 466 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $300.11/cwt +3.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,868/hd at 622 lb · 455 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	8,714	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–326 unweaned	324	10	497.50–509.00	$502.13	$1,627	—
311–342	325	16	450.00–530.00	$496.88	$1,615	+16.88
361–388 unweaned	372	10	412.50–415.00	$413.96	$1,540	-41.04
362–398	378	67	390.00–497.00	$462.42	$1,748	-27.12
401–447	417	71	415.00–490.00	$452.04	$1,885	+3.64
415–442 unweaned	430	22	400.00–432.00	$416.42	$1,791	-3.44
451–495	471	205	384.00–426.00	$407.05	$1,917	-18.52
481 unweaned	481	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,780	-39.15
500–548 unweaned	517	67	325.00–359.00	$342.46	$1,771	-25.21
500–549	521	326	354.00–410.00	$373.65	$1,947	-15.82
550–562 fancy	555	45	383.00–385.00	$383.90	$2,131	+14.18
551–596 unweaned	556	27	300.00–330.00	$323.12	$1,797	—
553–589	570	229	330.00–380.00	$354.14	$2,019	-8.56
606–632 unweaned	617	11	308.00–325.00	$318.98	$1,968	-6.10
600–648	629	430	320.00–357.50	$339.44	$2,135	-10.03
651–669 unweaned	665	61	310.00–334.00	$316.35	$2,104	+2.43
650–697	672	405	285.00–341.50	$326.71	$2,195	-2.05
705–747	726	436	265.00–323.50	$311.22	$2,259	+10.21
738 unweaned	738	7	293.50	$293.50	$2,166	+9.50
750–795	772	349	265.00–304.50	$290.77	$2,245	-3.34
800–848	819	355	247.00–287.75	$275.63	$2,257	-13.89
820–843 unweaned	831	27	247.50–250.00	$248.72	$2,067	—
858–889	874	434	263.50–292.50	$283.78	$2,480	+2.81
907–948	933	211	240.00–271.75	$261.25	$2,437	-18.40
952–983	966	71	250.00–267.75	$259.56	$2,507	-12.05
1011	1011	12	231.00	$231.00	$2,335	—
1101–1110	1107	9	222.00–233.00	$225.65	$2,498	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1245	1079	8	152.50–224.00	$209.96	$2,265	—
1025–1294	1244	22	200.00–218.00	$204.55	$2,545	—
1215–1622	1426	45	199.00–209.00	$206.25	$2,941	-6.82
1380–1485	1445	54	204.25–214.00	$209.96	$3,034	-3.11
1400–1475	1450	11	210.00–215.00	$211.11	$3,061	-5.38
1345–1696	1516	138	210.00–216.85	$213.35	$3,234	—
1586	1586	6	211.50	$211.50	$3,354	-10.47
1637	1637	3	204.50	$204.50	$3,348	-8.26
1612–1752	1672	27	207.75–212.50	$211.62	$3,538	+3.12
1725	1725	4	210.50	$210.50	$3,631	-6.12
1710–1805	1766	5	201.00–211.00	$207.57	$3,666	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291 unweaned	291	5	467.50	$467.50	$1,360	—
340	340	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,360	+10.00
380–394	391	13	392.50–420.00	$413.83	$1,618	-20.70
409–444	432	60	385.00–417.50	$401.29	$1,734	+13.87
478–494	485	29	352.50–385.00	$368.77	$1,789	-19.57
505–549	525	76	297.50–352.50	$334.29	$1,755	-11.63
551–584	576	17	322.50	$322.50	$1,858	-0.28
608–640	623	34	275.00–314.00	$302.18	$1,883	-2.13
661–688	673	43	250.00–310.00	$285.51	$1,921	-15.49
737–747	741	17	280.00	$280.00	$2,075	+54.00
886–898	888	24	244.00–266.50	$263.65	$2,341	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	4	293.00	$293.00	$2,045	—
1275	1275	4	198.50	$198.50	$2,531	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	6	450.00	$450.00	$1,390	+8.79
329 unweaned	329	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,316	—
353–364 fancy	361	15	410.00–425.00	$413.91	$1,494	—
351–398	383	94	375.00–422.00	$396.41	$1,518	-38.03
412 fancy	412	10	400.00	$400.00	$1,648	-9.94
400–449	421	123	315.00–430.00	$384.96	$1,621	-10.68
412–446 unweaned	434	33	315.00–357.00	$343.70	$1,492	-27.28
451–499	479	216	310.00–385.00	$357.85	$1,714	-9.78
480–481 unweaned	481	34	320.00–340.00	$325.29	$1,565	-22.69
511–523 unweaned	517	20	285.00–310.00	$302.23	$1,563	-37.21
518 fancy	518	12	360.00	$360.00	$1,865	+24.50
500–548	519	326	309.00–366.00	$333.79	$1,732	-10.28
550–599	573	258	285.00–348.00	$311.29	$1,784	-7.76
558–595 unweaned	573	21	272.00–305.00	$288.42	$1,653	—
586–590 fancy	587	91	334.00–339.25	$337.74	$1,983	—
615 fancy	615	59	324.00	$324.00	$1,993	—
601–648	622	353	274.00–329.00	$298.16	$1,855	+1.01
612–647 unweaned	635	43	271.00–293.00	$283.35	$1,799	+3.35
651 fancy	651	8	267.00	$267.00	$1,738	—
656–658 unweaned	657	24	272.00–289.00	$277.68	$1,824	+15.18
660–698	688	121	265.00–291.00	$282.93	$1,947	-6.40
703–748	723	553	250.00–287.25	$272.96	$1,974	-2.31
756–776 fancy	764	56	310.00–329.00	$319.64	$2,442	—
751–793	770	288	251.00–281.75	$269.30	$2,074	+1.27
781 unweaned	781	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,867	—
800–818	805	36	262.00–269.00	$263.98	$2,125	+0.61
808–840	824	156	237.00–262.00	$260.77	$2,149	-2.60
871 fancy	871	41	294.50	$294.50	$2,565	—
875–879	876	60	245.25–253.00	$247.19	$2,165	-10.09
911–946	925	20	217.50–234.00	$229.02	$2,118	-13.77
968	968	2	222.50	$222.50	$2,154	-8.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1060	1027	37	201.00–220.00	$218.39	$2,243	—
915–1081	1053	8	197.00–218.50	$213.92	$2,253	—
1063–1560	1270	11	197.00–201.00	$199.43	$2,533	-10.25
1274	1274	4	204.00	$204.00	$2,599	-5.68
1090–1595	1304	38	195.00–209.00	$204.63	$2,668	-2.59
1110–1680	1351	204	203.50–218.00	$211.96	$2,864	—
1214–1503	1364	15	206.00–213.00	$209.62	$2,859	—
1621–1651	1636	8	204.00–209.75	$206.85	$3,384	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	4	360.00	$360.00	$1,217	-51.14
370–397	390	24	360.00–370.00	$368.42	$1,437	-28.04
411–420	415	9	340.00–347.50	$344.13	$1,428	+8.51
473–497	486	49	295.00–346.00	$322.89	$1,569	-15.09
515 unweaned	515	6	270.50	$270.50	$1,393	—
508–545	531	31	230.00–320.00	$296.06	$1,572	-14.51
558–598	584	25	257.50–285.00	$272.73	$1,593	-24.14
600–625	618	12	240.00–270.00	$260.01	$1,607	-4.33
673–697	680	44	220.00–265.00	$232.02	$1,578	-32.98
723–738	729	13	220.00–247.50	$237.73	$1,733	—
790	790	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,825	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
853–896	886	58	2,325.00–2,385.00	$2,372.05	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–493	474	11	360.00–375.00	$367.11	$1,740	-2.89
530	530	4	330.00	$330.00	$1,749	—
605	605	3	312.50	$312.50	$1,891	—
608 unweaned	608	7	305.00	$305.00	$1,854	—
774 unweaned	774	6	255.00	$255.00	$1,974	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–945	878	75-80%	2	222.50–247.50	$234.04	$2,055	—
1130–1745	1347	75-80%	36	142.00–172.50	$156.87	$2,113	-5.76
1214–2145	1509	75-80%	51	140.00–151.00	$144.88	$2,186	+2.44
1320–1645	1518	75-80%	3	120.00–122.00	$120.70	$1,832	-21.74
1340–2090	1549	75-80%	35	149.50–168.50	$156.88	$2,430	+14.44

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1000	892	80-85%	13	140.00–211.00	$167.46	$1,494	—
1000–1325	1136	80-85%	45	131.00–210.00	$153.41	$1,743	-15.14
1065–1705	1335	80-85%	47	126.00–141.00	$134.89	$1,801	+0.91

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1040	867	85-90%	12	100.00–138.00	$123.69	$1,072	—
1100–1420	1203	85-90%	16	110.00–129.50	$121.35	$1,460	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1190	1090	3	134.00–147.50	$140.22	$1,528	—
1540–1825	1683	2	134.00–135.00	$134.54	$2,264	—
1210–2150	1750	21	140.00–181.00	$164.43	$2,878	—
1575–2295	1940	17	180.00–206.00	$190.69	$3,699	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1131	1131	7	192.00	$192.00	$2,172	—
1233–1377	1290	28	194.75–198.50	$196.32	$2,533	—
1318	1318	4	207.50	$207.50	$2,735	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1415	1338	2	195.00–196.00	$195.47	$2,615	—
1440–1536	1500	15	201.00–209.50	$204.54	$3,068	+16.91
1701–1710	1702	12	201.00–206.75	$206.27	$3,511	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1167–1360	1188	9	160.00–163.00	$162.62	$1,932	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1734	1580	33	182.00–199.00	$188.43	$2,977	—
1400–1928	1690	7	170.00–178.00	$176.28	$2,979	—

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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.