Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 19, 2025

9,892 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $358.38/cwt +3.93 vs last sale · ≈ $2,054/hd at 573 lb · 890 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $369.82/cwt +6.09 vs last sale · ≈ $2,303/hd at 623 lb · 718 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $419.53/cwt +1.58 vs last sale · ≈ $2,201/hd at 525 lb · 684 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	9,892	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	565.00	$565.00	$1,300	—
306–312 fancy	309	11	570.00–610.00	$588.37	$1,818	—
301–346	335	23	450.00–540.00	$509.73	$1,708	-0.27
360–398	381	71	455.00–525.00	$488.63	$1,862	-7.23
400–426 fancy	414	50	497.50–500.00	$498.82	$2,065	—
404–446	417	119	445.00–506.00	$477.54	$1,991	+20.03
440–441 unweaned	441	7	425.00–440.00	$435.72	$1,922	—
465 fancy	465	1	441.00	$441.00	$2,051	—
451–498	468	257	370.00–479.00	$446.49	$2,090	+0.73
460–486 unweaned	475	7	402.50–435.00	$415.99	$1,976	—
512 fancy	512	45	439.00	$439.00	$2,248	—
500–548	525	585	387.50–436.50	$421.10	$2,211	+3.15
505–544 unweaned	531	54	360.00–395.50	$386.35	$2,052	—
550–599	577	598	360.00–406.00	$387.82	$2,238	-1.88
594 unweaned	594	5	342.50	$342.50	$2,034	—
600 thin fleshed	600	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,932	—
600–648	622	669	350.00–394.00	$372.25	$2,315	+8.52
605–643 unweaned	633	46	326.00–354.00	$337.57	$2,137	—
653–694 unweaned	667	15	310.00–330.00	$323.06	$2,155	—
658–696	674	490	329.00–364.50	$350.25	$2,361	+7.03
700–744	716	243	304.00–350.00	$339.15	$2,428	+10.50
776 unweaned	776	5	269.00	$269.00	$2,087	—
755–799	782	265	282.00–329.50	$312.63	$2,445	+1.90
804–847	830	277	260.00–310.00	$303.82	$2,522	+8.10
858–899	885	326	273.00–304.50	$294.74	$2,608	+3.90
900–945	937	135	267.00–286.75	$284.19	$2,663	+3.38
957–983	963	168	245.00–287.75	$281.93	$2,715	+13.57
1075–1083	1079	108	261.75–263.00	$262.38	$2,831	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125	1125	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,531	—
1055–1344	1240	16	223.00–228.00	$225.48	$2,796	+17.37
1120–1330	1249	6	170.00–222.00	$209.22	$2,613	+1.11
1335	1335	10	227.00	$227.00	$3,030	—
1293–1590	1386	61	222.50–230.75	$226.40	$3,138	—
1225–1625	1403	31	213.00–225.00	$221.03	$3,101	-3.68
1210–1620	1432	201	227.00–233.75	$230.33	$3,298	+5.62
1506–1584	1545	17	227.00–232.00	$229.02	$3,538	—
1437–1685	1550	101	234.00–240.00	$236.94	$3,673	—
1583	1583	29	230.00	$230.00	$3,641	+5.45
1543–1740	1599	7	226.50–229.00	$228.22	$3,649	+3.67
1607–1793	1744	33	223.50–230.00	$227.76	$3,972	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
366–395	379	11	447.50–465.00	$456.71	$1,731	+44.21
406–443	425	34	410.00–447.50	$433.50	$1,842	+23.67
450–495	476	85	375.00–436.00	$413.97	$1,970	+22.45
500–549	533	137	356.00–400.00	$381.65	$2,034	+18.59
575 unweaned	575	7	340.00	$340.00	$1,955	—
564–597	582	48	310.00–378.00	$347.64	$2,023	-8.36
606–636	614	37	312.00–342.00	$321.19	$1,972	-21.41
664–697	689	57	307.50–327.50	$317.12	$2,185	-0.40
780	780	5	294.00	$294.00	$2,293	+9.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	15	400.00	$400.00	$1,712	—
507	507	22	350.00	$350.00	$1,774	—
603	603	13	350.00	$350.00	$2,110	—
663–697	676	18	324.00–339.00	$332.99	$2,251	—
761	761	26	311.50	$311.50	$2,371	—
919	919	6	260.00	$260.00	$2,389	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	2	540.00–570.00	$555.33	$1,277	—
250	250	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,225	—
327–332	329	18	460.00–500.00	$480.70	$1,582	+40.70
342 unweaned	342	7	430.00	$430.00	$1,471	—
355 unweaned	355	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,384	—
350–397	376	126	445.00–515.00	$465.55	$1,750	+8.65
365–386 fancy	380	10	485.00	$485.00	$1,843	—
402–440	419	141	400.00–475.00	$436.03	$1,827	+18.60
425–436 unweaned	431	19	400.00–414.00	$406.46	$1,752	—
451 fancy	451	32	424.00	$424.00	$1,912	—
466–481 unweaned	472	16	360.00–362.00	$361.51	$1,706	—
450–496	478	344	375.00–430.00	$396.01	$1,893	-5.54
503–540 unweaned	515	69	343.00–376.00	$363.10	$1,870	—
503–548	528	384	348.00–395.00	$376.95	$1,990	+13.95
551–579 fancy	572	97	377.00–394.50	$387.99	$2,219	—
550–598	573	752	340.00–370.00	$355.81	$2,039	+1.36
553–595 unweaned	577	41	324.00–350.00	$335.49	$1,936	—
603–635 unweaned	611	35	324.00–349.50	$335.72	$2,051	—
601–647	620	234	320.00–356.00	$343.51	$2,130	+15.36
614–625 fancy	621	54	350.50–371.00	$362.74	$2,253	+15.74
651–691	659	209	293.00–345.00	$334.03	$2,201	+26.21
654–689 unweaned	673	15	290.00–324.00	$305.43	$2,056	—
700–748	722	209	285.00–314.00	$306.27	$2,211	+12.10
765 fancy	765	6	321.00	$321.00	$2,456	—
750–797	780	115	270.00–292.50	$279.94	$2,184	-10.95
806–843	825	129	276.50–282.50	$278.18	$2,295	+2.61
939	939	47	267.50	$267.50	$2,512	-0.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356–385	374	8	425.00–445.00	$437.86	$1,638	—
415–447	432	56	340.00–415.00	$395.90	$1,710	+33.35
462–497	486	91	330.00–380.00	$369.13	$1,794	+37.19
490 unweaned	490	6	290.00	$290.00	$1,421	—
500–546	520	81	315.00–377.00	$345.96	$1,799	+19.28
554–595	578	63	327.00–340.00	$334.90	$1,936	+48.47
606–646	633	43	300.00–320.00	$311.89	$1,974	+26.72
666–685	681	47	270.00–312.00	$295.29	$2,011	+3.19
705	705	4	261.00	$261.00	$1,840	—
798	798	3	230.00	$230.00	$1,835	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1280	1132	3	210.00	$210.00	$2,377	—
1010–1189	1167	8	210.00–221.00	$219.81	$2,565	+2.73
1075–1480	1234	41	213.00–227.50	$223.22	$2,755	+4.46
1095–1508	1331	44	220.00–226.50	$224.54	$2,989	—
1176–1685	1354	199	220.00–234.75	$230.23	$3,117	+5.48
1304–1535	1407	26	235.00–239.50	$236.03	$3,321	+8.38
1563–1655	1580	25	211.00–229.25	$227.27	$3,591	+6.16
1581	1581	3	230.00	$230.00	$3,636	+8.89
1595–1638	1624	3	214.00–216.00	$214.65	$3,486	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	4	460.00	$460.00	$1,679	—
450	450	10	380.00	$380.00	$1,710	—
528	528	18	343.00	$343.00	$1,811	—
672–692	679	39	294.00–315.00	$307.86	$2,090	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332 unweaned	332	5	475.00	$475.00	$1,577	—
372–391	380	7	457.50–485.00	$469.62	$1,785	—
488–495	492	16	393.00–410.00	$399.32	$1,965	—
635	635	4	335.00	$335.00	$2,127	—
725 unweaned	725	8	275.00	$275.00	$1,994	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
561	561	6	295.00	$295.00	$1,655	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1520	1311	75-80%	40	144.00–187.00	$165.44	$2,169	+3.33
1125–1775	1451	75-80%	44	147.00–159.00	$154.19	$2,237	—
1285–1910	1579	75-80%	16	160.00–173.00	$164.60	$2,599	—
1540–1650	1601	75-80%	7	130.00–142.00	$137.85	$2,207	-28.79

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–985	947	80-85%	3	144.00–150.00	$146.90	$1,391	—
1030–1335	1166	80-85%	24	144.00–232.50	$161.61	$1,884	+0.34
1010–1625	1263	80-85%	25	135.00–149.00	$141.42	$1,786	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–990	959	85-90%	6	115.00–133.00	$123.58	$1,185	—
1000–1480	1228	85-90%	18	112.00–135.00	$125.80	$1,545	—
1030–1505	1296	85-90%	4	78.00–105.00	$96.69	$1,253	-5.26

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,940	-20.21
1240–1960	1572	3	115.00–140.00	$129.34	$2,033	—
1415–2405	1845	20	147.00–191.00	$175.23	$3,233	-26.58
1695–2320	1972	8	194.00–220.00	$203.26	$4,008	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1569–1670	1586	6	208.00–215.00	$209.23	$3,318	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1633–1717	1691	14	219.50–226.00	$223.45	$3,779	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1482	1482	11	180.00–186.50	$185.32	$2,746	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280	1280	1	171.00	$171.00	$2,189	—
1437	1437	3	207.00	$207.00	$2,975	+56.06
1325–1965	1581	7	185.00–194.00	$188.30	$2,977	—
1475–1795	1663	29	197.00–216.00	$201.96	$3,359	—

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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.