Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 15, 2025

6,203 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $354.32/cwt +1.20 vs last sale · ≈ $3,090/hd at 872 lb · 727 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $347.03/cwt -0.85 vs last sale · ≈ $3,162/hd at 911 lb · 717 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $373.05/cwt +11.20 vs last sale · ≈ $3,048/hd at 817 lb · 651 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	6,203	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	3	690.00	$690.00	$1,642	-30.00
323	323	3	563.00	$563.00	$1,818	+3.71
362–393	378	20	530.00–572.50	$547.50	$2,070	-29.84
381 unweaned	381	3	520.00	$520.00	$1,981	-28.50
410–446	429	40	440.00–540.00	$515.33	$2,211	-36.64
450–499	474	123	490.00–522.00	$507.97	$2,408	-8.23
500–547	519	140	435.00–503.00	$478.51	$2,483	+8.40
551–588	567	210	422.50–460.00	$440.16	$2,496	-16.55
574–582 unweaned	579	17	410.00–428.00	$417.35	$2,416	-24.01
600–645	622	70	385.00–432.50	$407.11	$2,532	-13.43
611–627 unweaned	622	15	410.00–450.00	$423.10	$2,632	-6.09
658–693	679	150	360.00–410.25	$391.81	$2,660	-3.98
706–746	718	187	351.50–400.00	$371.32	$2,666	-16.63
750–794	779	283	353.25–385.00	$376.49	$2,933	+0.19
800–847	817	651	348.00–386.00	$373.05	$3,048	+11.20
850–895	872	727	342.00–367.00	$354.32	$3,090	+1.20
901–932	911	712	335.00–359.00	$347.22	$3,163	-0.66
944	944	5	320.00	$320.00	$3,021	-27.88
1087–1093	1090	98	310.25	$310.25	$3,382	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
962–1290	1108	17	221.00–280.00	$241.18	$2,672	—
1065–1325	1229	18	229.00–287.00	$240.26	$2,953	-3.22
1288	1288	3	249.00	$249.00	$3,207	-16.19
1100–1550	1354	55	225.00–240.00	$235.39	$3,187	-1.62
1230–1485	1368	30	236.00–240.00	$238.33	$3,260	+1.32
1386–1445	1398	8	234.00–238.00	$237.12	$3,315	—
1285–1721	1449	150	240.00–248.75	$244.12	$3,537	+0.15
1505	1505	4	237.25	$237.25	$3,571	+4.44
1505–1571	1517	36	236.50–237.75	$237.67	$3,605	+4.86
1665	1665	1	237.25	$237.25	$3,950	-0.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472 unweaned	472	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,982	+53.51
453–498	476	8	440.00–465.00	$451.91	$2,151	+2.07
518–528	521	11	335.00–370.00	$360.32	$1,877	-67.48
556–592	574	50	325.00–410.00	$389.06	$2,233	-18.78
610–638	614	22	368.00–399.00	$394.61	$2,423	+13.91
640 unweaned	640	4	395.00	$395.00	$2,528	—
761–797	781	9	271.00–345.00	$303.05	$2,367	-47.33
850–871	860	11	302.00–306.00	$303.81	$2,613	—
906	906	5	293.00	$293.00	$2,655	—
971	971	4	275.00	$275.00	$2,670	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1004	1004	11	306.50	$306.50	$3,077	—
1015	1015	103	327.00	$327.00	$3,319	—
1188	1188	11	227.00	$227.00	$2,697	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
417	417	7	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
540	540	12	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–396	382	28	491.00–519.00	$506.89	$1,936	-35.89
390 unweaned	390	9	411.00	$411.00	$1,603	-92.50
405 unweaned	405	3	452.50	$452.50	$1,833	-17.17
411–443	429	89	485.00–540.00	$509.29	$2,185	+21.41
452–498	476	88	360.00–490.00	$453.11	$2,157	-3.23
505–522 unweaned	516	9	410.00–464.00	$446.40	$2,303	+41.82
500–544	525	100	350.00–469.00	$426.17	$2,237	-10.89
550–561 unweaned	555	7	376.00–403.00	$387.70	$2,152	-2.81
550–590	570	113	385.00–427.00	$404.71	$2,307	+14.83
601–640	616	73	363.00–414.00	$382.16	$2,354	+14.81
651–695	669	149	334.00–367.00	$360.47	$2,412	+9.56
700–747	716	278	335.00–372.50	$361.74	$2,590	+19.56
754–796	776	122	324.00–346.00	$336.74	$2,613	-6.70
834–841	836	13	319.00–343.50	$337.81	$2,824	+10.44
862–891	869	58	305.00–330.00	$322.47	$2,802	-8.64
905–948	923	10	300.00–311.00	$306.58	$2,830	-24.93
969–990	982	17	302.00–314.00	$306.90	$3,014	-6.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	505.00	$505.00	$1,944	—
408–445	439	26	440.00–477.00	$464.44	$2,039	+74.82
455–496 unweaned	470	18	389.00–405.00	$394.67	$1,855	-35.56
466–496	472	61	420.00–441.00	$423.97	$2,001	+26.47
522–546	527	63	380.00–420.00	$411.62	$2,169	+4.31
557–587	580	52	350.00–380.75	$376.82	$2,186	+59.12
583 unweaned	583	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,982	+37.50
603–643	623	64	335.00–365.00	$349.29	$2,176	-3.15
670–671	670	23	259.00–342.50	$327.96	$2,197	-1.08

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1140	1042	9	200.00–240.00	$224.93	$2,344	-7.69
895–1290	1086	10	241.50–278.00	$257.34	$2,795	-8.32
1165–1273	1201	9	236.25–238.50	$237.71	$2,855	+6.39
1048–1505	1231	72	223.00–241.50	$235.41	$2,898	+4.09
1115–1395	1256	5	231.00–233.00	$231.62	$2,909	-5.74
1175–1565	1330	184	234.00–247.00	$242.15	$3,221	-1.86

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095	1095	14	285.00	$285.00	$3,121	+7.50
1196	1196	9	265.00	$265.00	$3,169	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
301–346	323	19	1,725.00–1,900.00	$1,784.14	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423–443	434	7	405.00–420.00	$413.74	$1,796	—
444 unweaned	444	9	414.00	$414.00	$1,838	+14.00
491 unweaned	491	21	406.50	$406.50	$1,996	—
546	546	4	386.00	$386.00	$2,108	—
735	735	7	322.00	$322.00	$2,367	+2.00
962	962	5	238.00	$238.00	$2,290	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–472 unweaned	459	13	470.00–490.00	$477.91	$2,194	—
473	473	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,537	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1495	1340	75-80%	29	165.50–198.00	$176.57	$2,366	+6.78
1295–1955	1560	75-80%	25	160.00–177.00	$169.30	$2,641	—
1495–1755	1632	75-80%	5	180.00–187.00	$183.10	$2,988	+10.70
1560–1995	1683	75-80%	7	135.00–151.00	$141.99	$2,390	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	80-85%	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,468	—
1010–1395	1194	80-85%	16	146.50–197.00	$169.33	$2,022	+1.16
1095–1730	1346	80-85%	40	145.00–169.00	$158.78	$2,137	—
1255–1490	1375	80-85%	4	130.00–140.00	$136.24	$1,873	-12.07

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1035	945	85-90%	7	100.00–148.00	$130.48	$1,233	—
1050–1435	1212	85-90%	20	113.00–150.00	$132.53	$1,606	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380–1590	1485	2	218.00	$218.00	$3,237	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1265	1171	5	148.00–199.00	$179.36	$2,100	—
1290–2185	1647	28	150.00–209.00	$185.97	$3,063	—
1405–2200	1840	13	211.00–231.00	$220.20	$4,052	—
1505–2225	1843	5	120.00–150.00	$139.56	$2,572	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1500	1318	2	212.50–213.00	$212.78	$2,804	—
1328–1403	1366	6	225.00–240.00	$232.71	$3,179	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1605	1488	10	223.00–240.00	$232.02	$3,452	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1765	1422	14	190.00–212.00	$202.38	$2,878	—
1462–1680	1494	33	210.00–225.00	$214.05	$3,198	—

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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.