Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 22, 2025

5,218 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $465.63/cwt -12.88 vs last sale · ≈ $2,427/hd at 521 lb · 296 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $436.72/cwt -1.73 vs last sale · ≈ $2,490/hd at 570 lb · 260 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $408.94/cwt -18.90 vs last sale · ≈ $2,167/hd at 530 lb · 238 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	5,218	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–347 unweaned	337	17	565.00–612.50	$602.36	$2,030	—
373–383 unweaned	377	8	500.00–510.00	$506.19	$1,908	-13.81
362–396	388	67	500.00–562.50	$545.56	$2,117	-1.94
404–417	414	35	483.00–502.50	$495.37	$2,051	-19.96
403–434 unweaned	421	61	521.00–545.00	$533.62	$2,247	—
451–496	465	152	487.50–551.00	$524.25	$2,438	+16.28
458–498 unweaned	477	79	492.50–517.50	$506.95	$2,418	—
502–536 unweaned	513	133	438.00–477.00	$462.17	$2,371	—
500–549	528	163	445.00–490.00	$468.46	$2,473	-10.05
553–595	568	118	427.00–453.00	$438.13	$2,489	-2.03
551–588 unweaned	572	142	414.00–448.00	$435.55	$2,491	+18.20
610–620 unweaned	616	78	400.00–426.00	$414.54	$2,554	-8.56
605–638	617	52	391.00–411.00	$405.21	$2,500	-1.90
653–689	667	189	391.00–423.00	$409.60	$2,732	+17.79
671 unweaned	671	15	350.00	$350.00	$2,348	—
722	722	9	365.00	$365.00	$2,635	-6.32
756–799	770	197	357.00–389.00	$382.56	$2,946	+6.07
804–845	816	68	347.00–372.50	$363.45	$2,966	-9.60
943–945	943	58	335.00–345.50	$344.96	$3,253	+24.96
971–972	972	22	287.50–335.50	$326.78	$3,176	—
1013	1013	12	317.00	$317.00	$3,211	—
1066	1066	5	270.00	$270.00	$2,878	-40.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1098	1098	2	221.00	$221.00	$2,427	—
995–1245	1152	16	182.50–226.50	$218.11	$2,513	—
1173–1308	1248	39	224.00–242.00	$235.17	$2,935	-5.09
1260–1290	1275	2	230.00–232.50	$231.24	$2,948	-17.76
1045–1525	1356	105	220.00–234.00	$228.37	$3,097	-7.02
1348–1447	1404	23	230.50–236.50	$235.62	$3,308	—
1248–1490	1414	113	227.50–235.50	$232.39	$3,286	-11.73
1420	1420	3	230.00	$230.00	$3,266	-14.12
1200–1680	1436	345	230.00–242.00	$235.44	$3,381	-8.68
1517–1590	1565	185	229.00–235.00	$232.15	$3,633	—
1569	1569	5	224.00	$224.00	$3,515	—
1601–1772	1681	23	230.00–234.75	$231.53	$3,892	-5.72
1643–1765	1689	5	220.00–225.00	$222.85	$3,764	-14.40
1716–1775	1738	8	231.00–237.50	$234.62	$4,078	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	4	515.00	$515.00	$2,019	—
405–434 unweaned	427	13	472.50–480.00	$474.14	$2,025	—
430–441	436	12	462.50–510.00	$485.95	$2,119	—
463–493	486	41	425.00–495.00	$456.43	$2,218	+4.52
518–549	534	35	370.00–417.50	$393.22	$2,100	+32.90
541 unweaned	541	22	420.00	$420.00	$2,272	—
570–591	582	13	380.00–407.50	$396.22	$2,306	+7.16
622–645	627	17	352.50–386.00	$360.60	$2,261	-34.01
641 unweaned	641	5	307.50	$307.50	$1,971	-87.50
654–689	666	21	332.50–360.00	$347.09	$2,312	—
721–746	732	9	322.50–352.50	$336.09	$2,460	—
823	823	6	326.00	$326.00	$2,683	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1152	1152	4	309.00	$309.00	$3,560	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337 unweaned	337	8	495.00	$495.00	$1,668	—
372 fancy	372	47	570.00	$570.00	$2,120	—
358–393	379	17	500.00–537.50	$520.01	$1,971	+13.12
392–397 unweaned	395	14	485.00–492.50	$488.77	$1,931	+77.77
400–445	413	71	450.00–510.00	$490.48	$2,026	-18.81
418–435 unweaned	430	43	410.00–482.50	$464.43	$1,997	+11.93
451–474	462	135	453.00–485.00	$469.16	$2,168	+16.05
463–498 unweaned	493	40	430.00–438.00	$436.87	$2,154	—
502–548	526	175	400.00–430.00	$412.40	$2,169	-13.77
525–549 unweaned	541	63	395.00–410.00	$399.32	$2,160	-47.08
559–597	570	51	367.50–400.00	$393.07	$2,240	-11.64
565–586 unweaned	580	78	374.00–395.00	$385.87	$2,238	-1.83
603–623 unweaned	615	16	360.00–371.00	$362.02	$2,226	—
626–638	636	77	339.00–370.00	$362.16	$2,303	-20.00
655–682	665	13	365.00–394.00	$376.43	$2,503	+15.96
701–728	717	40	332.50–364.00	$350.61	$2,514	-11.13
774–788	786	105	335.00–340.00	$338.89	$2,664	+2.15
823–839	834	130	332.00–340.00	$337.38	$2,814	-0.43
855	855	16	295.00	$295.00	$2,522	-27.47
857–876	863	26	326.00–336.00	$331.35	$2,860	+8.88
906–915	910	9	287.00–331.00	$306.66	$2,791	+0.08
956–990	961	138	300.00–317.50	$315.86	$3,035	+8.96
1008–1013	1011	11	293.00–302.50	$297.31	$3,006	—
1013	1013	11	265.00	$265.00	$2,684	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1335	1060	4	210.00–255.00	$231.03	$2,449	-26.31
1121–1230	1177	18	220.00–233.50	$226.15	$2,662	—
1151–1230	1191	6	230.00–235.50	$233.18	$2,777	—
1043–1516	1266	91	221.00–237.50	$227.86	$2,885	-3.76
1251–1329	1305	70	233.00–237.75	$235.56	$3,074	-6.59
1263–1500	1320	34	224.00–228.00	$227.17	$2,999	-14.98
1120–1545	1337	303	229.75–242.00	$234.19	$3,131	-7.96
1569	1569	4	234.00	$234.00	$3,671	—
1580	1580	2	225.00	$225.00	$3,555	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–334 unweaned	330	14	431.00–470.00	$441.81	$1,458	—
450–499	481	51	385.00–435.00	$420.65	$2,023	-3.32
485 unweaned	485	6	405.00	$405.00	$1,964	+10.33
502 unweaned	502	16	390.00	$390.00	$1,958	—
502–543	530	54	327.50–387.00	$367.52	$1,948	-44.10
558–572	570	17	357.50–360.00	$359.57	$2,050	-17.25
664	664	19	337.50	$337.50	$2,241	+9.54
781	781	13	323.00	$323.00	$2,523	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1058	1058	56	295.00	$295.00	$3,121	—
1120	1120	14	290.00	$290.00	$3,248	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	4	435.00	$435.00	$1,514	—
391	391	4	450.00	$450.00	$1,760	—
603–631	618	13	287.50–350.00	$325.99	$2,015	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1000	923	80-85%	5	187.50–250.00	$206.90	$1,910	—
980–1530	1181	80-85%	46	146.00–237.50	$173.38	$2,048	+4.05
1005–1610	1315	80-85%	45	144.00–166.00	$154.69	$2,034	-4.09

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1515	1334	75-80%	20	165.00–212.00	$181.46	$2,421	+4.89
1360–1715	1527	75-80%	8	132.50–150.00	$144.04	$2,199	—
1335–1745	1557	75-80%	17	180.00–196.00	$187.45	$2,919	+18.15
1270–2090	1564	75-80%	47	155.00–178.00	$168.35	$2,633	-0.95

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–995	921	85-90%	8	122.00–151.00	$133.51	$1,230	+3.03
1000–1635	1189	85-90%	47	117.50–149.00	$131.43	$1,563	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	1	100.00	$100.00	$800	—
1170–1230	1210	3	152.00–213.00	$187.24	$2,266	—
1155–1875	1419	4	125.00–146.00	$133.52	$1,895	—
1370–2270	1766	18	150.00–206.00	$184.84	$3,264	—
1415–2205	1819	7	210.00–220.00	$212.96	$3,874	-7.24

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	7	214.00	$214.00	$2,910	-18.71

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1710	1558	2	214.00–215.00	$214.55	$3,343	—
1555–1570	1565	3	220.00–226.50	$224.35	$3,511	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1650–1815	1733	2	218.00–223.00	$220.62	$3,823	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1710	1504	4	190.00–208.00	$201.50	$3,031	—
1490–1810	1611	21	212.50–221.75	$217.68	$3,507	—

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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.