Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, September 29, 2025

8,757 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $349.35/cwt +4.39 vs last sale · ≈ $3,197/hd at 915 lb · 834 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $364.09/cwt +0.64 vs last sale · ≈ $2,996/hd at 823 lb · 678 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $455.85/cwt -9.78 vs last sale · ≈ $2,404/hd at 527 lb · 558 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	8,757	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
272–293	280	5	600.00–640.00	$623.28	$1,745	—
294 unweaned	294	5	590.00	$590.00	$1,735	—
309 unweaned	309	3	615.00	$615.00	$1,900	+12.64
337–348	340	25	540.00–602.50	$567.57	$1,930	—
350–399	375	77	500.00–600.00	$559.37	$2,098	+13.81
374–385 unweaned	379	14	515.00–530.00	$524.21	$1,987	+18.02
404–436 unweaned	417	39	447.50–500.00	$480.63	$2,004	-52.99
401–449	432	136	445.00–567.50	$506.69	$2,189	+11.32
451–487	468	290	445.00–516.00	$485.62	$2,273	-38.63
473–498 unweaned	488	110	425.00–450.50	$443.27	$2,163	-63.68
502–549	527	507	427.50–483.50	$457.45	$2,411	-11.01
526–544 unweaned	531	43	414.00–445.00	$434.26	$2,306	-27.91
536 fancy	536	8	470.50	$470.50	$2,522	—
553 fancy	553	12	448.50	$448.50	$2,480	—
550–599	569	446	400.00–475.50	$433.42	$2,466	-4.71
551–590 unweaned	576	55	385.00–435.00	$408.00	$2,350	-27.55
611–622 unweaned	618	100	390.00–402.00	$393.27	$2,430	-21.27
600–645	623	231	375.00–437.50	$400.36	$2,494	-4.85
630	630	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,205	-55.21
652–698	667	133	330.00–410.00	$385.05	$2,568	-24.55
696 unweaned	696	7	350.00	$350.00	$2,436	±0.00
710 unweaned	710	13	365.00	$365.00	$2,592	—
700–735	716	65	354.00–389.00	$367.31	$2,630	+2.31
756	756	9	340.50	$340.50	$2,574	-42.06
755–796	766	242	338.00–386.00	$375.21	$2,874	-7.35
801–848	823	678	325.00–377.50	$364.09	$2,996	+0.64
853–890	879	396	328.75–366.00	$347.07	$3,051	—
900–944	915	834	320.00–368.25	$349.35	$3,197	+4.39
953–984	958	129	309.00–347.00	$336.84	$3,227	+10.06
1000	1000	13	324.00	$324.00	$3,240	+7.00
1141	1141	7	270.00	$270.00	$3,081	—
1220	1220	6	233.50	$233.50	$2,849	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1192	1155	10	223.00–239.00	$226.90	$2,621	+8.79
1269	1269	5	238.50	$238.50	$3,027	+7.26
1220–1287	1283	31	234.50–238.50	$238.25	$3,057	+7.01
1200–1547	1333	47	220.00–230.00	$226.09	$3,014	—
1421–1427	1421	30	232.00–233.75	$233.63	$3,320	+3.63
1285–1730	1517	165	230.00–237.50	$233.89	$3,548	—
1522	1522	2	231.50	$231.50	$3,523	—
1558	1558	3	232.00	$232.00	$3,615	-0.15
1654	1654	7	230.75	$230.75	$3,817	-0.78
1700–1705	1703	3	234.00–237.00	$235.00	$4,002	+0.38

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–448	432	22	433.00–507.00	$460.94	$1,991	-25.01
468	468	3	451.00	$451.00	$2,111	-5.43
491 unweaned	491	4	415.00	$415.00	$2,038	—
526 unweaned	526	6	387.50	$387.50	$2,038	-32.50
500–549	529	87	367.50–430.00	$403.90	$2,137	+10.68
573 unweaned	573	4	365.00	$365.00	$2,091	—
572–596	590	34	376.00–409.00	$396.29	$2,338	+0.07
620 unweaned	620	4	351.00	$351.00	$2,176	+43.50
629	629	8	365.00	$365.00	$2,296	+4.40
663 unweaned	663	4	325.00	$325.00	$2,155	—
790	790	21	341.00	$341.00	$2,694	—
856	856	4	325.00	$325.00	$2,782	—
900	900	3	310.00	$310.00	$2,790	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	6	422.50	$422.50	$1,922	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–288	276	14	500.00–557.50	$515.97	$1,424	—
303–330 unweaned	320	12	425.00–525.00	$449.15	$1,437	-45.85
318–349	335	29	470.00–527.00	$498.54	$1,670	—
355–374 unweaned	364	29	425.00–500.00	$456.06	$1,660	-32.71
360–397	379	39	443.00–520.00	$482.16	$1,827	-37.85
401 fancy	401	9	500.00	$500.00	$2,005	—
410–448 unweaned	416	43	415.00–495.00	$455.81	$1,896	-8.62
400–449	426	213	420.00–500.00	$466.45	$1,987	-24.03
459 fancy	459	7	470.00	$470.00	$2,157	—
452–491 unweaned	468	108	382.50–440.00	$418.96	$1,961	-17.91
451–498	473	282	411.00–472.50	$440.74	$2,085	-28.42
505 fancy	505	10	435.00	$435.00	$2,197	—
500–548	525	269	390.00–441.00	$416.88	$2,189	+4.48
531–540 unweaned	534	30	380.00–390.00	$382.36	$2,042	-16.96
552–599	569	163	360.00–430.00	$402.33	$2,289	+9.26
553–578 unweaned	574	66	351.00–375.00	$367.90	$2,112	-17.97
616 unweaned	616	5	336.00	$336.00	$2,070	-26.02
600–638	617	113	325.00–367.50	$355.86	$2,196	-6.30
650–699	674	109	335.00–361.00	$341.79	$2,304	-34.64
710–749	728	215	280.00–356.25	$349.18	$2,542	-1.43
753–796	772	202	330.00–345.00	$338.12	$2,610	-0.77
805–847	822	546	320.00–334.50	$326.27	$2,682	-11.11
870–896	886	200	300.25–318.25	$311.88	$2,763	-19.47
910–934	922	164	311.00–316.00	$313.51	$2,891	+6.85
957–971	965	12	271.00–316.00	$289.59	$2,795	-26.27
1066	1066	6	270.00	$270.00	$2,878	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1088	1088	4	233.50	$233.50	$2,540	+2.47
955–1275	1172	7	214.00–267.00	$229.22	$2,686	+3.07
1145–1250	1200	20	227.00–231.00	$229.25	$2,751	—
1115–1500	1294	28	221.00–232.50	$227.77	$2,947	-0.09
1142–1585	1373	185	227.00–236.75	$233.57	$3,207	—
1330–1500	1373	8	228.50–231.00	$230.32	$3,162	—
1425	1425	8	224.00	$224.00	$3,192	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	4	460.00	$460.00	$1,564	—
388	388	4	435.00	$435.00	$1,688	—
403–448	427	60	400.00–440.00	$414.79	$1,771	—
477–499	491	32	380.00–422.50	$402.45	$1,976	-18.20
510–543	531	20	340.00–385.00	$379.96	$2,018	+12.44
570–594	586	21	362.00–375.00	$369.95	$2,168	+10.38
795	795	9	320.00	$320.00	$2,544	-3.00
965	965	15	277.50	$277.50	$2,678	—
1196	1196	4	218.00	$218.00	$2,607	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1134–1140	1135	26	267.00–274.50	$272.76	$3,096	-17.24

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587–593	590	25	335.00–341.00	$337.66	$1,992	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
174	174	11	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
320	320	3	1,630.00	$1,630.00	—
404	404	5	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
542	542	4	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,540	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	3	375.00	$375.00	$2,494	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1525	1340	75-80%	33	163.00–245.00	$180.65	$2,421	-0.81
1225–1870	1509	75-80%	24	163.00–179.00	$170.25	$2,569	+26.21
1330–1815	1552	75-80%	20	180.00–197.00	$187.83	$2,915	+0.38

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–985	926	80-85%	4	150.00–180.00	$169.89	$1,573	-37.01
1015–1250	1137	80-85%	23	150.00–227.50	$174.85	$1,988	—
1000–1645	1282	80-85%	27	147.00–167.00	$156.92	$2,012	—
1205–1455	1293	80-85%	5	143.00–149.00	$146.24	$1,891	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–985	952	85-90%	6	125.00–155.00	$139.00	$1,323	—
1030	1030	85-90%	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,092	—
1035–1585	1225	85-90%	20	110.00–147.50	$134.15	$1,643	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1250	1163	4	161.00–189.00	$175.33	$2,039	—
1300–2405	1828	15	160.00–209.00	$191.64	$3,503	-21.32
1745–2045	1895	2	137.50–147.50	$142.10	$2,693	—
1770–2430	2062	10	210.00–233.00	$216.77	$4,470	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1615	1615	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,907	-37.68
1690–1835	1763	2	210.00–212.00	$211.04	$3,721	—

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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.