Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 19, 2026

16,395 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $385.17/cwt -7.47 vs last sale · ≈ $2,792/hd at 725 lb · 1,676 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $420.80/cwt -11.54 vs last sale · ≈ $2,655/hd at 631 lb · 1,326 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $367.34/cwt -2.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,842/hd at 774 lb · 1,174 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	16,395	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262 unweaned	262	8	600.00	$600.00	$1,572	—
307–340	318	17	530.00–640.00	$612.18	$1,947	+21.48
357–398	372	51	505.00–590.00	$553.95	$2,061	-24.69
375 unweaned	375	2	550.00	$550.00	$2,062	+45.00
401–449	427	113	500.00–605.00	$550.24	$2,350	-4.94
430–447 unweaned	437	5	430.00–445.00	$436.14	$1,906	—
470–475 unweaned	472	10	455.00–475.00	$463.05	$2,186	—
452–498	476	153	456.00–540.00	$496.92	$2,365	-23.38
500–528 unweaned	516	22	425.00–485.00	$451.42	$2,329	—
500–549	527	386	440.00–520.00	$491.35	$2,589	-14.08
550–597	575	539	412.50–499.00	$458.45	$2,636	-1.93
575–587 unweaned	581	13	425.00–427.00	$425.91	$2,475	—
592 fancy	592	145	465.00–470.00	$468.10	$2,771	-17.90
601 fancy	601	43	443.50	$443.50	$2,665	—
602–649	632	1,216	385.00–453.50	$421.74	$2,665	-10.87
621–640 unweaned	633	67	372.00–405.00	$389.11	$2,463	-2.89
650–699	674	1,009	367.00–425.00	$399.84	$2,695	-12.78
665–698	691	14	360.00–365.00	$361.03	$2,495	-51.59
704 unweaned	704	4	300.00	$300.00	$2,112	-70.00
702–734 fancy	718	204	380.50–417.00	$387.89	$2,785	+3.89
700–749	726	1,468	349.50–405.00	$385.02	$2,795	-7.71
751 fancy	751	20	371.25	$371.25	$2,788	—
750–798	774	1,154	333.00–387.50	$367.27	$2,843	-3.57
800–847	822	845	300.00–384.50	$364.56	$2,997	+6.75
808–842 fancy	822	76	343.00–360.00	$351.77	$2,892	—
850–898	869	584	298.00–370.50	$339.43	$2,950	-2.37
902–949	919	429	306.00–350.50	$332.06	$3,052	+6.36
964–971	965	185	316.00–325.75	$321.19	$3,099	-5.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340–349	348	10	440.00–487.50	$482.86	$1,680	—
390	390	4	525.00	$525.00	$2,048	—
433–449	445	37	475.00–520.00	$486.96	$2,167	-10.75
448 unweaned	448	9	501.00	$501.00	$2,244	—
470–492	479	12	450.00–512.50	$473.17	$2,266	-10.62
494 unweaned	494	6	390.00	$390.00	$1,927	—
505–548	538	36	395.00–477.50	$463.44	$2,493	-0.30
550–596	575	117	390.00–445.00	$431.41	$2,481	+10.64
611–648	633	53	382.50–401.00	$396.64	$2,511	-8.01
656–695	673	208	352.50–378.00	$366.47	$2,466	-19.18
727–743	736	32	340.00–370.00	$352.50	$2,594	-1.53
797	797	6	345.00	$345.00	$2,750	+10.31
817–845	831	65	314.00–340.00	$328.19	$2,727	-7.10
850	850	2	311.00	$311.00	$2,644	-7.01

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1270	1172	5	213.00–233.00	$224.55	$2,632	+13.04
1225	1225	1	229.00	$229.00	$2,805	—
1227	1227	2	228.00	$228.00	$2,798	—
1220–1490	1396	30	223.50–232.00	$228.58	$3,191	+4.83
1200–1645	1441	19	211.00–229.50	$224.43	$3,234	-3.44
1205–1681	1500	291	230.00–240.00	$234.97	$3,525	+4.24
1587	1587	12	231.75	$231.75	$3,678	—
1620	1620	1	215.00	$215.00	$3,483	-14.25
1700–1775	1731	26	225.00–237.00	$234.27	$4,055	+6.47
1745–1755	1750	2	220.00–222.00	$221.00	$3,868	-2.97

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	4	450.00	$450.00	$1,719	—
460–472	465	5	425.00–450.00	$439.85	$2,045	—
576	576	9	378.00	$378.00	$2,177	—
805	805	13	320.00	$320.00	$2,576	—
1053	1053	10	262.50	$262.50	$2,764	+0.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	3	447.50	$447.50	$2,421	—
588	588	7	377.00	$377.00	$2,217	—
620	620	3	390.00	$390.00	$2,418	—
680	680	7	360.00	$360.00	$2,448	-3.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
358	358	8	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265 unweaned	265	10	520.00	$520.00	$1,378	—
273	273	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,365	—
305–345	320	14	440.00–535.00	$483.05	$1,546	-78.38
362 unweaned	362	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,448	—
356–398	375	56	442.50–520.00	$490.96	$1,841	+13.38
401–448	426	63	402.50–480.00	$455.32	$1,940	-28.35
443 unweaned	443	19	450.00	$450.00	$1,994	—
450–499	475	234	380.00–485.00	$453.11	$2,152	+9.36
500–547	525	384	373.00–489.00	$431.51	$2,265	+4.94
561–566 unweaned	565	26	365.00–386.00	$380.38	$2,149	+36.98
569–596 fancy	574	114	410.00–428.00	$424.23	$2,435	-12.77
550–598	581	852	367.00–430.00	$398.78	$2,317	-5.88
596	596	17	370.00	$370.00	$2,205	-34.66
601–649	629	890	350.00–396.00	$375.50	$2,362	-10.18
630 unweaned	630	24	379.00	$379.00	$2,388	+5.68
640 fancy	640	23	394.00	$394.00	$2,522	-10.00
650–698	670	760	340.00–387.00	$362.72	$2,430	-8.02
675 fancy	675	4	430.00	$430.00	$2,902	+62.34
691	691	27	382.50	$382.50	$2,643	+11.76
707–718	714	108	400.00–401.00	$400.68	$2,861	+60.27
700–748	722	872	301.00–395.00	$346.18	$2,499	+5.77
753–782	763	102	353.00–371.00	$361.80	$2,761	+0.80
754–794	771	444	311.00–350.50	$338.57	$2,610	+1.46
802–837	817	150	310.00–340.00	$322.68	$2,636	+8.24
852–887	861	119	266.00–320.00	$308.17	$2,653	+0.15
921–937	924	149	300.00–306.00	$303.19	$2,801	-3.74
1038	1038	6	270.00	$270.00	$2,803	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1235	1118	2	222.50–230.00	$225.86	$2,525	-16.09
1065–1246	1145	33	224.00–294.00	$253.57	$2,903	—
1105–1365	1243	9	187.50–218.00	$203.81	$2,533	—
1005–1560	1311	32	214.00–230.00	$225.83	$2,961	+0.33
1175–1485	1333	4	215.00–217.00	$215.95	$2,879	-1.03
1146–1695	1401	312	221.00–240.00	$234.57	$3,286	+4.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–398	385	21	300.00–450.00	$423.95	$1,632	-16.05
430 unweaned	430	15	420.00	$420.00	$1,806	—
467–495	480	35	415.00–440.00	$424.61	$2,038	-1.63
513–546	528	60	395.00–430.00	$414.43	$2,188	+17.76
555–595	572	27	377.50–390.00	$383.79	$2,195	+14.88
640	640	5	327.00	$327.00	$2,093	-19.23
677–697	689	96	335.00–343.00	$339.21	$2,337	-2.24
704–745	728	29	300.00–354.00	$330.78	$2,408	+7.30
774	774	5	320.00	$320.00	$2,477	+25.14

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	6	375.00	$375.00	$1,736	—
501	501	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,703	—
599	599	5	344.00	$344.00	$2,061	—
643	643	7	346.00	$346.00	$2,225	—
708–712	709	17	315.00–326.00	$318.25	$2,256	—
1055	1055	47	256.50	$256.50	$2,706	—
1488	1488	4	215.00	$215.00	$3,199	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
356–396	371	11	1,450.00–1,800.00	$1,672.10	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444–445	444	4	385.00–410.00	$391.26	$1,737	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
802	802	4	311.00	$311.00	$2,494	—
872	872	4	276.00	$276.00	$2,407	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
694 unweaned	694	5	325.00	$325.00	$2,256	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1580	1375	75-80%	20	158.00–202.50	$174.35	$2,397	—
1235–1960	1543	75-80%	40	158.00–176.00	$167.15	$2,579	+5.00
1430–1735	1557	75-80%	5	134.00–162.00	$145.17	$2,260	—
1435–1790	1628	75-80%	18	177.50–194.00	$182.67	$2,974	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–995	978	80-85%	3	144.00–167.50	$152.07	$1,487	-11.31
1010–1415	1185	80-85%	21	148.00–197.50	$166.16	$1,969	—
1185–1505	1321	80-85%	6	167.50–187.00	$175.97	$2,325	—
1000–1780	1360	80-85%	44	144.00–162.00	$153.39	$2,086	+4.19
1340–1450	1397	80-85%	5	140.00–147.50	$144.39	$2,017	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–985	893	85-90%	6	110.00–150.00	$123.97	$1,107	—
1000–1565	1195	85-90%	27	115.00–145.00	$132.44	$1,583	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1575–1640	1608	2	141.00–145.00	$142.96	$2,299	—
1325–2385	1922	12	165.00–209.00	$183.30	$3,523	—
1985–2335	2160	2	218.00–231.00	$225.03	$4,861	+8.22

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1785	1614	14	218.00–236.00	$233.04	$3,761	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1305	1038	5	167.50–187.50	$178.66	$1,854	—
1300–1555	1435	9	190.00–206.00	$201.38	$2,890	—
1470–1542	1518	3	220.00–222.00	$221.35	$3,360	+47.69
1420–1880	1630	37	207.00–215.00	$210.45	$3,430	—

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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.