Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 2, 2026

9,500 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $452.82/cwt +14.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,821/hd at 623 lb · 758 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $424.31/cwt +6.49 vs last sale · ≈ $2,876/hd at 678 lb · 745 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $401.99/cwt +6.39 vs last sale · ≈ $2,528/hd at 629 lb · 613 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	9,500	14,835	16,214
Feeder cattle	8,398	—	15,368
Slaughter cattle	1,102	—	846

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steers less than 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with 6 wts trading 20.00 higher. Steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher and bull sold 10.00 higher. Demand was good to instances very good for some weights of steers and for replacement heifers.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–345	338	10	680.00–700.00	$685.73	$2,318	+50.96
359–383	377	28	620.00–650.00	$635.44	$2,396	+132.58
401–441	419	70	550.00–605.00	$587.50	$2,462	+14.63
452 fancy	452	9	570.00	$570.00	$2,576	+25.00
471 unweaned	471	5	505.00	$505.00	$2,379	—
452–498	478	86	510.00–550.00	$529.93	$2,533	+6.86
500–548	524	197	485.00–540.00	$507.96	$2,662	+6.81
551–599	579	359	455.00–505.00	$477.37	$2,764	+11.29
582	582	5	437.50	$437.50	$2,546	-28.58
600 unweaned	600	5	435.00	$435.00	$2,610	+27.00
600–649	622	699	420.00–475.00	$453.16	$2,819	+14.48
638 fancy	638	54	450.00	$450.00	$2,871	+4.15
666 unweaned	666	14	416.00	$416.00	$2,771	+46.00
654–699	678	731	404.50–450.00	$424.47	$2,878	+8.39
700–748	718	528	380.50–423.50	$403.61	$2,898	+9.78
729 fancy	729	33	399.00	$399.00	$2,909	—
760 fancy	760	30	384.25	$384.25	$2,920	+15.35
751–794	770	443	359.50–399.75	$382.37	$2,944	+9.15
791	791	18	359.50	$359.50	$2,844	-19.68
800–843	814	335	349.00–374.25	$362.90	$2,954	+36.90
801–844	820	67	329.00–360.00	$356.81	$2,926	-5.54
851 fancy	851	73	369.50	$369.50	$3,144	—
850–890	867	380	340.00–370.75	$358.57	$3,109	+8.99
905–909	909	60	334.00–334.75	$334.70	$3,042	-8.18
956	956	11	325.00	$325.00	$3,107	-9.40

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1307	1162	9	244.00–270.00	$259.46	$3,015	—
1240–1265	1252	3	230.00–236.00	$233.69	$2,926	+13.82
1231–1345	1263	8	227.00–231.00	$228.43	$2,885	+8.56
1150–1575	1355	35	221.00–242.50	$236.33	$3,202	+10.42
1366	1366	8	239.75	$239.75	$3,275	+13.84
1295–1520	1408	2	228.00–229.50	$228.81	$3,222	-4.21
1322–1560	1452	33	233.50–239.50	$237.27	$3,445	+7.27
1250–1698	1521	289	236.00–247.25	$243.90	$3,710	+5.81
1605–1680	1620	5	234.00–237.60	$236.85	$3,837	—
1701–1915	1752	31	233.00–248.00	$245.18	$4,296	+9.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–393	374	9	525.00–575.00	$542.50	$2,029	+35.41
415	415	3	537.50	$537.50	$2,231	+39.92
465–475	472	37	465.00–510.00	$497.14	$2,347	+37.32
505–549	531	58	450.00–497.50	$467.37	$2,482	+4.64
560–596	584	95	429.00–463.00	$447.51	$2,613	+17.97
603–642	620	56	390.00–433.00	$421.04	$2,610	+13.64
662–694	679	65	360.00–407.50	$391.02	$2,655	+18.07
705–740	732	44	380.00–385.00	$380.66	$2,786	+11.34
778	778	25	330.00	$330.00	$2,567	—
806–828	814	8	297.50–327.50	$308.94	$2,515	-17.94
875	875	5	330.00	$330.00	$2,888	-4.00
923	923	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,815	-13.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1023	1023	3	295.00	$295.00	$3,018	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–399	378	37	550.00–580.00	$570.91	$2,158	+67.09
412–449	428	46	485.00–527.50	$501.18	$2,145	+19.69
455–497	477	163	445.00–504.00	$473.26	$2,257	+22.81
500 fancy	500	32	467.00	$467.00	$2,335	—
527 unweaned	527	4	422.50	$422.50	$2,227	—
501–549	529	322	427.00–479.50	$443.36	$2,345	+7.02
550–595	572	290	403.00–445.00	$425.67	$2,435	+10.76
601–628 unweaned	613	14	372.00–388.00	$380.97	$2,335	+1.61
608–649 fancy	622	48	400.00–437.50	$424.45	$2,640	—
601–649	630	551	372.00–414.00	$400.57	$2,524	+4.83
668 fancy	668	36	390.00	$390.00	$2,605	+14.27
651–699	670	400	360.00–403.00	$381.08	$2,553	+13.03
660–692	679	79	377.00–446.00	$391.95	$2,661	+17.97
721	721	20	424.00	$424.00	$3,057	+69.58
700–742	726	130	342.00–376.00	$361.17	$2,622	+6.75
713–733 fancy	730	122	390.00–394.00	$390.58	$2,851	+9.36
760 fancy	760	12	382.00	$382.00	$2,903	—
751–787	767	154	319.00–370.00	$347.43	$2,665	+2.78
810–823	819	38	367.00–388.00	$374.11	$3,064	+41.44
801–835	822	75	321.50–351.50	$338.59	$2,783	+5.92
867–890	872	36	292.50–329.50	$317.76	$2,771	-9.82

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
955–1225	1108	6	155.00–241.00	$220.76	$2,446	-11.62
1037–1290	1189	5	236.25–243.00	$238.61	$2,837	+35.42
1040–1475	1283	22	221.00–239.00	$233.21	$2,992	—
1120–1685	1415	206	230.00–249.00	$241.97	$3,424	+4.08
1605	1605	1	231.50	$231.50	$3,716	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	478.00	$478.00	$1,649	—
370	370	5	505.00	$505.00	$1,868	+39.74
433	433	5	410.00	$410.00	$1,775	-25.29
481–496	487	12	440.00–455.00	$446.36	$2,174	+17.16
502–548	531	18	385.00–431.00	$416.90	$2,214	+14.37
572–596	587	25	394.00–410.00	$398.30	$2,338	+9.63
609–639	631	27	366.00–382.00	$376.45	$2,375	+1.30
681	681	3	342.00	$342.00	$2,329	-5.39
723	723	12	337.50	$337.50	$2,440	+5.45
768	768	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,851	-77.07

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1038	1038	3	266.00	$266.00	$2,761	-21.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	3	397.50	$397.50	$2,353	—
609	609	11	430.00	$430.00	$2,619	—
765	765	7	369.00	$369.00	$2,823	—
836 unweaned	836	5	320.00	$320.00	$2,675	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1660	1438	75-80%	18	165.00–193.00	$177.48	$2,552	—
1170–2030	1499	75-80%	44	162.00–178.00	$170.98	$2,563	+1.28
1315–1980	1594	75-80%	33	175.00–194.00	$183.57	$2,926	—
1485–1900	1678	75-80%	7	140.00–150.00	$145.42	$2,440	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–945	906	80-85%	5	156.00–265.00	$191.70	$1,737	—
1020–1235	1124	80-85%	18	160.00–249.00	$192.61	$2,165	—
1070–1870	1349	80-85%	53	145.00–169.00	$155.76	$2,101	—
1285–1600	1481	80-85%	6	124.00–148.00	$137.09	$2,030	-2.92

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–995	906	85-90%	7	120.00–150.00	$138.45	$1,254	+10.45
795–1425	1145	85-90%	5	75.00–105.00	$91.63	$1,049	—
1020–1355	1218	85-90%	4	139.00–147.50	$142.99	$1,742	—
1015–1635	1258	85-90%	25	115.00–145.00	$133.18	$1,675	-9.82

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1275	1153	6	159.00–207.50	$192.69	$2,222	—
1315–1720	1518	2	145.00–155.00	$149.33	$2,267	—
1320–2700	1697	23	175.00–213.00	$194.32	$3,298	+42.44
1765–2360	2023	6	209.00–245.00	$229.76	$4,648	—

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1372	1372	2	240.00	$240.00	$3,293	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1665	1433	6	231.00–237.50	$234.35	$3,358	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1435	1295	2	145.00–175.00	$161.62	$2,093	—
1135–1735	1459	9	202.00–209.00	$206.45	$3,012	—
1245–1763	1667	19	210.00–217.25	$214.76	$3,580	-0.72

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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.