Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 116 priced lines covering 13,230 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,346 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,719 head.

Mon Jan 27, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,346Last week 20,545Year ago 18,728

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,719Last week 749Year ago 1,716

Compared to last week offerings, steers weighing less than 500lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 500 to 700lbs steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher, steers weighting over 700lbs sold 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers weighing less than 500lbs sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher, while heifers weighing 500 to 700lbs sold mostly steady. Heifers weighing more than 700lbs sold sharply higher from 12.00 to 13.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold 12.00 to 13.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter Cows and Bulls are 3.00 to 4.00 lower on a light test. Demand was good for all classes of feeder calves. These record high prices are being driven by record cash cattle prices.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	420.00	420.00
28	350–400	373	380.00–400.00	393.08
76	400–450	432	330.00–383.00	355.80
198	450–500	473	247.00–358.00	335.05
331	500–550	520	294.00–336.00	318.41
540	550–600	570	271.00–321.00	302.53
891	600–650	625	264.00–304.00	287.53
762	650–700	671	260.00–295.00	278.62
421	700–750	727	246.00–291.00	272.98
580	750–800	769	225.00–277.50	265.68
224	800–850	807	238.00–276.00	261.53
207	850–900	862	245.00–267.50	262.76
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	510	313.00	313.00
15	550–600	597	275.00	275.00
14	650–700	653	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	650–700	685	286.00	286.00
33	700–750	718	292.00	292.00
24	750–800	752	273.50	273.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	340.00	340.00
33	400–450	431	282.50–334.00	318.56
56	450–500	488	285.00–320.00	307.67
83	500–550	535	268.00–295.00	285.58
71	550–600	577	250.00–287.00	274.32
24	600–650	631	240.00–269.00	257.35
92	650–700	682	245.00–269.00	262.03
91	700–750	722	250.00–261.00	255.35
4	750–800	787	235.00	235.00
7	800–850	814	240.00–245.00	242.17
3	900–950	903	231.50	231.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	509	332.00	332.00
17	550–600	555	323.00	323.00
90	600–650	603	301.00	301.00
61	650–700	650	285.00	285.00
64	700–750	722	273.50	273.50
75	750–800	788	259.75	259.75
60	850–900	855	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	291.00	291.00
8	600–650	612	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	375	408.00–425.00	415.72
67	400–450	420	367.50–415.00	387.59
137	450–500	468	360.00–392.00	378.01
322	500–550	530	344.00–381.00	365.26
745	550–600	582	321.00–360.50	345.39
507	600–650	627	307.50–341.50	327.60
893	650–700	671	293.00–328.00	314.54
1,176	700–750	719	284.00–318.00	301.42
669	750–800	774	270.00–299.00	286.87
617	800–850	822	268.00–297.50	284.37
410	850–900	863	255.50–282.75	276.30
160	900–950	913	257.50–272.25	268.06
136	950–1000	964	223.00–269.00	264.93
18	1200–1250	1,200	203.50	203.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	505	382.50	382.50
33	600–650	626	341.75	341.75
80	700–750	706	312.00	312.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	553	348.00	348.00
4	650–700	693	272.00	272.00
21	700–750	712	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	440	300.00–375.00	334.96
34	450–500	484	300.00–342.50	324.48
66	500–550	525	311.00–345.00	329.99
52	550–600	575	282.50–332.50	316.61
34	600–650	634	275.00–310.00	302.32
48	650–700	678	270.00–302.00	290.61
24	700–750	736	260.00–288.00	275.51
4	750–800	752	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	548	332.00	332.00
12	600–650	619	282.50–297.00	290.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	315.00	315.00
4	500–550	537	327.50	327.50
6	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	407.50	407.50
18	450–500	463	352.00	352.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,159	100.00–115.00	109.57
5	—	1,092	59.00–97.50	81.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,192	117.00–203.00	145.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,511	128.00–138.50	133.38
6	—	1,564	112.50–121.00	117.82
28	—	1,613	135.00–154.00	142.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,335	115.00–129.50	123.16
13	—	1,343	97.50–118.00	107.10
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,105	110.00–118.00	114.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,436	132.00–184.00	146.25
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	918	100.50–125.00	107.97
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,364	199.00–202.00	200.35
115	—	1,286	195.00–209.50	205.73
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,093	150.00–206.00	194.18
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,103	205.50	205.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,194	196.50–213.00	205.75
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,635	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,399	208.50–214.00	212.04
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,700	201.50	201.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
256	—	1,391	204.00–221.00	213.80
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,376	208.50–213.50	211.86
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,635	205.50–210.00	207.78
35	—	1,744	200.00–218.00	212.77
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,475	209.50	209.50
7	—	1,527	213.00	213.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,535	205.00–209.00	206.13
14	—	1,351	203.50–208.00	205.42
424	—	1,512	210.00–222.50	214.43
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,651	196.00–202.00	201.09
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,413	195.00–209.50	204.49
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,214	167.00–210.00	196.80
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,151	197.00–224.00	210.86
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,427	211.00–213.50	212.47
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,442	162.50–172.00	165.58
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,557	176.50–190.00	181.75
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	132.50–165.00	148.88
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	205.00–208.00	207.02
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	198.50–204.00	201.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,778	130.00–164.50	147.03
3	—	1,638	117.00–122.00	119.10
18	—	2,009	164.00–192.00	173.19
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	169.00–185.00	177.16

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Iowa barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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