Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 110 priced lines covering 8,435 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,577 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,111 head.

Mon Mar 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,577Last week 8,290Year ago 1,957

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,111Last week 944Year ago 941

Compared to last week steer calves less than 500 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Over 500 lbs to 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and over 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifers less than 500 lbs sold sharply higher with some fly weight heifers 20.00 higher than previous week. Over 500 lbs to 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher on a heavy supply. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher and bulls steady. Demand was good throughout the week with some fresh fall bawling calves hitting the market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	500–550	536	317.50–367.00	351.80
35	550–600	591	327.50–355.00	338.68
83	600–650	633	292.00–342.00	314.18
76	650–700	683	280.00–309.50	288.28
44	700–750	730	274.00–291.00	280.16
59	750–800	793	268.00–286.00	275.28
3	950–1000	996	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	495.00	495.00
47	350–400	386	425.00–467.50	451.78
104	400–450	421	422.00–450.00	433.00
122	450–500	473	377.00–426.50	410.17
281	500–550	528	363.00–412.00	390.29
242	550–600	581	340.00–380.00	364.97
354	600–650	627	329.00–369.00	353.26
267	650–700	671	306.00–349.00	334.99
325	700–750	725	295.00–327.50	313.24
423	750–800	770	281.00–314.00	305.02
556	800–850	828	261.00–300.00	285.10
545	850–900	877	264.00–291.50	282.09
153	900–950	928	257.00–276.00	266.98
160	950–1000	974	258.50–270.25	265.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	515	407.50	407.50
29	600–650	608	374.00	374.00
9	850–900	853	283.50	283.50
29	900–950	943	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	669	252.00–288.00	275.84
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	1000–1050	1,015	262.00	262.00
7	1100–1150	1,114	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	390.00	390.00
8	500–550	527	361.00–370.00	365.37
35	550–600	575	340.00–353.00	344.72
21	600–650	628	300.00–334.00	316.68
22	650–700	660	315.00–330.00	319.25
22	700–750	724	263.00–295.00	275.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	630	377.00	377.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	322	375.00	375.00
11	400–450	449	370.00–374.00	371.82
11	450–500	483	351.50	351.50
54	500–550	536	316.00–332.50	321.28
23	600–650	612	287.50–313.00	306.32
12	650–700	686	245.00	245.00
4	750–800	750	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	700	295.00	295.00
109	750–800	781	285.00–292.50	288.74
291	800–850	819	267.00–292.00	275.86
9	850–900	852	271.50	271.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	338	400.00–414.00	409.19
63	350–400	363	393.00–426.00	410.98
56	400–450	425	355.00–400.00	392.59
138	450–500	478	340.00–389.00	364.70
154	500–550	528	325.00–369.00	342.99
330	550–600	582	300.00–345.00	322.49
269	600–650	621	292.00–341.00	318.78
472	650–700	676	277.50–312.50	295.61
437	700–750	728	264.00–300.50	283.59
226	750–800	775	247.00–288.00	268.92
129	800–850	811	248.00–283.00	271.34
34	850–900	867	251.50–269.00	255.12
43	900–950	919	235.00–252.00	245.71
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,018	220.00	220.00
3	1100–1150	1,100	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	321.00	321.00
42	450–500	477	315.00–357.50	336.63
15	500–550	533	303.00–315.00	311.91
37	550–600	581	293.00–314.00	305.76
129	600–650	635	280.00–307.50	303.60
18	650–700	686	270.00–284.00	274.75
13	700–750	739	250.00	250.00
40	750–800	780	227.00–269.25	238.33
6	800–850	819	255.00–256.00	255.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	358	452.50	452.50
15	600–650	636	312.00	312.00
22	850–900	884	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	504	341.00	341.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	568	327.50	327.50
14	700–750	741	259.00	259.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	508	370.00	370.00
8	600–650	613	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,305	145.50–158.00	152.54
48	—	1,305	124.00–141.00	133.06
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	923	137.00–221.00	180.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,336	139.00–177.00	157.22
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,132	125.00–210.00	152.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,195	109.00–125.00	118.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,621	121.50–131.00	126.30
35	—	1,554	143.00–179.00	156.61
39	—	1,484	134.00–171.00	143.30
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	862	109.00–145.00	125.97
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,342	211.00–219.75	217.07
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,249	200.00–210.00	205.99
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,412	220.00–225.50	222.68
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,096	191.00–214.00	205.81
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,441	210.00–219.75	216.33
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,303	200.00	200.00
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,803	218.50–221.00	219.64
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,768	190.00–214.50	209.01
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,355	200.00–210.25	206.05
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,508	220.00–226.00	222.85
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,142	172.50–208.00	196.52
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,768	195.00–209.00	201.93
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	200.00	200.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,370	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,533	211.00–214.25	212.92
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,587	180.25–193.00	188.01
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,464	160.00–178.00	172.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,239	164.00–177.00	170.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,765	176.00–195.50	186.72
27	—	1,591	132.00–181.00	164.08
1	—	2,455	150.00	150.00

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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