Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 117 priced lines covering 9,325 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,214 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 722 head.

Mon Mar 31, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,214Last week 8,577Year ago 10,799

Slaughter CattleReceipts 722Last week 1,111Year ago 659

Compared to last week steers less than 500 lbs sold 15.00 higher, from 500 to 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower and over 800 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers less than 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold steady to mostly 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower with slaughter bulls trading steady. Demand was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	480.00	480.00
110	350–400	371	418.00–510.00	489.54
214	400–450	427	375.00–485.00	448.40
164	450–500	472	400.00–445.00	425.57
375	500–550	526	341.00–417.50	389.47
379	550–600	570	328.00–379.00	362.70
333	600–650	620	331.00–367.50	349.47
270	650–700	669	285.00–352.00	328.76
172	700–750	733	286.25–318.00	301.01
440	750–800	779	270.00–308.50	294.11
647	800–850	830	265.00–304.00	289.52
492	850–900	879	255.00–286.50	280.97
625	900–950	921	255.00–293.50	279.65
134	950–1000	962	265.75–277.00	271.61
8	1050–1100	1,069	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	390.00	390.00
16	350–400	370	410.00–455.00	434.53
18	400–450	407	360.00–420.00	387.42
88	450–500	488	377.50–405.00	388.34
39	500–550	534	315.00–367.50	345.92
57	550–600	580	300.00–347.50	322.78
72	600–650	636	280.00–330.00	304.31
8	650–700	691	301.00	301.00
5	700–750	725	226.00	226.00
8	800–850	816	270.00	270.00
4	900–950	920	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	402	489.00	489.00
15	450–500	469	410.00	410.00
23	500–550	528	396.00	396.00
71	550–600	569	345.00–400.00	369.72
17	650–700	697	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	447.50	447.50
5	450–500	480	407.50	407.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	383	455.00	455.00
55	400–450	440	417.50–420.00	419.86
42	450–500	493	406.00–415.00	409.15
72	500–550	537	352.00–371.00	367.67
30	600–650	630	312.00–331.00	325.08
22	650–700	657	300.00–326.00	313.92
8	700–750	710	284.00	284.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,014	264.00	264.00
4	1050–1100	1,053	233.50	233.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	389	385.00–405.00	397.91
15	400–450	426	362.50–375.00	370.98
15	450–500	480	330.00–360.00	347.98
30	500–550	534	339.00–340.00	339.44
4	600–650	631	280.00	280.00
5	650–700	671	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	341	400.00–425.00	411.14
51	350–400	382	337.50–416.00	396.46
16	400–450	426	310.00–355.00	335.62
74	450–500	492	275.00–347.50	337.98
56	500–550	528	290.00–333.00	310.57
77	550–600	584	255.00–309.00	296.87
31	600–650	625	260.00–270.00	264.34
4	650–700	680	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	223	975.00	975.00
9	250–300	272	1,175.00–1,325.00	1,262.42
55	300–350	325	400.00–475.00	441.21
6	300–350	330	1,375.00	1,375.00
92	350–400	369	392.50–455.00	434.44
252	400–450	430	350.00–417.00	395.64
352	450–500	467	341.50–387.00	367.63
461	500–550	526	313.00–365.00	344.07
268	550–600	575	290.00–346.00	319.05
238	600–650	628	284.00–314.00	297.15
288	650–700	666	273.00–308.00	289.33
245	700–750	726	256.00–286.50	275.27
347	750–800	775	252.00–277.00	268.03
110	800–850	838	259.00–265.60	263.37
165	850–900	865	241.00–265.25	257.28
72	900–950	942	238.50–243.10	242.79
17	950–1000	997	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	415	396.00–425.00	409.94
40	450–500	455	401.00	401.00
47	500–550	539	335.50	335.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	403.00	403.00
7	450–500	479	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	569	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	499	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	588	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	904	112.50–140.00	127.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	85.00–100.00	94.02
15	—	1,178	104.00–128.00	115.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,520	135.00–149.50	142.44
28	—	1,575	147.00–169.00	154.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,324	127.00–141.00	133.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,142	127.00–213.00	168.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,332	143.00–195.00	162.63
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,318	202.00–210.00	207.22
2	—	1,473	193.00–195.00	193.87
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,280	207.00–213.00	209.68
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,410	220.00–224.25	221.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,326	203.00–219.75	213.94
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,107	180.00–213.00	205.94
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,126	200.00–216.00	208.43
7	—	1,257	213.00	213.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,894	144.00–177.00	164.06
2	—	1,345	130.00–134.00	132.22
13	—	1,872	182.00–198.00	188.33
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,104	120.00–200.00	175.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,344	199.00–214.00	206.13
115	—	1,471	210.00–219.50	216.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,346	200.00–210.50	207.07
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,200	207.50–212.50	208.22
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	212.50–213.00	212.76
1	—	1,670	208.50	208.50
10	—	1,725	209.00–219.00	216.62
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,436	207.50–213.50	213.07
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,552	220.00–225.00	221.97
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,164	194.00–214.00	207.60
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,388	213.50–214.50	213.82
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	181.00–195.00	187.63
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,473	211.00–213.00	212.02
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,613	185.00–200.00	194.99

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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