Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 179 priced lines covering 5,754 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,084 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 887 head.

Mon Apr 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,084Last week 8,373Year ago 8,119

Slaughter CattleReceipts 887Last week 1,212Year ago 1,485

Compared to last week, less than 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher and slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Demand was good for calves and feeders. Offering is comprised of wean and bawling fall calves with yearling feeders. Some rain showers in the area making green grass shoot up and yearling operators are trying to fill summer trap pastures with light weight cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	487	300.00	300.00
5	500–550	518	315.00	315.00
13	550–600	599	265.00	265.00
13	700–750	723	245.00	245.00
14	800–850	836	231.00–250.00	234.99
13	1000–1050	1,010	200.00	200.00
18	1100–1150	1,142	208.00	208.00
3	1300–1350	1,335	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	300.00	300.00
18	400–450	434	275.00	275.00
4	500–550	504	270.00	270.00
3	650–700	655	235.00	235.00
22	750–800	775	222.50–227.00	224.48
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	219	370.00	370.00
4	250–300	289	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	313	450.00–467.50	453.49
49	350–400	377	415.00–430.00	424.79
6	400–450	431	387.50–420.00	408.73
40	450–500	476	401.50–413.00	405.07
52	500–550	537	347.50–387.00	365.26
8	550–600	556	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	606	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	516	322.00–358.00	336.19
3	550–600	580	316.00	316.00
6	600–650	600	305.00	305.00
5	800–850	822	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	500.00	500.00
17	300–350	327	410.00–485.00	448.78
37	350–400	383	405.00–500.00	434.21
88	400–450	430	412.50–442.00	421.68
147	450–500	466	350.00–439.00	403.14
235	500–550	525	347.50–419.00	388.32
210	550–600	567	327.00–380.00	360.12
168	600–650	631	322.00–357.00	341.16
190	650–700	672	296.00–350.00	323.09
186	700–750	729	289.00–321.00	313.88
253	750–800	773	270.00–314.00	300.21
198	800–850	830	272.00–300.00	293.99
260	850–900	866	253.00–289.25	283.25
145	900–950	926	271.25–284.50	277.78
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	382.50	382.50
2	500–550	542	325.00	325.00
2	650–700	668	277.00	277.00
7	1000–1050	1,036	212.50	212.50
7	1050–1100	1,057	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	400.00	400.00
20	350–400	377	382.50–410.00	397.56
16	400–450	429	355.00–397.50	369.10
56	450–500	466	284.00–401.00	372.98
5	500–550	524	374.00	374.00
19	550–600	587	310.00–334.00	326.80
3	600–650	625	319.00	319.00
11	650–700	678	251.00–295.00	262.50
6	750–800	755	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	407	470.00	470.00
5	450–500	460	420.00	420.00
30	550–600	577	357.00–360.00	358.58
49	600–650	631	342.50–355.00	348.39
62	750–800	755	320.50	320.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	593	322.00	322.00
14	700–750	701	275.00	275.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	768	170.00	170.00
4	950–1000	965	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1150–1200	1,172	173.00–180.00	178.12
7	1200–1250	1,241	172.50	172.50
10	1250–1300	1,260	191.00	191.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	813	135.00	135.00
5	850–900	881	125.00	125.00
9	1150–1200	1,176	137.50–155.00	143.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	418	395.00	395.00
4	600–650	603	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	561	310.00–375.00	349.06
6	600–650	621	280.00–300.00	286.44
2	650–700	698	271.00	271.00
15	700–750	744	259.00–288.00	274.44
11	1000–1050	1,013	208.00	208.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	465.00	465.00
38	450–500	473	327.50–360.00	334.50
54	500–550	535	300.00–330.00	317.96
9	550–600	578	290.00–310.00	298.63
40	600–650	626	300.00–308.00	306.04
12	650–700	669	279.00	279.00
10	750–800	764	220.00–240.00	229.54
3	800–850	800	220.00	220.00
11	850–900	875	220.00–225.00	223.66
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	431	345.00–350.00	347.31
15	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
18	550–600	583	330.00–340.00	337.15
24	600–650	616	320.00–330.00	323.38
29	650–700	660	305.00	305.00
4	700–750	723	270.00	270.00
4	800–850	820	265.00	265.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	317	480.00	480.00
21	350–400	358	460.00	460.00
42	500–550	520	360.00	360.00
14	550–600	574	360.00–370.00	366.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	493	350.50–358.00	353.57
10	550–600	569	312.50	312.50
80	600–650	605	330.25	330.25
2	650–700	658	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	331	310.00–450.00	434.48
17	350–400	382	405.00–432.50	416.97
46	400–450	417	377.00–407.50	394.85
58	450–500	471	329.00–399.00	376.90
37	500–550	509	342.50–379.00	364.87
5	550–600	565	317.50–325.00	322.00
3	600–650	623	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	500	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	375.00	375.00
11	500–550	541	314.00–316.00	315.45
6	1000–1050	1,011	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
40	750–800	761	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	420.00–442.50	435.28
34	300–350	330	380.00–440.00	415.57
55	350–400	381	380.00–440.00	408.73
110	400–450	430	357.00–422.50	383.21
176	450–500	479	335.00–389.50	367.70
149	500–550	519	328.00–386.50	354.52
144	550–600	579	291.00–357.00	314.00
120	600–650	627	281.00–306.00	293.40
258	650–700	692	252.50–289.50	285.01
49	700–750	712	262.00–281.00	273.99
10	750–800	795	254.50	254.50
29	800–850	840	231.00–259.00	255.23
6	900–950	916	191.00	191.00
4	1000–1050	1,035	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	375.00	375.00
17	350–400	388	377.50–405.00	395.05
18	400–450	425	370.00–385.00	372.45
23	450–500	493	280.00–356.50	343.25
30	500–550	512	307.50–351.00	322.74
4	550–600	594	285.00	285.00
13	600–650	622	225.00–275.00	257.70
8	650–700	652	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	746	249.00	249.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,115	150.00–195.00	168.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	2,071	190.00–212.00	200.79
1	—	1,610	137.00	137.00
17	—	1,901	141.50–192.00	163.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,384	145.00–181.00	158.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,026	139.00–210.00	164.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,489	140.00–149.00	145.39
4	—	1,600	120.00–135.00	127.17
41	—	1,604	149.00–185.00	158.86
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	911	103.00–140.00	121.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,298	128.00–141.00	135.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,320	100.00–129.00	119.40
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,137	145.00–211.00	177.27
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,538	171.00–175.00	171.62
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	181.00	181.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,367	178.00–185.00	182.13
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,685	211.00–215.00	213.12
7	—	1,663	209.50–214.00	211.26
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,863	200.00–206.00	200.90
2	—	1,170	190.00	190.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,475	212.00	212.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,494	174.00–175.00	174.65
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,191	195.00–204.00	200.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	212.50	212.50
37	—	1,407	209.00–215.00	213.31
89	—	1,502	210.00–219.00	215.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,375	214.00	214.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,678	213.00–218.00	216.08
4	—	1,796	207.00–217.00	210.99
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,061	197.00–234.00	217.72
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,536	221.00–229.50	226.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,548	206.00	206.00
22	—	1,345	200.00–211.00	207.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,637	192.00–211.00	202.13
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	179.00	179.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,481	183.00–198.50	190.19
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,725	190.00–203.50	199.71
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,118	155.00–203.00	188.13
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,259	204.00–209.50	204.94
3	—	1,343	205.00–210.00	208.55
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,440	220.00–229.50	226.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,361	211.00–219.50	215.05
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,640	220.50	220.50

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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