Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 115 priced lines covering 6,616 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,768 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 940 head.

Mon Apr 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,768Last week 10,425Year ago 7,700

Slaughter CattleReceipts 940Last week 836Year ago 1,605

Compared to last week most steer and heifer calves and feeder cattle sold unevenly steady, except 700 to 850 lbs steers sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher and 850 to 950 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. Demand was good throughout the week. With some weight classes making all-time record highs on price per cwt.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	450.00–535.00	492.12
6	300–350	327	460.00–500.00	473.66
84	350–400	381	400.00–515.00	458.01
132	400–450	427	370.00–500.00	452.69
166	450–500	473	370.00–445.00	421.63
261	500–550	520	337.50–432.50	396.27
285	550–600	574	330.00–406.00	382.32
304	600–650	622	307.00–385.00	348.22
232	650–700	670	290.00–353.00	336.06
235	700–750	720	290.00–336.25	330.21
243	750–800	763	270.00–323.75	315.09
272	800–850	839	279.00–308.00	301.73
434	850–900	880	289.75–290.75	290.39
133	900–950	919	267.00–289.75	283.07
90	950–1000	964	271.25	271.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	301	475.00	475.00
27	400–450	415	412.50–472.50	446.87
25	450–500	478	357.50	357.50
56	500–550	526	390.00–411.00	405.14
5	550–600	563	360.00	360.00
56	600–650	613	365.00	365.00
8	650–700	674	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	335	320.00–480.00	446.02
5	350–400	367	350.00–450.00	411.53
4	400–450	416	400.00	400.00
10	500–550	528	312.50–385.00	368.81
25	550–600	584	265.00–365.00	338.04
24	600–650	638	240.00–335.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	500–550	530	417.00–425.00	422.47
97	550–600	571	400.00–401.00	400.91
54	600–650	603	382.00	382.00
51	700–750	717	340.00	340.00
65	900–950	923	285.00	285.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1150–1200	1,164	228.50	228.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
88	650–700	659	333.50	333.50
16	800–850	834	278.75	278.75
22	800–850	810	2,460.00–2,510.00	2,476.02
22	850–900	867	2,450.00	2,450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	442.50–465.00	457.05
19	300–350	310	395.00–457.00	438.20
87	350–400	382	380.00–447.50	435.93
194	400–450	429	372.50–442.50	408.27
252	450–500	483	335.00–412.50	379.77
237	500–550	522	290.00–403.00	356.72
325	550–600	574	280.00–385.00	333.76
196	600–650	624	275.00–349.00	304.21
205	650–700	680	273.50–334.00	299.16
47	700–750	732	275.00–326.00	289.40
45	750–800	780	265.00–280.00	270.70
41	800–850	823	261.00–274.00	269.69
71	850–900	859	247.50–269.50	268.23
37	900–950	905	259.00	259.00
10	950–1000	972	238.00–246.00	241.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	335.00–430.00	375.84
45	400–450	445	359.00–409.00	374.22
8	450–500	458	411.00	411.00
71	500–550	512	336.00–398.00	383.38
20	550–600	579	340.00–357.00	347.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	352.50	352.50
3	400–450	412	370.00	370.00
12	550–600	591	319.00	319.00
5	600–650	627	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	365.00–400.00	384.20
20	400–450	436	360.00–391.00	381.44
41	450–500	475	255.00–372.00	358.67
27	500–550	525	321.00–364.00	343.77
8	600–650	629	250.00–280.00	265.45
36	650–700	693	280.00–301.00	288.66
27	700–750	732	263.00–287.00	280.11
4	800–850	805	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,008	241.00	241.00
5	1050–1100	1,095	224.00	224.00
6	1150–1200	1,177	197.50	197.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	436	400.00–420.00	410.47
27	500–550	524	357.00–386.00	362.25
4	600–650	632	309.00	309.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,604	150.00–173.50	160.58
25	—	1,460	143.00–154.00	148.04
2	—	1,700	129.00–139.00	134.31
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	892	110.00–132.50	119.64
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	943	137.00–190.00	164.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,208	116.00–133.00	126.36
2	—	953	91.00–107.00	99.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,374	144.00–177.50	160.49
2	—	1,788	132.00–134.50	133.46
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,131	128.50–177.50	151.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	131.00	131.00
41	—	1,329	131.00–145.50	139.13
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,360	221.00–229.00	224.26
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,309	201.00–216.00	208.95
32	—	1,322	200.00–210.00	206.33
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,172	201.00–213.00	207.38
2	—	1,228	195.00–198.00	196.47
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,321	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,334	212.00–221.00	218.71
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,036	175.00–204.00	184.84
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,714	215.75–221.00	216.52
8	—	1,687	210.50–220.00	217.76
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,178	212.00–235.00	217.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,436	213.00–222.00	218.51
29	—	1,406	218.75–221.00	219.88
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,338	200.00–211.00	208.31
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,032	182.50–205.00	197.55
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,502	222.00–230.00	226.27
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,764	228.00–231.00	229.88
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,670	181.00–191.00	187.46
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,659	192.00–209.00	196.07
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	188.00–210.00	199.47
Bulls — Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	252.00	252.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,806	190.00–209.00	197.03
20	—	1,783	148.00–189.00	172.68
2	—	1,528	120.00	120.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,472	202.00–214.00	211.57

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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