Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 95 priced lines covering 2,449 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,146 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,800 head.

Mon May 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,146Last week 9,608Year ago 1,762

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,800Last week 1,311Year ago 1,019

Compared to last week, calves and feeders to lightly tested for an adequate market trend. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady except lean cows sold 3.00 higher and bulls sold 1.00 higher. Demand was good for the short list of feeders and slaughter cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	395	465.00–475.00	471.93
14	400–450	440	445.00–455.00	447.73
44	450–500	474	435.00–461.00	449.00
73	500–550	522	409.00–438.00	421.99
31	550–600	587	370.00–390.00	378.17
68	600–650	618	346.00–375.00	363.91
20	650–700	688	326.00–334.00	327.75
17	700–750	721	312.00–327.00	322.27
25	750–800	773	300.00–313.00	304.35
72	800–850	830	291.00–299.00	292.10
4	850–900	863	290.00	290.00
73	900–950	935	287.00–288.00	287.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	520	400.00	400.00
11	550–600	591	325.00–355.00	341.49
16	600–650	627	321.00–330.00	322.73
4	800–850	819	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	569	393.00	393.00
33	650–700	697	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	406	440.00	440.00
9	550–600	588	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	390.00	390.00
3	500–550	520	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	597	320.00	320.00
5	750–800	790	259.00	259.00
3	800–850	812	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	391	420.00	420.00
21	400–450	441	397.00–422.00	408.09
42	450–500	487	380.00–392.00	389.15
53	500–550	533	342.00–374.00	358.11
55	550–600	573	331.00–351.00	339.55
36	600–650	617	316.00–326.00	322.21
13	650–700	675	296.00–300.00	298.81
23	700–750	735	275.00–294.00	288.05
8	750–800	774	284.00	284.00
7	800–850	800	273.00	273.00
10	950–1000	982	227.00–234.00	231.15
3	1000–1050	1,023	233.00	233.00
9	1050–1100	1,057	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	648	324.00	324.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,508	225.00–227.00	225.66
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,488	235.00–243.75	237.90
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,659	218.00–223.00	221.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,556	225.00–231.00	228.05
54	—	1,440	224.00–231.00	229.85
176	—	1,447	229.00–236.50	232.54
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,662	222.50–231.50	227.30
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,564	227.00–230.00	228.92
10	—	1,323	222.00–227.50	225.79
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,404	219.00–229.00	222.68
45	—	1,361	220.00–228.50	226.12
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,260	229.00–230.00	229.87
20	—	1,238	225.00–230.00	226.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,099	180.00–220.00	201.16
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,768	235.00–236.00	235.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,316	140.00–190.00	163.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,536	160.00–170.00	164.66
35	—	1,505	147.00–159.00	153.49
5	—	1,746	111.00–140.00	124.75
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	936	145.00–194.00	163.62
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,146	147.50–207.50	161.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,340	111.00–149.00	141.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,211	110.00–144.00	129.09
9	—	1,318	71.00–106.00	88.41
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	948	110.00–136.00	123.55
1	—	830	72.50	72.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,642	228.00–229.00	228.86
13	—	1,520	223.50	223.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,514	218.00–234.00	229.06
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,502	200.00–229.00	211.66
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	216.00	216.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,214	175.00–182.00	178.88
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,610	185.00–187.00	185.87
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,715	176.00–181.00	177.56
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,550	195.00–197.00	195.38
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,440	210.00–231.00	225.94
3	—	1,457	206.00–208.00	207.33
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	160.00–182.00	171.08
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,452	209.00–210.00	209.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,300	215.50–222.00	219.71
61	—	1,242	220.00–229.50	226.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
331	—	1,377	225.00–235.00	230.75
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,618	225.50–227.25	226.83
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,398	235.00–240.00	237.23
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,236	223.50–231.00	226.41
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	991	167.50–219.00	207.95
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,355	226.00–229.00	226.48
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,598	190.50–195.00	193.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,923	199.50	199.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,647	184.00–198.00	194.53
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,620	201.00–214.00	206.11
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	191.00	191.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,600	124.00–140.00	131.27
26	—	1,926	154.00–195.00	176.53
22	—	1,807	196.00–219.00	204.20
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,039	166.00–233.00	213.82

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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