Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 79 priced lines covering 2,695 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,369 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,624 head.

Mon Jun 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,369Last week 5,002Year ago 2,216

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,624Last week 977Year ago 1,909

Not enough calves or feeder cattle for a market comparison. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to good for the short run of summer cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	767	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	425.00	425.00
3	400–450	438	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	700–750	718	330.75	330.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	362.50	362.50
4	400–450	407	366.00	366.00
23	450–500	488	345.00–363.00	349.76
4	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
3	650–700	658	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	326.00	326.00
6	550–600	599	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	415	410.00–425.00	420.44
10	450–500	462	393.00	393.00
38	500–550	517	355.00–375.00	370.86
21	550–600	581	315.00–335.00	328.54
36	600–650	634	310.00–322.50	315.38
28	650–700	679	310.00	310.00
6	700–750	718	287.00	287.00
24	750–800	790	282.00–292.00	289.06
12	800–850	828	274.00–278.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
9	600–650	624	345.00	345.00
7	700–750	726	280.00–315.00	300.27
17	750–800	777	255.00–317.00	297.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	438	455.00–460.00	456.58
12	450–500	468	442.50–460.00	455.72
22	500–550	535	415.00–421.00	416.67
34	550–600	579	390.00–404.00	393.56
38	600–650	630	347.00–371.00	356.71
12	650–700	667	328.00–337.50	331.35
129	700–750	729	333.50–341.50	337.92
176	750–800	769	317.00–338.50	327.14
89	800–850	815	323.00–328.00	327.05
341	850–900	872	308.00–319.75	316.08
35	900–950	927	294.50	294.50
3	1050–1100	1,096	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	449	372.50	372.50
6	600–650	608	331.00	331.00
9	650–700	664	338.00	338.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,598	140.00–159.00	152.17
27	—	1,601	160.00–174.00	164.65
2	—	1,593	130.00–135.00	132.78
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,734	197.00–219.00	208.68
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	161.50–170.00	166.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,109	80.00–108.00	96.45
28	—	1,252	110.00–134.00	123.04
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,192	143.00–174.00	156.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	130.00	130.00
34	—	1,301	127.00–153.00	142.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,344	140.00–200.00	162.90
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	918	126.00–140.00	132.59
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	239.00	239.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,004	264.00	264.00
11	—	1,221	221.00–231.00	229.61
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	229.00	229.00
125	—	1,365	223.50–233.00	229.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
378	—	1,452	232.00–240.00	235.63
140	—	1,428	239.00–246.00	241.66
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,151	160.00–221.00	207.18
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,376	239.00–244.00	240.65
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,133	212.00–240.50	233.08
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	234.00–235.00	234.67
128	—	1,257	222.00–233.00	229.69
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,072	202.50–221.00	214.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	239.00	239.00
176	—	1,321	233.00–244.25	237.22
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,574	184.00–195.00	190.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,635	196.00–213.00	202.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	132.00–138.00	135.80
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,397	209.00–218.00	216.11
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,526	211.00–230.00	223.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	131.00	131.00
42	—	1,702	147.50–199.00	182.35
5	—	1,848	203.00–211.00	205.98
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,936	198.00–206.00	201.79
6	—	1,880	169.00–190.00	182.66
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,062	142.00–235.00	193.54
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	160.00	160.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,409	221.00–231.50	227.59

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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