Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 93 priced lines covering 4,968 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,548 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 937 head.

Mon Jun 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,548Last week 1,369Year ago 4,373

Slaughter CattleReceipts 937Last week 1,624Year ago 352

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves and feeder cattle sold fully steady. Most slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher with lean and bulls trading steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold unevenly steady throughout the week. Demand was mostly good from inhouse and internet buyers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	415.00–440.00	427.52
35	400–450	430	400.00–452.50	438.67
12	450–500	473	435.00–442.50	438.77
39	500–550	520	392.00–423.00	406.03
96	550–600	570	377.00–412.50	399.21
132	600–650	613	349.00–395.00	380.60
70	650–700	675	329.00–372.50	354.81
247	700–750	739	320.00–344.00	332.35
215	750–800	795	312.00–326.00	324.23
208	800–850	823	299.00–330.50	322.63
447	850–900	886	285.00–318.25	307.16
653	900–950	914	291.00–308.50	302.05
247	950–1000	972	186.00–294.25	286.05
120	1000–1050	1,012	267.50–276.00	275.44
4	1050–1100	1,085	229.00	229.00
7	1200–1250	1,243	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	405.00	405.00
25	500–550	535	380.00–387.00	384.13
3	550–600	565	360.00	360.00
39	600–650	640	361.00–365.00	361.79
13	650–700	651	335.00	335.00
12	750–800	762	269.00–293.50	285.38
12	800–850	837	270.00–291.00	282.19
4	950–1000	970	264.50	264.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	620.00	620.00
17	450–500	492	426.00	426.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	507	417.00	417.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	1000–1050	1,020	262.00–274.00	268.60
15	1050–1100	1,086	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	303	395.00	395.00
5	350–400	395	380.00	380.00
22	400–450	427	375.00–472.50	395.41
34	450–500	469	366.00–405.00	387.64
119	500–550	522	359.00–394.00	371.95
55	550–600	570	330.00–371.75	353.27
138	600–650	621	311.00–375.00	349.10
123	650–700	674	291.50–339.00	330.78
176	700–750	719	303.00–324.00	316.65
88	750–800	778	278.00–309.00	288.88
192	800–850	804	278.00–297.25	295.16
254	850–900	879	273.00–280.50	279.31
20	900–950	941	236.00–259.25	252.30
17	950–1000	965	242.00–257.00	253.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	422	438.00	438.00
10	450–500	466	396.00	396.00
13	500–550	543	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
36	500–550	534	337.50–362.50	354.15
40	600–650	632	326.00–333.00	330.04
6	700–750	725	294.00	294.00
12	750–800	750	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	813	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	613	322.00	322.00
3	650–700	653	315.00	315.00
3	1000–1050	1,008	258.00	258.00
3	1150–1200	1,170	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	651	327.00	327.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	681	269.00	269.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,246	242.00–243.00	242.84
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,168	232.00–235.00	233.45
2	—	1,320	221.50	221.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,458	213.00–230.00	218.30
89	—	1,235	223.00–234.00	230.46
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,074	179.00–230.00	220.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,322	234.00–242.00	237.62
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,772	225.00–242.50	236.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,424	234.00–240.75	237.51
64	—	1,415	235.50–242.50	237.33
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,359	225.00–234.00	230.10
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,148	180.00–255.00	225.08
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	231.00	231.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,244	226.00–239.00	232.41
9	—	1,224	223.00–233.00	229.18
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,360	235.00–242.25	241.05
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,100	156.00–225.00	170.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,336	134.00–160.00	148.38
1	—	1,450	110.00	110.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	101.00	101.00
9	—	1,277	110.00–138.00	125.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,333	155.00–190.00	174.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,545	161.00–224.00	174.71
32	—	1,478	140.00–169.00	161.47
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	860	112.50–138.00	127.03
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,505	230.00–234.00	232.60
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	225.00	225.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	117.50	117.50
15	—	1,669	159.00–199.00	182.63
8	—	1,943	200.00–219.50	209.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,154	144.00–183.00	168.04
1	—	1,105	117.50	117.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,768	203.00–213.00	207.53
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,548	224.00–234.00	230.64

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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