Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 106 priced lines covering 2,532 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,525 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,533 head.

Mon Jul 14, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,525Last week 1,683Year ago 2,620

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,533Last week 2,088Year ago 1,451

Best test on the feeder market compared to last week was on yearling cattle over 700 lbs. Steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and 8 weight heifers sold 10.00 higher all on a thin test of the market. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher. Unbelievable that the most weights and classes of cattle go up a little each week!

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,317	253.00	253.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	1,408	237.00–249.50	243.61
31	—	1,578	241.00–247.50	244.54
247	—	1,421	238.00–247.50	242.76
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,148	205.00–235.00	226.99
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,617	233.00–245.75	244.09
12	—	1,693	242.50–248.00	243.72
4	—	1,733	236.00–238.00	236.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,325	249.00	249.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,156	234.00–239.00	237.34
14	—	1,237	235.00–253.00	237.67
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	232.00	232.00
11	—	1,372	236.00–236.50	236.45
103	—	1,303	226.00–239.75	236.52
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,648	234.00–240.50	239.39
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,509	246.00–253.00	248.14
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,765	176.00	176.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,252	205.00–206.00	205.46
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,341	204.50–208.00	205.19
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,640	194.00–208.50	206.13
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,573	210.00–217.00	214.52
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,124	168.00–210.00	189.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	2,009	209.00–222.00	215.67
12	—	1,741	170.00–208.00	195.39
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,217	228.00–230.00	228.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,747	228.00–233.00	228.83
15	—	1,502	228.00–240.75	236.58
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,372	238.00	238.00
2	—	1,323	218.00–225.00	221.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
245	—	1,305	238.00–248.50	242.13
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,228	238.50–247.00	242.83
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,238	228.50–231.00	230.15
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,497	246.50–249.00	247.80
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,582	225.50–244.00	239.81
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,400	224.00–237.00	235.43
53	—	1,225	225.00–239.50	233.91
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,147	230.00–235.75	234.94
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	955	150.00–195.00	165.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	122.50–145.00	136.56
21	—	1,281	140.00–160.00	152.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,488	155.00–171.00	166.09
28	—	1,607	170.00–194.00	179.05
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,174	150.00–229.00	176.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,203	113.50–145.00	131.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	195.00–197.00	196.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,294	152.00–190.50	170.98
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	885	100.00–146.50	125.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	257.50	257.50
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,201	195.00	195.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,341	176.00–181.00	179.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	360.00	360.00
19	400–450	434	310.00	310.00
13	450–500	465	305.00	305.00
6	550–600	553	330.00	330.00
7	600–650	644	285.00	285.00
3	650–700	658	265.00	265.00
14	750–800	763	250.00	250.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,008	218.00	218.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	245	475.00	475.00
3	300–350	302	425.00	425.00
6	550–600	573	250.00	250.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	514	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	450.00	450.00
28	400–450	412	445.00–470.00	448.77
9	450–500	457	455.00	455.00
15	500–550	507	460.00	460.00
49	550–600	588	400.00–440.00	410.40
6	700–750	747	360.00	360.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	405.00	405.00
9	500–550	517	395.00	395.00
6	550–600	588	370.00	370.00
15	700–750	725	312.50–315.00	313.15
11	800–850	810	305.00–315.00	310.45
9	900–950	902	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	234	525.00	525.00
7	300–350	333	395.00–425.00	412.05
10	400–450	443	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	478	445.00	445.00
29	550–600	583	390.00–429.00	403.94
17	650–700	661	335.00–378.00	357.46
60	700–750	713	354.50–356.00	355.44
64	750–800	772	327.00–348.00	336.98
68	800–850	816	310.00–333.00	329.65
99	850–900	890	292.50–316.00	311.82
13	1000–1050	1,021	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	615	282.00–330.00	310.20
5	700–750	726	300.00	300.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	312	400.00	400.00
10	500–550	512	380.00	380.00
30	550–600	590	380.00	380.00
4	600–650	636	370.00	370.00
38	700–750	718	300.00–320.00	311.16
3	1000–1050	1,020	232.50	232.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	450.00	450.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	736	187.50	187.50
6	750–800	786	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	370.00	370.00
16	500–550	536	357.50–360.00	358.41
9	550–600	576	340.00–360.00	346.43
19	650–700	685	325.00–340.00	328.82
85	700–750	722	318.50–333.00	321.63
16	750–800	784	309.50	309.50
145	850–900	887	275.00–298.00	295.28
109	950–1000	972	280.50	280.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	715	297.00	297.00

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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