Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 78 priced lines covering 2,925 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,791 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,591 head.

Mon Jul 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,791Last week 1,525Year ago 1,713

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,591Last week 1,533Year ago 1,370

Compared to last week, comparable offerings of steers and heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. With the most advance on yearling cattle heading to the feedlot. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and bull sold steady. Demand was good for calves, feeder cattle and slaughter cows with moderate to instances good demand for slaughter steers and heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	647	333.00	333.00
3	700–750	735	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	548	329.00	329.00
29	600–650	606	340.00	340.00
22	650–700	694	330.00	330.00
6	800–850	819	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	474	380.50–415.00	397.44
16	500–550	519	367.50–387.00	378.36
66	550–600	583	351.00–389.00	381.50
115	600–650	626	355.00–385.00	369.53
99	650–700	686	330.00–373.00	349.52
132	700–750	722	322.50–342.50	337.61
127	750–800	781	314.50–323.00	319.51
22	800–850	811	310.00–311.00	310.18
124	850–900	865	285.00–317.60	315.48
3	900–950	913	260.00	260.00
3	1100–1150	1,118	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	314	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	424	400.00–430.00	414.20
6	500–550	547	415.00	415.00
26	550–600	558	387.50–400.00	391.83
3	650–700	667	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	428	467.50	467.50
10	450–500	470	435.00–470.00	452.98
61	550–600	571	390.00–444.00	425.83
9	600–650	615	392.50–399.00	396.14
87	650–700	672	364.00–403.25	394.80
32	700–750	731	343.00–364.00	350.62
37	750–800	773	339.00–353.00	344.89
10	800–850	837	327.00	327.00
345	850–900	878	321.00–330.25	323.71
7	900–950	900	317.00	317.00
50	950–1000	996	311.75	311.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	465.00	465.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,066	170.50–195.00	186.33
1	—	1,045	100.00	100.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,663	140.00–154.00	147.47
6	—	1,749	210.00–223.00	217.63
20	—	1,706	160.00–209.00	194.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	873	110.00–144.00	126.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	80.00–100.00	91.02
15	—	1,291	121.00–146.00	136.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,326	161.00–182.00	171.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,723	173.00–179.50	176.03
39	—	1,451	155.00–173.00	163.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,377	146.00–161.00	154.65
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,152	148.00–221.00	167.61
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	150.00–169.00	159.57
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,620	237.50	237.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	237.50	237.50
9	—	1,418	238.75–241.50	240.27
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,656	239.50–245.00	242.14
2	—	1,828	228.50	228.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,562	237.00	237.00
270	—	1,452	230.00–241.00	234.55
198	—	1,410	236.00–243.75	239.96
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,194	235.00–256.00	245.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,364	230.00–236.00	231.66
132	—	1,332	224.00–235.50	229.40
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,137	170.00–233.50	220.52
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,395	248.00	248.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	182.50–190.00	186.31
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,334	231.00–237.00	232.76
77	—	1,237	225.00–234.50	229.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
293	—	1,305	230.00–244.50	237.96
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,085	231.00–243.00	235.80
14	—	1,235	231.00–235.10	233.38
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,197	193.00–228.25	222.11
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,242	238.00	238.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,339	224.00–227.00	225.41
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,590	226.50–231.00	228.64
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	240.00	240.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,571	229.00–237.25	232.45
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,503	186.00–206.00	201.44
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,346	205.00–210.00	209.55
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,636	207.00–230.00	210.37

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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