Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 49 priced lines covering 1,481 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 576 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,108 head.

Mon Aug 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 576Last week 6,065Year ago 1,506

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,108Last week 358Year ago 1,443

Compared to last week: Too few feeder steers and heifers offered to allow good market comparisons to be made. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers as the cash fed cattle has reached new, historic high price levels. The corn crop has benefitted from the frequent rains throughout the month of July helping to keep feed cost low, which is also helping to support the feeder market at these prices levels.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	510	381.00–392.50	390.42
35	550–600	579	360.00–396.50	384.75
28	600–650	628	347.50–365.00	360.70
14	800–850	804	324.25	324.25
14	850–900	881	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	489	412.00	412.00
8	500–550	528	380.00–402.50	388.73
9	650–700	675	369.00	369.00
9	750–800	775	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	521	432.50–467.50	448.62
16	600–650	621	407.00–417.50	410.87
30	650–700	679	378.00–412.00	390.35
88	800–850	837	329.00–339.50	329.91
123	850–900	878	341.35–345.75	343.64
118	900–950	917	340.25	340.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	658	421.00	421.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,328	230.00–240.00	236.44
2	—	1,405	238.00–238.50	238.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
290	—	1,441	240.00–247.50	243.60
45	—	1,450	240.00–251.00	246.23
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,177	234.00–240.00	237.68
12	—	1,137	241.00–253.00	249.21
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,563	248.00–250.00	249.49
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,711	243.00–249.00	244.49
1	—	1,715	246.00	246.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,115	218.00–246.00	231.49
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,355	247.50–250.00	248.44
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,188	250.00	250.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,800	208.00–245.00	225.41
20	—	1,711	150.00–215.00	196.01
2	—	1,240	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,029	185.00–200.00	191.98
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,044	212.50–247.00	233.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,248	230.00–239.75	236.26
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,109	236.00–262.00	246.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	1,316	240.00–246.50	243.47
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,332	247.50–249.00	248.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,474	161.00–174.00	168.00
15	—	1,502	174.00–200.00	183.21
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,124	158.00–219.00	177.36
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	886	180.00–241.00	211.73
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	824	104.00–115.00	109.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	80.00–81.00	80.49
17	—	1,226	100.00–144.00	129.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,309	163.00–194.00	175.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,251	143.00–160.00	153.03
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,573	212.00–222.00	217.41
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,600	180.00–208.50	197.53
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,561	239.00–239.50	239.13

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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