Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 107 priced lines covering 6,203 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,061 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,075 head.

Mon Sep 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,061Last week 9,241Year ago 6,840

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,075Last week 1,367Year ago 1,669

Compared to last week weaned fall calves, bawling calves and yearling steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Light test on slaughter cows and bulls and they sold 5.00 to 10.00 and 2.00 higher respectively. Demand was moderate to good. There was not a good even consistency to how the different weights of calves and feeders sold throughout the week. It looked like buyers were selective on what they were wanting for a future target weight bought accordingly.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	323	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,784.14
28	350–400	382	491.00–519.00	506.89
89	400–450	429	485.00–540.00	509.29
88	450–500	476	360.00–490.00	453.11
100	500–550	525	350.00–469.00	426.17
113	550–600	570	385.00–427.00	404.71
73	600–650	616	363.00–414.00	382.16
149	650–700	669	334.00–367.00	360.47
278	700–750	716	335.00–372.50	361.74
122	750–800	776	324.00–346.00	336.74
13	800–850	836	319.00–343.50	337.81
58	850–900	869	305.00–330.00	322.47
10	900–950	923	300.00–311.00	306.58
17	950–1000	982	302.00–314.00	306.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	390	411.00	411.00
3	400–450	405	452.50	452.50
9	500–550	516	410.00–464.00	446.40
7	550–600	555	376.00–403.00	387.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	470	389.00–405.00	394.67
3	550–600	583	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	505.00	505.00
26	400–450	439	440.00–477.00	464.44
61	450–500	472	420.00–441.00	423.97
63	500–550	527	380.00–420.00	411.62
52	550–600	580	350.00–380.75	376.82
64	600–650	623	335.00–365.00	349.29
23	650–700	670	259.00–342.50	327.96
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1050–1100	1,095	285.00	285.00
9	1150–1200	1,196	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	444	414.00	414.00
21	450–500	491	406.50	406.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	459	470.00–490.00	477.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	473	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	405.00–420.00	413.74
4	500–550	546	386.00	386.00
7	700–750	735	322.00	322.00
5	950–1000	962	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	520.00	520.00
17	550–600	579	410.00–428.00	417.35
15	600–650	622	410.00–450.00	423.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	238	690.00	690.00
3	300–350	323	563.00	563.00
20	350–400	378	530.00–572.50	547.50
40	400–450	429	440.00–540.00	515.33
7	400–450	417	1,500.00	1,500.00
123	450–500	474	490.00–522.00	507.97
12	500–550	540	1,950.00	1,950.00
140	500–550	519	435.00–503.00	478.51
210	550–600	567	422.50–460.00	440.16
70	600–650	622	385.00–432.50	407.11
150	650–700	679	360.00–410.25	391.81
187	700–750	718	351.50–400.00	371.32
283	750–800	779	353.25–385.00	376.49
651	800–850	817	348.00–386.00	373.05
727	850–900	872	342.00–367.00	354.32
712	900–950	911	335.00–359.00	347.22
98	1050–1100	1,090	310.25	310.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	420.00	420.00
4	600–650	640	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	476	440.00–465.00	451.91
11	500–550	521	335.00–370.00	360.32
50	550–600	574	325.00–410.00	389.06
22	600–650	614	368.00–399.00	394.61
9	750–800	781	271.00–345.00	303.05
11	850–900	860	302.00–306.00	303.81
5	900–950	906	293.00	293.00
4	950–1000	971	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	944	320.00	320.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,004	306.50	306.50
11	1150–1200	1,188	227.00	227.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	1000–1050	1,015	327.00	327.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,108	221.00–280.00	241.18
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,398	234.00–238.00	237.12
4	—	1,505	237.25	237.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,449	240.00–248.75	244.12
36	—	1,517	236.50–237.75	237.67
30	—	1,368	236.00–240.00	238.33
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	237.25	237.25
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,229	229.00–287.00	240.26
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,288	249.00	249.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,354	225.00–240.00	235.39
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,494	210.00–225.00	214.05
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,422	190.00–212.00	202.38
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,366	225.00–240.00	232.71
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	212.50–213.00	212.78
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,171	148.00–199.00	179.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,843	120.00–150.00	139.56
28	—	1,647	150.00–209.00	185.97
13	—	1,840	211.00–231.00	220.20
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,194	146.50–197.00	169.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,340	165.50–198.00	176.57
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	218.00	218.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,212	113.00–150.00	132.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	945	100.00–148.00	130.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,683	135.00–151.00	141.99
25	—	1,560	160.00–177.00	169.30
5	—	1,632	180.00–187.00	183.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,375	130.00–140.00	136.24
40	—	1,346	145.00–169.00	158.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	890	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,256	231.00–233.00	231.62
72	—	1,231	223.00–241.50	235.41
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,086	241.50–278.00	257.34
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,042	200.00–240.00	224.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	1,330	234.00–247.00	242.15
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,201	236.25–238.50	237.71
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,488	223.00–240.00	232.02

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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