Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 115 priced lines covering 5,218 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,013 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,963 head.

Mon Sep 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,013Last week 6,061Year ago 4,188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,963Last week 1,075Year ago 1,833

Compared to last week, steers less than 450 lbs sold 15.00 higher, 450 to 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower, over 650 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers were lightly tested this week but on comparable offerings of calves less than 600 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower, over 750 lbs sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 lower and slaughter bull sold steady. Demand was good throughout the week of calves and feeders with moderate demand on slaughter cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	350–400	388	500.00–562.50	545.56
35	400–450	414	483.00–502.50	495.37
152	450–500	465	487.50–551.00	524.25
163	500–550	528	445.00–490.00	468.46
118	550–600	568	427.00–453.00	438.13
52	600–650	617	391.00–411.00	405.21
189	650–700	667	391.00–423.00	409.60
9	700–750	722	365.00	365.00
197	750–800	770	357.00–389.00	382.56
68	800–850	816	347.00–372.50	363.45
58	900–950	943	335.00–345.50	344.96
22	950–1000	972	287.50–335.50	326.78
12	1000–1050	1,013	317.00	317.00
5	1050–1100	1,066	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	337	565.00–612.50	602.36
8	350–400	377	500.00–510.00	506.19
61	400–450	421	521.00–545.00	533.62
79	450–500	477	492.50–517.50	506.95
133	500–550	513	438.00–477.00	462.17
142	550–600	572	414.00–448.00	435.55
78	600–650	616	400.00–426.00	414.54
15	650–700	671	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	427	472.50–480.00	474.14
22	500–550	541	420.00	420.00
5	600–650	641	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	515.00	515.00
12	400–450	436	462.50–510.00	485.95
41	450–500	486	425.00–495.00	456.43
35	500–550	534	370.00–417.50	393.22
13	550–600	582	380.00–407.50	396.22
17	600–650	627	352.50–386.00	360.60
21	650–700	666	332.50–360.00	347.09
9	700–750	732	322.50–352.50	336.09
6	800–850	823	326.00	326.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,152	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	495.00	495.00
14	350–400	395	485.00–492.50	488.77
43	400–450	430	410.00–482.50	464.43
40	450–500	493	430.00–438.00	436.87
63	500–550	541	395.00–410.00	399.32
78	550–600	580	374.00–395.00	385.87
16	600–650	615	360.00–371.00	362.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	481	385.00–435.00	420.65
54	500–550	530	327.50–387.00	367.52
17	550–600	570	357.50–360.00	359.57
19	650–700	664	337.50	337.50
13	750–800	781	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	330	431.00–470.00	441.81
6	450–500	485	405.00	405.00
16	500–550	502	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	379	500.00–537.50	520.01
71	400–450	413	450.00–510.00	490.48
135	450–500	462	453.00–485.00	469.16
175	500–550	526	400.00–430.00	412.40
51	550–600	570	367.50–400.00	393.07
77	600–650	636	339.00–370.00	362.16
13	650–700	665	365.00–394.00	376.43
40	700–750	717	332.50–364.00	350.61
105	750–800	786	335.00–340.00	338.89
130	800–850	834	332.00–340.00	337.38
26	850–900	863	326.00–336.00	331.35
9	900–950	910	287.00–331.00	306.66
138	950–1000	961	300.00–317.50	315.86
11	1000–1050	1,011	293.00–302.50	297.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	350–400	372	570.00	570.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	850–900	855	295.00	295.00
11	1000–1050	1,013	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	1050–1100	1,058	295.00	295.00
14	1100–1150	1,120	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	435.00	435.00
4	350–400	391	450.00	450.00
13	600–650	618	287.50–350.00	325.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,564	155.00–178.00	168.35
17	—	1,557	180.00–196.00	187.45
8	—	1,527	132.50–150.00	144.04
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,181	146.00–237.50	173.38
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	923	187.50–250.00	206.90
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	921	122.00–151.00	133.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,315	144.00–166.00	154.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,189	117.50–149.00	131.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,334	165.00–212.00	181.46
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,177	220.00–233.50	226.15
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,569	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
303	—	1,337	229.75–242.00	234.19
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,266	221.00–237.50	227.86
34	—	1,320	224.00–228.00	227.17
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,191	230.00–235.50	233.18
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,060	210.00–255.00	231.03
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,305	233.00–237.75	235.56
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,360	214.00	214.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,738	231.00–237.50	234.62
23	—	1,681	230.00–234.75	231.53
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,569	224.00	224.00
105	—	1,356	220.00–234.00	228.37
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,689	220.00–225.00	222.85
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	1,565	229.00–235.00	232.15
345	—	1,436	230.00–242.00	235.44
113	—	1,414	227.50–235.50	232.39
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,248	224.00–242.00	235.17
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	221.00	221.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	230.00–232.50	231.24
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,152	182.50–226.50	218.11
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	230.00	230.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,404	230.50–236.50	235.62
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,504	190.00–208.00	201.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,611	212.50–221.75	217.68
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,565	220.00–226.50	224.35
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	214.00–215.00	214.55
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,733	218.00–223.00	220.62
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	152.00–213.00	187.24
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,766	150.00–206.00	184.84
7	—	1,819	210.00–220.00	212.96
4	—	1,419	125.00–146.00	133.52

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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