Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 122 priced lines covering 8,757 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,803 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 827 head.

Mon Sep 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,803Last week 4,013Year ago 8,643

Slaughter CattleReceipts 827Last week 1,963Year ago 1,052

Compared to last week steers less than 550 lbs sold 10.00 lower, from 550 to 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower, over 800 lbs steady. Heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bull sold 5.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the week. Starting to see more bawling calves hit the market some have a precondition shots. Some of the weaned calves follow one of Iowa's certified precondition programs. Some calves with spring time shot are getting a discount when sold.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,225	110.00–147.50	134.15
1	—	1,030	106.00	106.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	952	125.00–155.00	139.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,552	180.00–197.00	187.83
24	—	1,509	163.00–179.00	170.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,340	163.00–245.00	180.65
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,137	150.00–227.50	174.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,293	143.00–149.00	146.24
27	—	1,282	147.00–167.00	156.92
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	926	150.00–180.00	169.89
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,654	230.75	230.75
3	—	1,703	234.00–237.00	235.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,558	232.00	232.00
30	—	1,421	232.00–233.75	233.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,522	231.50	231.50
165	—	1,517	230.00–237.50	233.89
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,155	223.00–239.00	226.90
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,269	238.50	238.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,333	220.00–230.00	226.09
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,283	234.50–238.50	238.25
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	180.00	180.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,763	210.00–212.00	211.04
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,425	224.00	224.00
28	—	1,294	221.00–232.50	227.77
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,200	227.00–231.00	229.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	1,373	227.00–236.75	233.57
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,088	233.50	233.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,373	228.50–231.00	230.32
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,172	214.00–267.00	229.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,895	137.50–147.50	142.10
15	—	1,828	160.00–209.00	191.64
10	—	2,062	210.00–233.00	216.77
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,163	161.00–189.00	175.33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	280	600.00–640.00	623.28
25	300–350	340	540.00–602.50	567.57
77	350–400	375	500.00–600.00	559.37
136	400–450	432	445.00–567.50	506.69
290	450–500	468	445.00–516.00	485.62
507	500–550	527	427.50–483.50	457.45
446	550–600	569	400.00–475.50	433.42
231	600–650	623	375.00–437.50	400.36
133	650–700	667	330.00–410.00	385.05
65	700–750	716	354.00–389.00	367.31
242	750–800	766	338.00–386.00	375.21
678	800–850	823	325.00–377.50	364.09
396	850–900	879	328.75–366.00	347.07
834	900–950	915	320.00–368.25	349.35
129	950–1000	958	309.00–347.00	336.84
13	1000–1050	1,000	324.00	324.00
7	1100–1150	1,141	270.00	270.00
6	1200–1250	1,220	233.50	233.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	294	590.00	590.00
3	300–350	309	615.00	615.00
14	350–400	379	515.00–530.00	524.21
39	400–450	417	447.50–500.00	480.63
110	450–500	488	425.00–450.50	443.27
43	500–550	531	414.00–445.00	434.26
55	550–600	576	385.00–435.00	408.00
100	600–650	618	390.00–402.00	393.27
7	650–700	696	350.00	350.00
13	700–750	710	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	432	433.00–507.00	460.94
3	450–500	468	451.00	451.00
87	500–550	529	367.50–430.00	403.90
34	550–600	590	376.00–409.00	396.29
8	600–650	629	365.00	365.00
21	750–800	790	341.00	341.00
4	850–900	856	325.00	325.00
3	900–950	900	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	630	350.00	350.00
9	750–800	756	340.50	340.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	536	470.50	470.50
12	550–600	553	448.50	448.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	422.50	422.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	415.00	415.00
6	500–550	526	387.50	387.50
4	550–600	573	365.00	365.00
4	600–650	620	351.00	351.00
4	650–700	663	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	150–200	174	1,100.00	1,100.00
14	250–300	276	500.00–557.50	515.97
29	300–350	335	470.00–527.00	498.54
3	300–350	320	1,630.00	1,630.00
39	350–400	379	443.00–520.00	482.16
213	400–450	426	420.00–500.00	466.45
5	400–450	404	1,750.00	1,750.00
282	450–500	473	411.00–472.50	440.74
4	500–550	542	1,950.00	1,950.00
269	500–550	525	390.00–441.00	416.88
163	550–600	569	360.00–430.00	402.33
113	600–650	617	325.00–367.50	355.86
109	650–700	674	335.00–361.00	341.79
215	700–750	728	280.00–356.25	349.18
202	750–800	772	330.00–345.00	338.12
546	800–850	822	320.00–334.50	326.27
200	850–900	886	300.25–318.25	311.88
164	900–950	922	311.00–316.00	313.51
12	950–1000	965	271.00–316.00	289.59
6	1050–1100	1,066	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	320	425.00–525.00	449.15
29	350–400	364	425.00–500.00	456.06
43	400–450	416	415.00–495.00	455.81
108	450–500	468	382.50–440.00	418.96
30	500–550	534	380.00–390.00	382.36
66	550–600	574	351.00–375.00	367.90
5	600–650	616	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	401	500.00	500.00
7	450–500	459	470.00	470.00
10	500–550	505	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	590	335.00–341.00	337.66
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	1100–1150	1,135	267.00–274.50	272.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	460.00	460.00
4	350–400	388	435.00	435.00
60	400–450	427	400.00–440.00	414.79
32	450–500	491	380.00–422.50	402.45
20	500–550	531	340.00–385.00	379.96
21	550–600	586	362.00–375.00	369.95
9	750–800	795	320.00	320.00
15	950–1000	965	277.50	277.50
4	1150–1200	1,196	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	665	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	400	385.00	385.00

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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