Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 107 priced lines covering 4,296 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,423 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,650 head.

Mon Oct 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,423Last week 5,199Year ago 6,523

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,650Last week 1,260Year ago 2,135

Compared to last week steers less than 500 lbs sold 20.00 higher, From 500 to 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher and a flat 7 weight steer sold 3.00 higher. Heifers sold unevenly steady on a light test of the market. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady with not enough slaughter cows from last week for a market comparison. Demand was moderate to good. Odd that the calf market was that high this week across the two reporting barns on the feeder cattle. Both sale were held before Friday when another day of limit down trading occurred. Overall, the market is still really good price wise a lot better than most thought it might be.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	263	515.00	515.00
8	350–400	387	495.00–510.00	502.61
88	400–450	413	490.00–520.00	497.19
68	450–500	468	415.00–455.00	443.91
160	500–550	512	397.50–444.00	423.18
41	550–600	580	354.00–390.00	370.93
36	600–650	620	360.00–367.00	362.39
53	650–700	670	329.00–377.50	359.39
17	700–750	721	324.00–341.00	336.04
12	750–800	796	322.00–328.00	326.50
177	850–900	877	307.00–337.00	326.40
52	900–950	932	318.50	318.50
66	950–1000	963	290.00–318.50	314.50
8	1000–1050	1,045	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	485.00	485.00
19	400–450	423	442.50–460.00	450.67
20	450–500	465	395.00–425.00	416.29
25	500–550	538	389.00–395.00	393.25
31	550–600	571	362.50–380.00	376.01
24	600–650	618	342.50–377.50	362.58
3	650–700	693	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	503	460.00	460.00
28	600–650	620	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	435	450.00–480.00	459.37
19	450–500	478	390.00–425.00	408.89
34	500–550	543	365.00–388.00	377.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	414	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	557.50	557.50
25	600–650	637	373.50	373.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	348	640.00	640.00
13	350–400	372	610.00–635.00	625.02
9	400–450	441	470.00–495.00	481.22
34	500–550	535	427.50–447.50	440.29
4	550–600	583	400.00	400.00
55	600–650	641	412.50–441.00	425.45
6	650–700	680	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	477.50	477.50
10	350–400	369	566.00–615.00	595.85
59	400–450	422	535.00–570.00	546.81
132	450–500	480	465.00–520.00	495.45
152	500–550	526	452.50–485.00	473.01
309	550–600	575	420.00–474.00	446.47
194	600–650	613	427.00–453.00	441.56
119	650–700	682	389.00–410.00	396.38
156	700–750	718	384.00–405.00	391.33
76	750–800	786	330.00–378.75	359.93
17	800–850	816	321.00–335.00	330.05
48	850–900	880	338.00–344.00	340.18
60	950–1000	973	339.75	339.75
13	1000–1050	1,003	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	532.50	532.50
25	400–450	444	440.00–515.00	498.59
22	450–500	484	400.00–475.00	454.16
7	500–550	507	430.00–435.00	432.82
56	550–600	582	375.00–430.00	407.21
11	600–650	636	405.00–417.50	414.23
16	650–700	669	340.00–365.00	358.81
13	700–750	730	350.00–375.00	367.29
15	750–800	799	320.00	320.00
15	900–950	942	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	613	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	800–850	805	374.75	374.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	510.00	510.00
3	700–750	726	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	560.00	560.00
5	950–1000	986	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,043	180.00–236.00	217.45
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,283	225.00–234.50	231.52
86	—	1,254	220.00–239.75	232.98
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,640	237.50–239.00	237.87
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,146	231.00–243.00	239.76
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,152	230.00–245.00	237.63
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,654	226.00–227.00	226.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
342	—	1,405	237.00–245.00	241.05
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,324	235.00–240.00	236.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,458	235.50–242.00	237.73
68	—	1,552	236.00–240.00	237.45
243	—	1,490	238.00–246.00	242.51
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,427	237.75–239.25	238.57
17	—	1,566	236.50–240.00	238.73
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,528	233.00–234.50	233.81
121	—	1,405	221.00–237.50	233.85
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,675	234.00–236.50	235.10
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,679	237.00–242.00	238.11
14	—	1,732	224.00–243.00	237.81
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,200	246.50–269.00	252.29
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,167	207.50–227.00	221.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,819	209.00–229.00	218.21
24	—	1,707	150.00–205.00	186.02
4	—	1,564	128.00–147.50	133.40
Bulls — Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,161	227.00–229.00	227.33
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,095	170.00–177.50	173.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,316	157.00–193.00	175.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,365	126.00–141.00	135.90
52	—	1,282	144.00–164.00	154.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,224	110.00–146.00	131.74
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	914	117.50–149.00	127.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,681	145.00–152.00	148.69
23	—	1,553	171.00–195.00	186.51
26	—	1,528	156.00–179.00	169.36
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	976	160.00–207.50	178.15
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,152	160.00–230.00	174.54
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,388	228.00–233.00	231.70
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,457	222.00–237.00	229.83
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,541	215.00–218.00	216.52
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,478	200.00–210.00	206.56
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,523	211.00–222.00	215.55

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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