Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 98 priced lines covering 5,581 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,924 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,607 head.

Mon Oct 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,924Last week 3,423Year ago 8,167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,607Last week 1,650Year ago 1,589

Compared to last week steers less than 500 lbs sold sharply lower, From 500 to 700 lbs sold 20.00 to 40.00 lower. Heifers sold 10.00 to 30.00 lower. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower, slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 lower with bulls 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	485	335.00–455.00	392.27
22	500–550	538	377.50–385.00	381.00
31	550–600	582	364.00–401.00	383.77
38	600–650	620	327.50–355.00	345.83
20	650–700	663	321.00–351.00	334.40
12	700–750	741	330.00–346.00	339.37
11	750–800	764	274.00–317.00	298.15
6	850–900	890	322.50	322.50
4	950–1000	951	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	1,750.00	1,750.00
15	400–450	424	500.00–507.50	503.01
109	450–500	478	437.50–503.50	478.76
173	500–550	528	405.00–477.50	448.84
226	550–600	574	382.00–447.50	420.08
169	600–650	626	346.00–410.00	387.73
196	650–700	669	338.00–387.50	364.79
259	700–750	723	308.00–377.00	363.56
212	750–800	767	343.00–383.00	363.97
326	800–850	831	338.50–358.75	348.16
446	850–900	878	310.00–358.50	351.34
87	900–950	925	338.00–354.75	349.18
196	950–1000	971	318.00–343.00	328.30
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,115	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	376	527.50	527.50
16	400–450	434	480.00	480.00
6	450–500	497	446.00	446.00
19	500–550	545	385.00–437.00	423.59
108	550–600	577	430.25–437.00	432.34
8	600–650	628	366.00–388.00	379.64
27	650–700	691	358.00	358.00
32	700–750	731	329.50–335.00	331.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
5	250–300	262	1,275.00	1,275.00
3	300–350	305	455.00	455.00
3	350–400	361	1,450.00	1,450.00
8	400–450	416	1,835.00	1,835.00
50	400–450	427	402.50–470.00	442.58
116	450–500	477	385.00–444.00	407.90
196	500–550	524	350.00–410.00	378.38
140	550–600	578	350.00–392.00	375.29
118	600–650	619	332.50–365.00	356.39
84	650–700	668	317.00–362.00	336.30
70	700–750	725	312.75–344.00	325.55
135	750–800	767	298.50–351.25	336.67
106	800–850	832	293.25–319.00	306.92
7	850–900	889	313.00	313.00
55	900–950	928	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	414.00	414.00
4	450–500	481	396.00	396.00
33	550–600	566	330.00–348.00	342.44
9	650–700	668	304.00–311.00	307.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	396	437.50	437.50
25	400–450	413	440.00	440.00
66	450–500	483	375.00–380.00	378.77
34	500–550	539	341.00–375.00	353.63
11	550–600	573	330.00–349.00	340.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	571	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	538	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	619	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,305	220.00–230.00	224.68
2	—	1,378	222.00–223.00	222.51
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
434	—	1,410	226.00–234.50	231.61
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,299	228.50–230.50	229.89
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,040	190.00–240.00	209.92
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,602	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,169	232.50–233.00	232.53
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	230.00–235.00	232.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,336	130.00–140.00	134.24
46	—	1,340	141.00–159.00	152.58
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	883	107.00–153.00	135.56
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	962	152.50–227.50	189.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,337	163.00–185.00	174.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,525	170.00–203.00	180.69
6	—	1,641	140.00–152.00	146.41
36	—	1,503	155.00–174.00	164.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,041	72.50–106.00	89.34
44	—	1,240	111.00–144.00	130.13
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,166	160.00–225.00	179.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,535	227.50–231.25	230.11
322	—	1,493	227.50–236.25	231.55
16	—	1,454	230.00–230.50	230.09
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,371	217.00–227.50	224.29
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,732	220.00–233.50	229.00
5	—	1,624	224.00–230.25	229.01
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,238	162.50–225.00	210.73
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,461	227.50–232.00	230.42
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,181	252.25	252.25
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,272	210.00–259.00	227.47
Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,275	244.50	244.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,322	227.50–229.00	228.02
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	215.00–222.00	218.33
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,464	195.00–215.00	198.83
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,466	217.00–231.00	226.03
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,518	180.00–207.00	196.98
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,587	207.00–221.00	213.63
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,127	178.00	178.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,472	130.00–140.00	134.85
28	—	1,818	151.00–207.00	183.30
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,108	150.00–196.00	173.21

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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