Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 106 priced lines covering 4,468 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,707 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,616 head.

Mon Nov 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,707Last week 10,840Year ago 7,049

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,616Last week 1,355Year ago 1,968

Compared to last week steers sold steady to 10.00 higher and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower and bulls steady. Demand was moderate to good for offerings this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	299	425.00	425.00
9	350–400	378	425.00	425.00
45	450–500	490	379.00–380.00	379.60
28	500–550	520	325.00–374.00	363.51
7	550–600	594	330.00–335.00	332.14
8	600–650	614	310.00–311.00	310.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	643	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	327	477.50	477.50
29	350–400	369	430.00–470.00	449.78
88	400–450	433	408.00–427.00	417.82
87	450–500	476	375.00–425.00	397.96
121	500–550	531	343.00–425.00	393.41
137	550–600	569	323.00–395.00	356.16
85	600–650	629	315.00–343.00	333.82
64	650–700	665	303.00–326.00	315.37
16	700–750	713	302.50–323.00	311.57
19	750–800	791	305.00–310.00	307.63
10	800–850	821	308.00–308.50	308.25
10	850–900	869	308.00	308.00
11	900–950	934	300.00–306.00	302.17
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,017	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	510	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	425.00	425.00
13	450–500	456	375.00–383.00	377.45
62	500–550	536	357.00–390.00	370.70
79	550–600	564	340.00–373.50	365.27
66	600–650	610	344.00–359.00	354.11
17	650–700	669	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	621	315.00–320.00	316.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
43	500–550	528	335.00–417.50	394.74
26	550–600	596	365.00–375.00	366.51
13	600–650	612	325.00–330.00	328.06
3	700–750	720	329.00	329.00
5	750–800	781	317.00	317.00
4	950–1000	965	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	381	485.00–495.00	491.87
31	400–450	417	457.50–509.00	479.75
6	450–500	459	432.50–440.00	436.22
46	500–550	532	406.00–438.00	426.10
40	550–600	563	396.00–438.00	411.91
179	600–650	624	367.00–408.00	388.06
121	650–700	678	336.00–370.00	354.20
11	700–750	703	343.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	388	415.00–452.50	431.28
5	500–550	523	380.00	380.00
4	600–650	644	366.00	366.00
7	650–700	659	311.00	311.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,041	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	562	410.00	410.00
8	600–650	638	350.00	350.00
14	650–700	683	353.00	353.00
25	700–750	729	307.50–325.00	311.72
7	800–850	816	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	566	440.00	440.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	295	517.50	517.50
18	300–350	319	500.00–547.50	513.45
38	350–400	379	475.00–527.50	493.25
61	400–450	440	437.00–475.00	453.73
55	450–500	484	360.00–459.50	437.25
241	500–550	523	396.00–466.00	434.39
120	550–600	574	360.00–433.00	407.26
126	600–650	619	344.00–400.00	374.54
165	650–700	672	338.50–383.50	357.65
112	700–750	728	331.00–375.00	359.16
51	750–800	755	318.00–348.00	329.93
141	800–850	821	313.00–344.50	339.63
127	850–900	877	320.00–345.50	339.59
19	900–950	909	300.00–302.50	300.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,832	164.00–256.00	183.12
5	—	1,745	214.00–220.00	216.68
5	—	1,403	75.00–151.00	134.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,457	222.50–225.50	224.84
408	—	1,524	223.00–229.50	227.01
13	—	1,563	225.50–225.75	225.60
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,450	224.25–225.75	225.04
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,768	207.00–228.00	223.90
4	—	1,713	224.00–224.75	224.55
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,349	210.00–224.50	220.46
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,220	234.00	234.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,530	224.25–224.75	224.65
Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	225.00	225.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,266	220.00–222.00	220.58
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,209	170.00–211.00	202.03
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,371	225.25–225.35	225.31
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,060	204.00–215.00	209.77
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,297	213.00–225.00	220.36
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
431	—	1,407	220.00–229.75	226.69
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,206	210.00–217.00	215.67
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,880	185.00–195.50	191.06
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	210.00	210.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	196.00–207.00	201.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,347	160.00–195.00	174.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,352	143.00–159.00	150.53
24	—	1,375	120.00–143.00	132.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,168	110.00–142.50	129.01
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	938	121.00–146.00	130.38
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	884	155.00–197.50	171.55
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,101	126.00–146.00	134.45
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,927	187.00–195.00	190.23
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,125	148.00–225.00	177.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,546	158.00–170.00	163.70
18	—	1,714	170.00–195.00	178.20
11	—	1,643	130.00–150.00	141.34

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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