Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 95 priced lines covering 4,317 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,020 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 592 head.

Mon Nov 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,020Last week 14,727Year ago 6,661

Slaughter CattleReceipts 592Last week 1,794Year ago 347

Only one reporting feeder cattle sale in Iowa market news program this week of Thanksgiving. Compared to last week, this sale sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower on steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower with instances 30.00 plus lower on some weights of steers and heifers. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 8.00 to 11.00 lower. Most slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower except lean cows traded steady. The feeder cattle sale happened on Monday when the livestock sector thought the sky was falling as the board fell the limit down in both feeders and live cattle on the CME futures. Spillovers on the sell offs prevailed through the slaughter cattle auctions during the week. A lot of negative news in the cattle sector in the last few weeks has taken the upward steam off the cattle markets. Hopefully it will smooth out with minimal prices swings prevailing in the upcoming weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	435	400.00	400.00
23	450–500	478	440.00	440.00
17	500–550	531	370.00–398.00	386.24
39	550–600	580	325.00–354.00	342.43
26	600–650	615	307.50–351.00	344.17
18	650–700	668	312.50–325.00	317.29
12	700–750	749	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	394	502.50–507.50	505.97
43	400–450	428	462.50–487.50	473.10
35	450–500	463	437.50–465.00	447.09
246	500–550	516	380.00–426.00	409.55
203	550–600	577	363.00–394.00	383.60
142	600–650	623	337.50–374.00	362.00
176	650–700	672	334.00–380.25	361.59
171	700–750	718	320.00–356.00	341.06
191	750–800	789	327.00–333.00	328.83
61	800–850	822	319.50	319.50
28	850–900	867	296.00–315.50	310.49
69	900–950	928	298.25–303.00	299.76
56	950–1000	984	287.75	287.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	440.00	440.00
22	350–400	375	420.00–453.00	442.89
20	400–450	407	375.00–420.00	412.62
80	450–500	482	405.00–412.50	410.65
9	500–550	540	367.50–371.00	369.44
7	600–650	619	310.00–315.00	312.20
28	650–700	686	292.50–326.00	320.32
4	700–750	711	280.00	280.00
13	750–800	784	282.00–284.00	283.38
5	850–900	898	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	683	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	436	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	476	275.00	275.00
14	550–600	592	305.00–310.00	306.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	298	397.00	397.00
4	300–350	326	367.50	367.50
5	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
17	400–450	434	340.00–360.00	354.93
51	450–500	479	310.00–347.00	338.27
6	500–550	533	352.50	352.50
9	550–600	588	285.00–298.00	293.69
8	600–650	608	300.00	300.00
11	650–700	695	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	365.00	365.00
14	400–450	446	317.50	317.50
7	450–500	478	335.00–342.00	339.08
14	500–550	514	327.50–340.00	332.73
7	550–600	594	287.50	287.50
19	650–700	690	265.00	265.00
57	750–800	798	272.00–275.00	274.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	331	377.50–405.00	384.62
33	350–400	372	342.50–372.50	359.95
48	400–450	424	345.00–356.00	353.11
130	450–500	479	350.00–386.00	371.85
44	500–550	528	367.00–392.00	378.76
320	550–600	579	327.00–356.00	341.78
114	600–650	626	317.50–343.00	334.24
222	650–700	672	310.50–344.00	322.24
93	700–750	714	280.00–316.75	308.36
354	750–800	788	291.00–313.25	307.00
244	850–900	879	289.50–303.50	293.26
41	900–950	917	262.00	262.00
11	950–1000	979	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	464	420.00	420.00
25	500–550	507	404.00	404.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	664	275.00	275.00
12	800–850	800	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	410	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,358	140.00–154.00	145.98
12	—	1,399	113.00–136.00	125.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,258	112.00–136.00	122.87
4	—	1,144	98.00–101.00	99.76
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	137.50–140.00	138.75
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	169.00	169.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,588	151.00–167.00	156.33
8	—	1,569	125.00–145.00	135.68
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,191	158.00–199.00	169.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,273	152.00–194.00	168.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	203.50	203.50
123	—	1,541	210.00–218.50	215.36
4	—	1,479	205.50–206.00	205.88
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,139	187.50–203.50	200.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,353	195.00–209.00	204.19
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,441	205.00–209.00	207.52
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,601	207.75	207.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,146	200.00–224.00	213.84
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,175	202.00–227.00	215.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,272	201.00–208.00	206.25
5	—	1,249	194.50–200.00	198.81
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,397	202.00–216.00	211.46
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,409	207.00–208.00	207.63
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,083	210.00–229.50	213.38
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,038	170.00–210.00	193.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	112.00–135.00	123.61
5	—	1,668	147.00–180.00	161.44

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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