Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 131 priced lines covering 15,021 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,276 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,213 head.

Mon Dec 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,276Last week 4,020Year ago 18,820

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,213Last week 592Year ago 1,700

Compared to last week's light test of the market, this week saw steers selling 30.00 to 50.00 higher and heifers sold 20.00 to 40.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 9.00 to 13.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher and bull sold 20.00 higher. Demand was good to very good throughout the week for all weights and classes of livestock.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	420.00–460.00	433.44
13	350–400	381	432.50–480.00	459.72
24	400–450	433	400.00–510.00	451.01
74	450–500	482	400.00–484.00	446.00
42	500–550	530	390.00–435.00	402.55
98	550–600	581	325.00–411.00	388.52
61	600–650	620	320.00–374.00	347.95
46	650–700	675	332.50–360.00	352.31
46	700–750	725	320.00–345.00	334.68
21	750–800	781	326.00–327.00	326.52
4	800–850	842	285.00	285.00
9	900–950	916	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	342	525.00	525.00
26	350–400	362	550.00–560.00	554.24
4	350–400	355	1,300.00	1,300.00
66	400–450	425	450.00–547.00	512.49
203	450–500	472	440.00–535.00	483.40
435	500–550	527	427.00–485.00	457.88
536	550–600	572	382.00–460.00	426.42
944	600–650	625	374.00–421.00	396.95
1,053	650–700	675	350.00–399.00	382.40
1,057	700–750	727	340.00–382.00	365.97
947	750–800	772	320.00–374.50	355.37
541	800–850	831	318.50–358.50	343.62
340	850–900	878	295.00–347.00	333.35
65	900–950	906	303.00–341.00	338.63
477	950–1000	980	289.00–333.50	327.48
98	1050–1100	1,076	304.75–312.00	308.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	382	460.00	460.00
9	400–450	441	456.00	456.00
44	450–500	477	450.00–511.00	475.34
39	500–550	542	402.00–434.00	416.14
131	550–600	569	411.50–450.00	423.02
72	600–650	628	370.00–403.50	380.61
131	650–700	676	349.00–379.50	361.71
56	700–750	718	340.75–349.00	344.30
18	750–800	759	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
137	600–650	623	400.00–430.00	417.82
203	650–700	667	374.50–399.75	385.97
68	750–800	765	368.50	368.50
94	800–850	813	344.50–348.25	346.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	341	410.00	410.00
12	550–600	586	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	450–500	459	427.00	427.00
34	500–550	524	425.00	425.00
13	550–600	565	432.50	432.50
129	600–650	613	350.00–366.00	357.21
42	700–750	729	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
7	250–300	250	1,150.00	1,150.00
20	300–350	322	410.00–522.00	454.76
50	350–400	388	365.00–466.00	437.68
133	400–450	423	387.50–472.50	423.51
220	450–500	477	355.00–440.00	403.79
530	500–550	528	350.00–425.00	388.89
3	550–600	591	1,450.00	1,450.00
660	550–600	573	325.00–415.00	371.56
713	600–650	623	327.00–385.00	357.36
774	650–700	675	310.00–375.00	341.46
505	700–750	725	301.00–356.00	336.81
165	750–800	773	272.50–325.00	318.20
47	800–850	819	275.00–310.00	298.71
279	850–900	876	306.75–325.00	311.46
5	900–950	924	257.00	257.00
5	1100–1150	1,120	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	553	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	316	394.00–452.50	406.20
4	350–400	375	395.00	395.00
10	400–450	419	330.00–417.50	375.67
62	450–500	484	300.00–390.00	361.88
122	500–550	526	315.00–385.00	361.43
63	550–600	584	301.00–367.50	349.75
168	600–650	637	290.00–348.00	336.15
54	650–700	674	275.00–335.00	312.61
11	700–750	742	285.00–305.00	288.05
56	750–800	773	284.50–310.00	286.04
12	850–900	860	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	511	416.00	416.00
41	550–600	574	385.00	385.00
41	600–650	646	361.00	361.00
68	650–700	662	362.00–373.00	369.08
39	700–750	711	333.00–358.00	344.68
61	750–800	771	331.00–343.00	338.42
37	800–850	829	325.00	325.00
24	850–900	881	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,030	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	430.00	430.00
21	350–400	371	445.00	445.00
18	400–450	428	380.00–413.00	403.53
16	450–500	461	352.50–367.00	357.22
37	500–550	523	340.00–392.00	367.24
43	550–600	581	361.00–368.00	365.04
83	600–650	619	320.00–357.00	344.45
27	650–700	656	341.00	341.00
6	700–750	709	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	532	330.00–356.00	337.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	483	435.00	435.00
6	650–700	685	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
11	600–650	621	342.00	342.00
8	700–750	710	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,853	210.00–221.00	215.87
16	—	1,776	150.00–200.00	180.53
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,130	147.50–172.50	163.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,377	161.00–194.50	174.10
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,143	154.00–210.00	175.74
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	919	145.00–197.50	170.15
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	882	117.50–150.00	129.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,456	150.00–192.00	168.39
3	—	1,520	139.00–142.00	140.27
27	—	1,639	174.00–193.00	181.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,185	110.00–145.00	129.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,347	122.50–142.50	134.24
31	—	1,339	139.50–161.00	150.53
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,518	212.00–223.00	220.77
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,418	187.00–210.00	200.24
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,618	207.00–210.00	209.70
13	—	1,755	199.00–229.00	220.18
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,155	203.00–226.00	212.34
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,303	208.00–224.50	215.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,422	206.50–208.00	207.15
16	—	1,547	212.50–213.00	212.91
346	—	1,517	220.00–228.50	224.81
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,343	210.00–220.50	216.32
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,428	207.00–210.25	209.67
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,473	197.00–208.00	205.86
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,609	210.00–217.00	213.59
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,167	208.00–231.00	212.95
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,277	210.00–220.00	215.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	1,390	207.50–229.25	224.40
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,414	208.00–213.00	211.85
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,089	203.00–218.00	210.30

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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