Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 163 priced lines covering 12,035 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,816 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 615 head.

Mon Dec 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,816Last week 16,276Year ago 14,852

Slaughter CattleReceipts 615Last week 1,213Year ago 1,669

Compared to last week steers less than 600 lbs and over 800 lbs sold unevenly steady with all other weights of steers trending 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers less than 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher and over 600 lbs sold steady. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher with not enough slaughter cows and bulls for a comparison. Demand was mostly good throughout the week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	287	1,400.00	1,400.00
2	250–300	292	515.00	515.00
25	300–350	325	480.00–530.00	520.11
73	350–400	376	451.00–565.00	521.29
85	400–450	422	442.50–565.00	507.67
279	450–500	479	380.00–522.50	472.99
492	500–550	522	400.00–490.00	450.11
806	550–600	576	374.00–463.00	425.69
747	600–650	625	360.00–434.50	403.05
858	650–700	666	355.00–415.00	386.28
526	700–750	717	338.00–407.00	373.51
397	750–800	769	325.00–386.00	353.85
294	800–850	828	330.75–359.00	346.06
122	850–900	874	310.00–344.00	332.64
502	900–950	936	313.00–338.75	329.52
9	1000–1050	1,011	266.00	266.00
50	1050–1100	1,078	309.50	309.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
6	600–650	611	352.00	352.00
2	650–700	673	320.00–327.00	323.54
11	750–800	788	301.00–306.00	301.87
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	711	359.00	359.00
2	850–900	882	272.50	272.50
23	1000–1050	1,012	291.00–294.00	291.92
30	1050–1100	1,071	291.50–316.50	311.39
12	1100–1150	1,135	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	373	460.00–515.00	498.28
17	400–450	435	440.00–507.50	481.01
19	450–500	466	421.00–495.00	480.06
70	500–550	523	415.00–448.00	440.74
39	550–600	575	414.00–446.00	435.81
137	600–650	630	374.00–410.00	395.67
126	650–700	670	330.00–389.50	363.28
85	700–750	714	331.00–375.00	360.30
48	750–800	780	305.00–356.00	323.43
3	800–850	800	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	417.00	417.00
7	450–500	497	410.00	410.00
5	500–550	539	362.50	362.50
3	600–650	613	350.00	350.00
6	700–750	726	277.00	277.00
4	750–800	792	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	400	545.00–577.50	568.64
27	450–500	472	486.00	486.00
15	500–550	511	505.00	505.00
46	550–600	587	430.00–442.50	432.57
54	600–650	617	388.00–423.00	411.50
108	650–700	668	388.00–406.00	396.47
12	700–750	746	370.00	370.00
75	750–800	752	378.25	378.25
109	900–950	931	351.25	351.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	307	500.00	500.00
18	350–400	354	425.00–453.00	449.37
26	400–450	443	410.00–511.00	459.40
27	450–500	471	390.00–472.50	425.91
80	500–550	539	385.00–437.50	423.07
15	550–600	578	385.00–400.00	391.49
28	600–650	634	350.00–387.50	369.28
27	650–700	678	345.00–367.50	355.80
31	700–750	732	310.00–365.00	341.12
13	750–800	769	310.00–327.50	315.25
11	850–900	895	300.00	300.00
3	900–950	900	322.00	322.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	252.50	252.50
13	500–550	511	374.00	374.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	757	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	750–800	766	346.50	346.50
7	800–850	846	319.00	319.00
6	850–900	876	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	427	500.00	500.00
15	450–500	486	450.00	450.00
14	500–550	536	365.00–387.50	379.31
4	550–600	577	345.00–355.00	352.44
18	600–650	628	336.00–350.00	344.54
3	800–850	803	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	683	276.00–311.00	303.37
4	700–750	718	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	780	205.00	205.00
10	800–850	849	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	507	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	545	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	445.00	445.00
8	300–350	337	403.00–430.00	411.64
13	350–400	382	345.00–380.00	352.56
53	400–450	430	365.00–435.00	395.90
29	450–500	483	350.00–420.00	400.80
20	500–550	540	350.00–396.00	380.81
112	550–600	576	304.00–382.50	354.15
68	600–650	627	309.00–350.00	322.04
37	650–700	680	285.00–332.50	316.69
15	700–750	708	285.00–301.00	288.16
9	750–800	791	303.50	303.50
5	1050–1100	1,094	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	249	465.00	465.00
14	250–300	276	1,300.00–1,410.00	1,377.60
4	300–350	318	435.00–500.00	470.20
6	350–400	358	1,480.00–1,575.00	1,528.16
48	350–400	380	377.00–480.00	439.70
171	400–450	420	400.00–475.00	438.21
262	450–500	477	335.00–450.00	411.98
10	500–550	528	1,325.00	1,325.00
512	500–550	528	351.00–445.00	394.93
614	550–600	572	349.00–430.00	384.19
570	600–650	625	327.50–385.00	356.63
340	650–700	669	320.00–378.50	349.33
376	700–750	728	292.50–341.25	330.00
118	750–800	777	282.50–337.25	323.41
270	800–850	831	285.00–331.25	322.28
156	850–900	878	282.50–327.25	309.56
6	900–950	929	275.00	275.00
28	950–1000	975	251.00–297.50	275.42
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	519	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	826	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	410.00	410.00
3	550–600	550	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	320	545.00	545.00
6	350–400	352	470.00	470.00
53	450–500	484	420.00–447.50	426.94
50	500–550	516	388.00–446.00	412.83
26	550–600	552	411.25	411.25
14	600–650	632	345.00–373.00	352.76
9	650–700	663	370.00	370.00
30	700–750	723	337.00	337.00
54	750–800	774	360.00–385.00	378.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	236	1,125.00	1,125.00
1	250–300	260	510.00	510.00
18	300–350	335	400.00–455.00	413.83
9	350–400	383	390.00–455.00	440.12
24	400–450	427	400.00–437.50	421.45
78	450–500	487	346.00–414.00	398.20
49	500–550	522	365.00–387.00	375.40
59	550–600	569	331.00–375.00	358.16
52	600–650	614	334.00–361.00	347.74
69	650–700	682	304.00–349.00	330.74
40	700–750	714	279.00–329.00	317.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	876	334.50	334.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	523	342.50	342.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,077	220.00–258.00	234.18
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,316	223.00–225.25	224.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	198.00–202.00	200.17
4	—	1,325	220.00–222.00	221.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,378	222.50–228.85	226.59
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	211.00	211.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,395	131.00–136.00	133.38
11	—	1,369	143.00–154.50	149.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,180	116.00–141.50	129.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,362	163.00–175.00	171.45
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,196	158.00–210.00	179.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,597	158.00–165.00	160.88
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,787	215.00–224.85	219.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
248	—	1,503	224.00–228.50	226.31
14	—	1,520	224.25–224.75	224.60
23	—	1,397	222.00–226.00	223.71
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,284	210.00–223.75	215.43
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,149	210.00–216.50	214.22
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,278	226.00–228.50	227.43
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,338	223.75–224.00	223.79
5	—	1,543	225.25	225.25
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	171.00	171.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,034	161.00–184.00	177.81

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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