Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 105 priced lines covering 7,363 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,140 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,903 head.

Mon Dec 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,140Last week 13,816Year ago 7,855

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,903Last week 615Year ago 1,838

Compared to last week most weights of steers less than 650 lbs sold 20.00 higher, over 650 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers less than 650 lbs sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher and over 650 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher, slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and bulls steady. Demand was good for calves and feeders with moderate to good demand for slaughter cattle. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,286	214.00–219.00	217.17
82	—	1,300	210.00–227.50	217.52
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	211.00–231.00	220.37
4	—	1,264	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,455	213.50–218.50	215.53
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,376	224.25–227.00	226.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
399	—	1,407	218.00–234.00	226.95
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,117	180.00–222.00	212.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,345	115.00–142.00	133.55
43	—	1,372	143.00–160.00	151.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,594	135.00–150.00	142.96
37	—	1,607	172.50–188.00	178.64
42	—	1,512	151.00–170.00	162.37
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	973	171.00–245.00	211.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,363	158.00–193.00	171.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,164	144.00–227.50	172.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,213	110.00–143.00	131.08
12	—	1,062	70.00–105.00	88.49
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,197	110.00–136.00	129.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	950	118.00–136.00	127.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,419	210.00–226.50	217.45
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,377	225.50–226.85	226.49
12	—	1,548	223.50–227.00	225.85
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,466	224.00–226.35	225.63
353	—	1,510	219.00–233.50	227.36
13	—	1,545	224.25–226.00	225.58
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,806	195.00–225.00	211.10
6	—	1,683	220.50–226.00	225.07
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,431	227.10	227.10
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,119	185.00–227.00	216.51
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,229	215.00–234.00	220.60
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,738	210.00–212.50	211.85
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,220	206.00–216.00	210.90
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	198.00	198.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,606	189.50–205.00	196.80
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,670	203.00–213.00	208.41
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,634	198.00–213.00	210.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,018	195.00–199.00	197.07
33	—	1,866	154.00–195.00	176.69
6	—	1,821	140.00–152.00	147.84
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	180.00	180.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,012	282.50–287.50	285.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	322	500.00–552.50	510.71
11	350–400	376	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,635.81
53	350–400	388	400.00–470.00	453.11
44	400–450	419	407.50–466.00	434.88
89	450–500	475	376.00–441.00	412.75
283	500–550	529	385.00–429.00	415.15
304	550–600	574	376.00–412.00	398.05
370	600–650	628	342.50–393.50	368.52
472	650–700	676	329.00–381.00	351.86
264	700–750	721	315.00–342.00	334.70
158	750–800	773	317.00–348.00	330.82
74	800–850	813	307.00–325.00	318.87
4	850–900	863	316.50	316.50
4	900–950	935	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	375.00	375.00
7	550–600	596	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	600–650	617	405.50	405.50
37	700–750	707	356.00	356.00
12	750–800	789	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	439	417.00–428.00	421.78
9	450–500	484	370.00–417.50	385.57
7	500–550	525	325.00–352.00	340.73
51	550–600	570	317.50–365.00	340.56
35	600–650	637	332.50–343.00	338.13
36	650–700	684	252.50–329.00	313.21
7	700–750	723	300.00–305.00	302.11
4	900–950	917	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	405	482.00	482.00
68	500–550	524	418.00–479.00	443.71
26	550–600	570	385.00–431.00	405.67
48	600–650	635	378.00	378.00
15	650–700	673	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	314	555.00–564.00	558.92
4	350–400	370	1,625.00	1,625.00
7	350–400	395	545.00	545.00
130	400–450	434	427.50–532.50	492.64
30	450–500	474	465.00–485.00	477.27
166	500–550	525	430.00–516.00	470.91
205	550–600	571	417.00–465.00	445.41
372	600–650	624	397.00–439.00	421.46
302	650–700	678	373.00–426.00	393.92
532	700–750	721	337.00–398.00	371.44
416	750–800	773	334.00–386.00	359.53
175	800–850	818	320.00–360.00	345.59
143	850–900	881	315.00–350.00	337.53
57	900–950	918	334.50–340.50	336.40
22	950–1000	971	319.00–328.50	323.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	510	530.00	530.00
28	550–600	564	457.00	457.00
47	650–700	658	413.00	413.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	512.50	512.50
5	350–400	365	451.00	451.00
52	400–450	437	390.00–465.00	446.39
21	450–500	479	410.00–460.00	441.17
72	500–550	532	355.00–465.00	443.78
101	550–600	584	350.00–420.00	402.37
16	600–650	631	360.00–375.00	365.88
121	650–700	676	349.00–372.00	361.76
6	700–750	748	349.00	349.00
56	750–800	777	315.00–330.00	320.64
4	850–900	875	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	604	395.00	395.00
13	650–700	678	337.50	337.50

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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