Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 127 priced lines covering 15,808 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,473 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,146 head.

Mon Jan 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,473Last week 24,356Year ago 20,545

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,146Last week 1,494Year ago 749

Compared to last week steer less than 750 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 750 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers less than 500 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 500 to 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower and over 700 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher and bulls sold 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good throughout the week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	382	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	465	425.00–450.00	439.85
9	550–600	576	378.00	378.00
13	800–850	805	320.00	320.00
10	1050–1100	1,053	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	318	530.00–640.00	612.18
8	350–400	358	2,000.00	2,000.00
51	350–400	372	505.00–590.00	553.95
113	400–450	427	500.00–605.00	550.24
153	450–500	476	456.00–540.00	496.92
386	500–550	527	440.00–520.00	491.35
539	550–600	575	412.50–499.00	458.45
1,216	600–650	632	385.00–453.50	421.74
1,009	650–700	674	367.00–425.00	399.84
1,468	700–750	726	349.50–405.00	385.02
1,154	750–800	774	333.00–387.50	367.27
845	800–850	822	300.00–384.50	364.56
584	850–900	869	298.00–370.50	339.43
429	900–950	919	306.00–350.50	332.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	348	440.00–487.50	482.86
4	350–400	390	525.00	525.00
37	400–450	445	475.00–520.00	486.96
12	450–500	479	450.00–512.50	473.17
36	500–550	538	395.00–477.50	463.44
117	550–600	575	390.00–445.00	431.41
53	600–650	633	382.50–401.00	396.64
208	650–700	673	352.50–378.00	366.47
32	700–750	736	340.00–370.00	352.50
6	750–800	797	345.00	345.00
65	800–850	831	314.00–340.00	328.19
2	850–900	850	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
145	550–600	592	465.00–470.00	468.10
20	750–800	751	371.25	371.25
76	800–850	822	343.00–360.00	351.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	262	600.00	600.00
2	350–400	375	550.00	550.00
5	400–450	437	430.00–445.00	436.14
10	450–500	472	455.00–475.00	463.05
22	500–550	516	425.00–485.00	451.42
13	550–600	581	425.00–427.00	425.91
67	600–650	633	372.00–405.00	389.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	501.00	501.00
6	450–500	494	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	691	360.00–365.00	361.03
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	541	447.50	447.50
7	550–600	588	377.00	377.00
3	600–650	620	390.00	390.00
7	650–700	680	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	265	520.00	520.00
4	350–400	362	400.00	400.00
19	400–450	443	450.00	450.00
26	550–600	565	365.00–386.00	380.38
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	375.00	375.00
6	500–550	501	340.00	340.00
5	550–600	599	344.00	344.00
7	600–650	643	346.00	346.00
17	700–750	709	315.00–326.00	318.25
47	1050–1100	1,055	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	691	382.50	382.50
108	700–750	714	400.00–401.00	400.68
102	750–800	763	353.00–371.00	361.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	430	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	500.00	500.00
14	300–350	320	440.00–535.00	483.05
56	350–400	375	442.50–520.00	490.96
11	350–400	371	1,450.00–1,800.00	1,672.10
234	450–500	475	380.00–485.00	453.11
384	500–550	525	373.00–489.00	431.51
852	550–600	581	367.00–430.00	398.78
890	600–650	629	350.00–396.00	375.50
760	650–700	670	340.00–387.00	362.72
872	700–750	722	301.00–395.00	346.18
444	750–800	771	311.00–350.50	338.57
150	800–850	817	310.00–340.00	322.68
119	850–900	861	266.00–320.00	308.17
149	900–950	924	300.00–306.00	303.19
6	1000–1050	1,038	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	385	300.00–450.00	423.95
35	450–500	480	415.00–440.00	424.61
27	550–600	572	377.50–390.00	383.79
5	600–650	640	327.00	327.00
96	650–700	689	335.00–343.00	339.21
29	700–750	728	300.00–354.00	330.78
5	750–800	774	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	444	385.00–410.00	391.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
114	550–600	574	410.00–428.00	424.23
23	600–650	640	394.00	394.00
4	650–700	675	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	596	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	694	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	802	311.00	311.00
4	850–900	872	276.00	276.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,160	218.00–231.00	225.03
2	—	1,608	141.00–145.00	142.96
12	—	1,922	165.00–209.00	183.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,360	144.00–162.00	153.39
6	—	1,321	167.50–187.00	175.97
5	—	1,397	140.00–147.50	144.39
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,185	148.00–197.50	166.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,375	158.00–202.50	174.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,543	158.00–176.00	167.15
18	—	1,628	177.50–194.00	182.67
5	—	1,557	134.00–162.00	145.17
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	893	110.00–150.00	123.97
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	978	144.00–167.50	152.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,195	115.00–145.00	132.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,172	213.00–233.00	224.55
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,227	228.00	228.00
1	—	1,225	229.00	229.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,731	225.00–237.00	234.27
2	—	1,750	220.00–222.00	221.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,587	231.75	231.75
Steers — Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	215.00	215.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,396	223.50–232.00	228.58
291	—	1,500	230.00–240.00	234.97
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,441	211.00–229.50	224.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,630	207.00–215.00	210.45
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,518	220.00–222.00	221.35
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,038	167.50–187.50	178.66
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,435	190.00–206.00	201.38
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,614	218.00–236.00	233.04
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,333	215.00–217.00	215.95
32	—	1,311	214.00–230.00	225.83
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,243	187.50–218.00	203.81
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
312	—	1,401	221.00–240.00	234.57
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,145	224.00–294.00	253.57
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	222.50–230.00	225.86

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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