Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 110 priced lines covering 8,377 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,398 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,102 head.

Mon Feb 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,398Last week 13,754Year ago 15,368

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,102Last week 1,081Year ago 846

Compared to last week steers less than 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with 6 wts trading 20.00 higher. Steers over 800 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher and bull sold 10.00 higher. Demand was good to instances very good for some weights of steers and for replacement heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	525.00–575.00	542.50
3	400–450	415	537.50	537.50
37	450–500	472	465.00–510.00	497.14
58	500–550	531	450.00–497.50	467.37
95	550–600	584	429.00–463.00	447.51
56	600–650	620	390.00–433.00	421.04
65	650–700	679	360.00–407.50	391.02
44	700–750	732	380.00–385.00	380.66
25	750–800	778	330.00	330.00
8	800–850	814	297.50–327.50	308.94
5	850–900	875	330.00	330.00
3	900–950	923	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	338	680.00–700.00	685.73
28	350–400	377	620.00–650.00	635.44
70	400–450	419	550.00–605.00	587.50
86	450–500	478	510.00–550.00	529.93
197	500–550	524	485.00–540.00	507.96
359	550–600	579	455.00–505.00	477.37
699	600–650	622	420.00–475.00	453.16
731	650–700	678	404.50–450.00	424.47
528	700–750	718	380.50–423.50	403.61
443	750–800	770	359.50–399.75	382.37
335	800–850	814	349.00–374.25	362.90
380	850–900	867	340.00–370.75	358.57
60	900–950	909	334.00–334.75	334.70
11	950–1000	956	325.00	325.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,023	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	452	570.00	570.00
54	600–650	638	450.00	450.00
33	700–750	729	399.00	399.00
30	750–800	760	384.25	384.25
73	850–900	851	369.50	369.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	582	437.50	437.50
18	750–800	791	359.50	359.50
67	800–850	820	329.00–360.00	356.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	505.00	505.00
5	600–650	600	435.00	435.00
14	650–700	666	416.00	416.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
79	650–700	679	377.00–446.00	391.95
20	700–750	721	424.00	424.00
38	800–850	819	367.00–388.00	374.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	527	422.50	422.50
14	600–650	613	372.00–388.00	380.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	350–400	378	550.00–580.00	570.91
46	400–450	428	485.00–527.50	501.18
163	450–500	477	445.00–504.00	473.26
322	500–550	529	427.00–479.50	443.36
290	550–600	572	403.00–445.00	425.67
551	600–650	630	372.00–414.00	400.57
400	650–700	670	360.00–403.00	381.08
130	700–750	726	342.00–376.00	361.17
154	750–800	767	319.00–370.00	347.43
75	800–850	822	321.50–351.50	338.59
36	850–900	872	292.50–329.50	317.76
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,038	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	478.00	478.00
5	350–400	370	505.00	505.00
5	400–450	433	410.00	410.00
12	450–500	487	440.00–455.00	446.36
18	500–550	531	385.00–431.00	416.90
25	550–600	587	394.00–410.00	398.30
27	600–650	631	366.00–382.00	376.45
3	650–700	681	342.00	342.00
12	700–750	723	337.50	337.50
5	750–800	768	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	500	467.00	467.00
48	600–650	622	400.00–437.50	424.45
36	650–700	668	390.00	390.00
122	700–750	730	390.00–394.00	390.58
12	750–800	760	382.00	382.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	592	397.50	397.50
11	600–650	609	430.00	430.00
7	750–800	765	369.00	369.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	836	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,153	159.00–207.50	192.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	145.00–155.00	149.33
6	—	2,023	209.00–245.00	229.76
23	—	1,697	175.00–213.00	194.32
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,218	139.00–147.50	142.99
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	906	156.00–265.00	191.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,349	145.00–169.00	155.76
6	—	1,481	124.00–148.00	137.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,594	175.00–194.00	183.57
44	—	1,499	162.00–178.00	170.98
7	—	1,678	140.00–150.00	145.42
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	906	120.00–150.00	138.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,438	165.00–193.00	177.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,124	160.00–249.00	192.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,145	75.00–105.00	91.63
25	—	1,258	115.00–145.00	133.18
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,620	234.00–237.60	236.85
31	—	1,752	233.00–248.00	245.18
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	230.00–236.00	233.69
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,263	227.00–231.00	228.43
9	—	1,162	244.00–270.00	259.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,452	233.50–239.50	237.27
289	—	1,521	236.00–247.25	243.90
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,408	228.00–229.50	228.81
35	—	1,355	221.00–242.50	236.33
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,366	239.75	239.75
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,433	231.00–237.50	234.35
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,372	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	145.00–175.00	161.62
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,667	210.00–217.25	214.76
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,459	202.00–209.00	206.45
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	231.50	231.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,189	236.25–243.00	238.61
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,108	155.00–241.00	220.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	1,415	230.00–249.00	241.97
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,283	221.00–239.00	233.21

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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