Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 113 priced lines covering 11,904 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,862 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,150 head.

Mon Feb 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,862Last week 16,970Year ago 12,591

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,150Last week 151Year ago 0

Compared to last week steers 400-600 lbs were mostly steady to 5.00 lower, 600-750 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, and over 750 lbs mostly steady to 6.00 lower. Heifers 450-600 lbs sold uneven, 600-800 lbs steady to 8.00 higher, and over 800 lbs trended lower on a light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	340	535.00	535.00
3	400–450	446	498.00	498.00
7	450–500	496	450.00	450.00
98	500–550	527	410.00–488.00	472.49
80	550–600	581	405.00–467.50	436.86
160	600–650	625	400.00–447.00	432.75
56	650–700	675	365.00–415.00	405.50
35	700–750	739	370.00–382.00	376.69
21	750–800	780	350.00–365.00	360.75
31	800–850	843	320.00–355.50	346.17
5	950–1000	965	308.00	308.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,032	323.50	323.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	600.00	600.00
26	500–550	532	535.00	535.00
19	650–700	678	430.00	430.00
16	700–750	700	421.25	421.25
69	750–800	757	390.00	390.00
174	800–850	820	360.25–389.75	379.54
131	850–900	866	359.75–362.50	361.12
21	900–950	942	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	580.00	580.00
5	300–350	321	627.50	627.50
41	350–400	368	545.00–625.00	595.41
56	400–450	424	485.00–587.50	552.16
3	450–500	491	2,200.00	2,200.00
159	450–500	478	485.00–559.00	523.16
194	500–550	527	460.00–531.00	509.82
3	500–550	533	2,050.00	2,050.00
429	550–600	581	435.00–497.00	472.86
604	600–650	629	407.50–477.50	450.65
828	650–700	676	375.00–466.00	430.96
1,081	700–750	726	384.00–426.50	404.01
694	750–800	773	330.00–396.25	383.98
534	800–850	821	323.50–398.00	371.75
342	850–900	873	322.50–364.00	353.40
268	900–950	925	320.00–355.25	343.40
118	950–1000	972	307.50–330.00	321.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	483	467.50	467.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	485.00	485.00
7	350–400	377	510.00	510.00
12	400–450	422	440.00–502.50	486.37
37	450–500	476	440.00–480.00	457.02
85	500–550	532	412.50–445.00	426.63
72	550–600	584	383.00–409.00	402.19
45	600–650	638	358.00–393.00	377.44
40	650–700	678	337.50–375.00	350.25
12	700–750	737	322.50–343.00	339.53
12	950–1000	991	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
12	300–350	327	505.00–595.00	556.68
4	350–400	370	2,175.00	2,175.00
10	350–400	374	480.00–530.00	513.24
3	400–450	423	2,125.00	2,125.00
99	400–450	427	475.00–562.50	509.51
185	450–500	476	425.00–515.00	473.79
356	500–550	523	422.50–466.00	448.72
537	550–600	574	401.00–451.00	424.92
813	600–650	625	370.00–415.00	402.11
591	650–700	674	366.00–398.00	380.55
484	700–750	721	352.50–380.00	367.06
643	750–800	771	327.00–373.00	350.80
54	800–850	835	310.00–342.00	326.86
31	850–900	859	316.00–329.00	321.90
4	1000–1050	1,036	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	600.00	600.00
7	400–450	408	567.50	567.50
26	500–550	520	482.00–532.50	511.73
15	600–650	621	408.00	408.00
8	650–700	699	415.00	415.00
63	750–800	758	396.00–424.00	405.01
15	800–850	841	312.50	312.50
16	850–900	887	367.00	367.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	499	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	699	391.00	391.00
44	700–750	716	394.00	394.00
49	800–850	824	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
19	400–450	411	485.00–517.50	506.64
10	500–550	502	455.00	455.00
30	600–650	627	390.00–411.00	397.76
9	650–700	696	350.00–370.00	358.90
3	700–750	740	340.00	340.00
5	950–1000	965	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,126	236.00–293.00	271.25
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,326	240.75–241.00	240.89
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,342	233.50–234.00	233.56
40	—	1,304	229.00–240.00	235.80
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,628	234.00–239.50	235.85
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
209	—	1,390	238.00–246.50	241.99
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,064	190.00–240.00	223.31
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	235.00–260.00	248.27
1	—	1,345	234.00	234.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,786	224.00–244.50	236.78
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,391	230.00–239.75	235.96
1	—	1,320	235.00	235.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,360	236.00–243.50	241.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
263	—	1,514	238.00–246.00	241.51
69	—	1,466	239.00–244.50	241.43
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,184	225.00–253.00	242.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,530	130.00–147.00	136.21
38	—	1,356	144.00–165.00	153.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,347	166.00–197.00	180.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	145.00–151.00	148.04
47	—	1,530	160.00–176.00	166.99
24	—	1,586	174.00–228.00	188.43
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	894	120.00–165.00	141.03
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,177	150.00–250.00	183.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,203	115.00–152.00	136.36
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	918	185.00–300.00	236.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,816	164.00–219.00	194.08
13	—	2,003	213.00–247.00	232.00
1	—	1,825	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	190.00	190.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,723	212.00–222.00	215.33

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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