Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 97 priced lines covering 10,461 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,644 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,049 head.

Mon Feb 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,644Last week 11,862Year ago 10,159

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,049Last week 1,150Year ago 1,198

Compared to last week steers under 400 lbs were lightly tested with lower undertones, 400-650 lbs sold mostly 7.00 to 14.00 higher, and over 650 lbs mostly 1.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifers under 450 lbs were lightly tested with mostly higher undertones, 450-600 lbs sold 6.00 to 17.00 higher, and over 600 lbs were mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	423	440.00–475.00	459.56
45	450–500	472	420.00–450.00	437.90
35	500–550	538	400.00–420.00	405.48
77	550–600	591	390.00–410.00	402.72
33	600–650	615	338.00–372.50	355.36
29	650–700	684	350.00–377.50	358.46
57	700–750	726	330.00–360.00	346.39
4	750–800	757	310.00	310.00
10	850–900	857	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	620.00	620.00
7	300–350	300	2,000.00	2,000.00
16	350–400	377	500.00–580.00	531.84
13	350–400	390	2,210.00	2,210.00
17	400–450	431	476.00–520.00	503.60
4	400–450	431	2,035.00	2,035.00
83	450–500	473	430.00–525.00	487.38
61	500–550	510	428.00–502.50	465.18
280	550–600	576	390.00–502.50	430.16
393	600–650	628	335.00–417.00	397.82
476	650–700	673	352.00–396.00	378.01
491	700–750	721	349.00–385.00	365.13
648	750–800	777	327.75–385.00	346.50
163	800–850	823	311.00–336.50	329.56
229	850–900	878	307.00–325.00	321.81
98	900–950	913	294.00–319.00	310.50
5	950–1000	987	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	452	570.00	570.00
16	500–550	534	440.00	440.00
37	600–650	611	407.50–415.00	412.29
96	650–700	686	386.00–431.00	403.65
40	700–750	727	397.50–430.00	419.39
173	750–800	764	360.00–389.00	379.70
20	800–850	811	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	700–750	728	401.00	401.00
62	750–800	768	367.50–386.00	376.61
25	800–850	820	328.50	328.50
14	850–900	894	326.00	326.00
30	900–950	919	322.00–326.00	324.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	422.50	422.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1050–1100	1,093	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	485.00	485.00
15	450–500	460	450.00–505.00	488.42
30	500–550	536	470.00–480.00	471.36
103	550–600	582	443.00–470.00	456.07
130	600–650	637	397.50–431.50	417.46
44	650–700	681	374.00–415.00	401.18
15	700–750	735	357.00–385.00	377.65
19	800–850	814	327.50–351.00	343.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	342	500.00–575.00	547.84
21	350–400	381	542.00–612.50	587.23
7	350–400	378	2,125.00–2,175.00	2,153.57
21	400–450	434	537.50–595.00	559.95
99	450–500	473	500.00–580.00	534.08
147	500–550	531	459.00–535.00	506.17
231	550–600	580	475.00–515.00	484.88
372	600–650	622	424.00–492.50	464.80
355	650–700	677	380.00–444.00	423.73
800	700–750	724	370.00–424.50	402.18
742	750–800	774	348.00–394.00	381.94
985	800–850	829	325.50–383.50	367.48
748	850–900	874	318.00–370.75	351.48
509	900–950	913	314.00–359.00	342.97
67	950–1000	985	331.50–334.50	331.80
23	1000–1050	1,010	298.00–306.50	304.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	490	525.00	525.00
84	750–800	765	397.00–398.25	397.91
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	1000–1050	1,024	328.50	328.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	874	338.00	338.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	459	500.00	500.00
8	550–600	566	500.00	500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	1,403	240.00–251.00	247.70
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	945	242.50–260.00	252.24
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,381	230.00–240.00	233.65
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,509	252.00–254.50	253.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,936	221.00–258.00	235.62
17	—	1,766	165.00–220.00	198.55
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,635	211.00–223.00	214.48
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,357	150.00–177.50	165.85
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,560	183.00–208.00	199.31
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,375	181.00	181.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,364	165.00–228.00	185.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,531	175.00–200.00	187.08
35	—	1,550	160.00–179.00	170.46
7	—	1,662	144.00–160.00	151.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,858	125.00–135.00	129.00
37	—	1,320	146.50–166.00	157.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,241	123.00–147.50	135.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	881	215.00–290.00	249.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,195	156.00–265.00	192.09
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	931	125.00–159.00	136.32
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,783	222.00–251.00	243.07
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,188	200.00–287.50	242.02
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,259	241.00–261.25	247.50
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,630	251.50–252.00	251.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	1,454	240.00–250.00	245.58
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,344	230.00–243.50	239.11
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,506	234.00–243.50	239.98

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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