Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 99 priced lines covering 8,347 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,498 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 788 head.

Mon Mar 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,498Last week 10,644Year ago 5,716

Slaughter CattleReceipts 788Last week 1,049Year ago 575

Compared to last week steers less than 500 lbs sold 12.00 to 14.00 lower, 500 to 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower and over 800 lbs sold steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers less than 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher over 700 lbs sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower with lean cows 1.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	1,850.00	1,850.00
13	300–350	334	445.00–555.00	508.01
20	350–400	377	460.00–590.00	552.27
100	400–450	436	445.00–515.00	491.35
93	450–500	483	435.00–490.00	461.79
245	500–550	525	400.00–466.00	438.82
391	550–600	576	395.00–479.00	413.27
298	600–650	629	360.00–420.00	398.01
442	650–700	665	350.00–393.00	377.76
179	700–750	732	336.00–376.00	354.04
233	750–800	768	325.00–373.00	344.46
122	800–850	830	317.00–336.00	326.99
44	850–900	859	309.00–323.00	312.12
40	900–950	906	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	408	2,225.00	2,225.00
6	450–500	465	482.50	482.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	600–650	649	420.00	420.00
26	700–750	719	370.00–422.00	401.12
63	750–800	772	385.00–440.00	416.40
50	800–850	830	358.00–374.00	368.45
53	850–900	882	342.00–427.00	385.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	486	405.00–432.50	429.57
21	500–550	536	310.00–410.00	397.50
56	550–600	581	317.50–399.00	385.81
100	600–650	626	330.00–380.00	368.98
45	650–700	680	322.50–357.00	339.80
19	700–750	706	310.00–329.00	318.62
13	750–800	784	338.00–350.00	345.38
83	800–850	823	332.00–332.75	332.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	455	490.00–505.00	501.46
12	600–650	609	424.00	424.00
76	700–750	735	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	637.00	637.00
6	300–350	319	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,124.76
9	350–400	367	2,125.00	2,125.00
53	350–400	372	530.00–615.00	582.60
41	400–450	422	540.00–582.50	564.84
122	450–500	480	478.00–565.00	512.55
231	500–550	529	467.00–516.00	494.88
368	550–600	572	432.50–500.00	471.67
485	600–650	630	415.00–470.50	450.74
468	650–700	680	395.00–449.00	420.79
414	700–750	724	370.00–433.00	398.00
368	750–800	771	354.00–385.00	371.65
825	800–850	819	344.00–372.50	364.15
494	850–900	876	325.00–366.25	351.32
291	900–950	910	316.00–347.00	338.68
91	950–1000	982	295.00–313.50	309.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	540.00	540.00
6	450–500	490	505.00	505.00
10	550–600	563	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	374	445.00–502.00	483.57
5	400–450	424	492.50	492.50
20	450–500	473	450.00–510.00	481.68
34	500–550	528	382.50–450.00	426.78
66	550–600	571	382.50–440.00	417.36
26	600–650	623	390.00–431.00	416.33
92	650–700	677	363.00–408.00	395.38
19	700–750	717	295.00–381.00	356.94
4	800–850	812	339.00	339.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	1000–1050	1,005	307.25–320.25	318.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	571	445.00	445.00
6	700–750	720	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,190	195.00–285.00	239.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,334	239.00	239.00
112	—	1,488	240.00–249.00	242.58
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,636	250.00–252.50	250.58
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,747	231.00–237.00	234.69
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,341	235.50–245.50	240.10
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	212.50–257.00	236.23
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,725	254.00	254.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,421	230.00–239.50	237.25
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,688	238.00–239.50	238.73
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	223.00–226.00	224.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,555	131.00–155.00	144.85
6	—	2,016	216.00–232.00	224.00
31	—	1,737	167.00–213.00	195.76
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	180.00–223.00	201.71
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,147	215.00–260.00	232.88
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,545	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,396	240.00–249.50	243.47
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,436	238.25–238.75	238.71
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,374	230.00–240.50	236.63
13	—	1,326	231.50–233.00	232.16
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,159	175.00–240.00	219.00
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,560	250.00	250.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,611	153.00–177.00	166.66
6	—	1,596	139.00–153.00	144.50
5	—	1,444	179.00–186.00	183.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,368	147.00–161.00	153.97
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	959	170.00–295.00	235.10
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	899	115.00–157.50	141.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,249	120.00–147.50	136.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,190	136.00–145.00	139.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,419	164.00–220.00	180.27
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,179	157.00–262.50	188.20
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,551	214.00–225.00	218.70
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,026	203.00–214.00	209.30
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,644	200.00–208.25	205.28

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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