Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 114 priced lines covering 7,108 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,439 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 893 head.

Mon Mar 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,439Last week 8,498Year ago 9,943

Slaughter CattleReceipts 893Last week 788Year ago 1,405

Compared to last week most weights of steers sold unevenly steady except 9 weights sold 10.00 lower. Heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter steers sold steady and slaughter heifers sold 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher and bulls sold steady. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	473	427.50–440.00	432.82
30	500–550	530	400.00–445.00	416.92
36	550–600	583	325.00–385.00	372.56
25	600–650	625	315.00–368.00	348.56
10	650–700	671	325.00–350.00	337.24
19	700–750	719	295.00–322.50	311.85
8	800–850	834	310.00–312.00	311.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	515.00	515.00
20	350–400	372	464.00–545.00	500.45
24	400–450	423	455.00–465.00	459.99
40	450–500	466	425.00–500.00	457.59
67	500–550	520	387.50–490.00	431.48
96	550–600	568	396.00–430.00	414.82
238	600–650	626	352.00–427.50	381.35
110	650–700	678	341.00–392.50	372.06
153	700–750	725	331.00–350.00	340.80
204	750–800	784	307.00–330.00	325.47
245	800–850	835	301.00–321.50	318.93
91	850–900	882	285.00–341.00	311.39
47	900–950	927	280.00–302.00	293.00
3	1000–1050	1,047	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	498	460.00	460.00
8	500–550	506	455.00	455.00
35	600–650	629	405.50	405.50
13	650–700	657	376.00	376.00
82	700–750	723	350.00–435.50	399.83
21	750–800	770	391.00	391.00
17	800–850	837	335.00	335.00
25	850–900	892	381.00	381.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	688	350.00	350.00
18	700–750	744	348.00	348.00
88	750–800	767	333.50–381.75	368.17
64	800–850	827	375.00–385.00	379.96
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,041	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	305	565.00	565.00
10	350–400	374	515.00–525.00	518.05
5	450–500	458	450.00	450.00
7	550–600	560	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	621	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	889	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	650–700	668	440.00	440.00
36	700–750	716	399.00	399.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	490.00–540.00	514.72
10	500–550	543	401.00–445.00	422.92
28	550–600	583	410.00–441.00	429.03
23	650–700	675	380.00–400.00	394.85
45	700–750	723	365.00–370.00	365.93
25	750–800	780	340.00–352.00	346.42
7	800–850	820	320.00	320.00
3	900–950	920	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	434	517.50–542.00	527.88
32	450–500	464	470.00–542.50	519.14
76	500–550	526	454.00–525.00	499.47
161	550–600	582	412.00–485.00	458.98
209	600–650	623	400.00–469.00	447.55
181	650–700	671	374.00–445.00	411.47
283	700–750	721	360.00–412.50	389.99
580	750–800	788	355.00–383.50	374.89
469	800–850	833	331.00–368.00	347.73
1,341	850–900	881	322.50–365.50	350.53
380	900–950	923	300.00–337.50	328.87
137	950–1000	967	304.00–321.75	319.58
8	1000–1050	1,013	294.50	294.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	615.00	615.00
10	350–400	387	601.00	601.00
20	400–450	435	502.50–514.00	508.08
9	500–550	532	435.00	435.00
6	600–650	620	392.50	392.50
6	650–700	668	401.00	401.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	950–1000	989	320.75	320.75
51	1000–1050	1,000	319.00	319.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	525	417.50	417.50
4	750–800	760	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	518	385.00–398.00	393.08
12	550–600	574	387.50–460.00	435.16
5	600–650	611	360.00	360.00
12	700–750	732	340.50	340.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,200	125.00–152.50	138.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,410	145.00–167.00	156.27
1	—	1,615	140.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	900	110.00–150.00	131.61
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	884	182.50–310.00	244.90
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,188	155.00–247.50	186.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,637	141.00–155.00	149.76
13	—	1,648	175.00–187.00	182.44
38	—	1,598	165.00–177.50	171.92
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	140.00–152.00	146.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,405	169.00–190.00	179.88
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,504	227.50–230.50	228.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,421	224.50–249.00	238.06
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,277	226.00–239.50	236.27
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,073	204.00–241.00	222.39
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	220.00	220.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,428	230.00–240.50	236.52
1	—	1,380	197.00	197.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	210.00–220.00	214.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,687	230.00	230.00
9	—	1,398	225.00–233.00	229.02
123	—	1,511	236.00–249.00	243.88
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,809	240.00–250.00	244.24
2	—	1,597	228.75	228.75
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,626	250.00–252.00	250.73
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,142	246.50–252.00	248.33
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,248	222.50–243.50	238.29
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,482	228.75–234.00	231.37
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	226.00–227.50	226.75
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,591	201.00–210.50	208.19
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,671	215.00–227.00	218.01
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,591	231.00–241.50	234.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,994	166.00–215.00	192.73
6	—	2,098	217.00–257.00	232.08
1	—	1,285	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	235.00	235.00

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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