Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 115 priced lines covering 7,215 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,289 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,382 head.

Mon Mar 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,289Last week 4,303Year ago 8,577

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,382Last week 651Year ago 1,111

For the week steers less than 750 lbs sold unevenly steady, over 750 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 lower except a flat 9 weight sold steady. Heifers less than 700 lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter steers sold 2.00 lower and heifer sold 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher and bull steady. Demand was moderate to good. This time of year a wide variety of kind and type comes through the auction as some cattlemen are cleaning the pens before they start field work. This week saw bawling and weaned fall calves and yearling feeders with a large weight spreads and different frame and muscle scores

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	473	502.00	502.00
3	550–600	573	452.50	452.50
15	600–650	620	375.00–446.00	432.24
3	700–750	707	360.00	360.00
26	750–800	756	340.00–376.00	361.72
3	950–1000	980	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	856	330.00	330.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	1000–1050	1,026	304.00–318.25	316.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	610.00	610.00
4	300–350	325	550.00–600.00	588.28
52	350–400	373	575.00–612.50	599.26
79	400–450	430	525.00–595.00	572.93
90	450–500	474	520.00–582.50	541.84
180	500–550	533	470.00–540.00	500.82
196	550–600	575	450.00–537.50	478.10
340	600–650	618	429.00–480.00	453.59
350	650–700	679	385.00–447.00	418.45
200	700–750	722	369.00–418.00	398.27
348	750–800	771	360.00–390.50	374.54
382	800–850	824	342.50–376.50	365.49
539	850–900	864	337.75–356.25	350.47
564	900–950	926	317.00–350.50	341.93
49	950–1000	973	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	326	620.00	620.00
12	350–400	382	530.00–550.00	534.59
4	450–500	475	457.50	457.50
9	550–600	584	467.00	467.00
3	750–800	756	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	703	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	233	610.00	610.00
5	250–300	279	585.00–620.00	605.19
24	300–350	336	507.50–595.00	567.17
28	350–400	368	507.50–592.50	551.22
70	400–450	428	457.50–526.00	502.20
97	450–500	481	455.00–500.00	483.37
119	500–550	526	410.00–462.50	440.11
323	550–600	572	350.00–450.00	422.61
151	600–650	628	354.00–413.00	387.42
252	650–700	673	355.00–398.00	371.29
463	700–750	722	310.00–375.00	360.12
361	750–800	779	288.00–360.00	342.11
134	800–850	831	295.00–355.25	333.01
91	850–900	872	320.00–330.00	322.41
48	900–950	934	302.00–309.00	306.14
31	950–1000	953	291.50	291.50
10	1050–1100	1,053	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	261	640.00	640.00
14	300–350	344	540.00	540.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1200–1250	1,208	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	527.00	527.00
23	350–400	379	460.00–533.00	516.14
5	400–450	425	465.00	465.00
16	450–500	480	420.00–460.00	442.07
12	500–550	514	401.00–424.00	408.51
26	550–600	583	381.00–403.00	387.66
6	600–650	603	365.00	365.00
7	700–750	726	349.00	349.00
8	750–800	759	330.00	330.00
28	900–950	937	275.00–286.00	282.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	376	570.00	570.00
3	450–500	486	466.00	466.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	357	530.00	530.00
6	400–450	410	475.00	475.00
8	450–500	484	457.50	457.50
6	550–600	554	405.00	405.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,436	130.00–150.00	144.23
31	—	1,334	155.00–172.50	161.19
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,058	22.50–247.50	158.61
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	895	122.50–165.00	144.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,352	166.00–219.00	183.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	157.00–157.50	157.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,191	120.00–155.00	142.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,497	140.00–159.00	149.28
12	—	1,502	182.00–198.00	186.68
45	—	1,531	163.00–182.50	171.40
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,209	160.00–250.00	193.38
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,262	221.00–233.00	231.61
35	—	1,334	230.00–239.00	236.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
335	—	1,418	226.00–244.00	236.81
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,653	225.00–231.00	227.40
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,896	190.00–239.00	208.07
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,305	236.00–241.75	237.11
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,107	220.00–240.00	225.17
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,457	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,133	190.00–230.00	212.21
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	238.00	238.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,565	231.00–233.75	233.04
64	—	1,418	225.50–239.50	234.73
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,544	234.50–240.00	235.95
78	—	1,419	228.00–241.50	234.17
98	—	1,533	239.00–244.50	241.08
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,665	231.50–242.00	238.00
9	—	1,676	231.50	231.50
21	—	1,747	223.00–242.25	238.07
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,310	226.00	226.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,684	240.00–242.25	240.86
6	—	1,484	237.00	237.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	242.00	242.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,641	233.75	233.75
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,628	241.00	241.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,275	225.00–237.00	232.96
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	167.50–262.50	209.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,862	180.00–212.50	202.49
14	—	2,025	217.00–284.00	242.01
2	—	1,775	100.00–165.00	129.20
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,630	220.00–230.00	226.40
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,335	205.00–220.00	212.68
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,395	207.00–220.00	216.81
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,630	206.00–219.00	214.20
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,305	218.00	218.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,690	235.00–239.00	237.36
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,632	213.00–221.00	215.32
3	—	1,598	226.00	226.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,493	208.00–209.00	208.72
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,380	235.00–238.00	236.09

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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