Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 123 priced lines covering 8,753 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,671 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,628 head.

Mon Apr 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,671Last week 4,025Year ago 8,373

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,628Last week 593Year ago 1,212

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 6.00 higher to sharply higher on a light test, 400-650 lbs mostly 6.00 to 13.00 lower, and over 650 lbs sold mixed. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold sharply lower on a light test, 450-600 lbs 3.00 to 9.00 lower, and over 600 lbs 2.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher, bulls 2.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,600	238.00–248.00	247.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
281	—	1,428	241.50–251.75	246.51
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,186	243.00–245.00	244.61
2	—	1,218	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,326	230.00–242.00	238.28
25	—	1,398	240.00–243.50	242.47
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	238.00–240.00	239.55
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,098	227.50–250.00	244.33
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,537	245.00–248.50	247.62
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,653	240.00–242.00	240.98
1	—	1,705	230.00	230.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,436	234.00–246.00	241.35
1	—	1,290	242.00	242.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,447	243.00–249.50	246.91
132	—	1,507	243.00–250.50	247.06
56	—	1,559	247.50–249.00	248.33
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,455	242.00–243.75	243.47
6	—	1,721	237.00–243.00	241.79
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,139	241.00–255.00	250.92
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,263	239.00–256.00	248.04
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,585	244.00–249.00	247.84
4	—	1,475	249.00–250.00	249.75
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,680	239.00–257.00	247.41
16	—	1,657	242.00–243.00	242.87
19	—	1,778	235.00–248.00	242.51
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,693	239.00–243.50	242.21
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,679	207.50–225.00	222.80
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,648	222.00–235.00	229.97
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,218	222.50–227.50	226.09
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	238.00	238.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,647	230.00–238.00	233.68
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,612	239.00–244.75	242.48
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	234.00	234.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	229.00	229.00
4	—	1,375	225.00–231.00	229.36
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,629	239.00–241.50	240.82
9	—	1,561	240.00–246.50	242.46
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,473	223.00–230.00	224.45
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,294	223.00–231.00	225.37
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,597	214.00–221.00	217.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,300	155.00–224.00	165.56
2	—	1,388	130.00–150.00	139.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,576	167.00–182.50	175.03
6	—	1,592	149.00–155.00	151.19
24	—	1,611	181.00–198.00	188.32
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	911	160.00–292.50	225.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,359	167.50–220.00	188.23
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	933	132.00–165.00	151.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,195	120.00–157.00	140.87
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,215	152.00–173.00	162.68
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,210	167.50–287.50	200.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,858	185.00–227.50	208.09
12	—	2,012	217.50–280.00	247.37
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	973	180.00–235.00	206.63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	495	530.00–537.50	533.20
41	500–550	532	450.00–505.00	483.46
36	550–600	589	447.00–460.00	455.78
32	600–650	618	395.00–431.00	420.17
20	650–700	687	406.50–423.00	414.99
14	700–750	723	370.00–372.00	371.31
34	750–800	778	340.00–370.00	349.44
16	800–850	846	348.50–355.00	350.54
23	850–900	880	348.00	348.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,072	301.50	301.50
11	1100–1150	1,110	290.50	290.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	650.00	650.00
9	350–400	389	642.50	642.50
13	400–450	441	580.00	580.00
55	450–500	478	529.00–573.00	546.96
71	500–550	527	490.00–532.50	524.19
27	550–600	564	441.00–483.00	468.36
30	650–700	655	410.00–450.00	441.50
21	700–750	717	378.00	378.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	298	680.00	680.00
32	300–350	327	655.00–700.00	670.75
52	350–400	384	625.00–690.00	658.27
98	400–450	423	592.50–631.00	617.65
169	450–500	474	502.50–582.50	558.37
359	500–550	526	490.00–555.00	524.34
362	550–600	576	467.00–504.00	481.14
265	600–650	621	425.00–479.00	453.75
264	650–700	666	411.00–468.25	444.09
306	700–750	728	376.00–428.00	405.56
427	750–800	773	349.50–400.00	385.34
713	800–850	826	357.25–388.00	378.28
257	850–900	881	340.50–378.00	366.35
278	900–950	912	329.50–359.00	349.98
107	950–1000	980	317.50–344.50	335.17
13	1050–1100	1,055	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	547	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	340	490.00	490.00
38	450–500	487	415.00–471.00	451.11
7	500–550	534	435.00–440.00	437.19
30	550–600	584	380.00–415.00	398.11
23	600–650	628	360.00–376.00	370.94
10	650–700	660	356.00	356.00
65	700–750	736	339.00–352.50	349.93
8	750–800	798	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	950–1000	964	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	347	515.00–545.00	521.41
39	350–400	381	482.50–568.00	528.45
68	400–450	423	490.00–553.00	524.39
334	450–500	472	462.50–517.00	494.61
218	500–550	533	425.00–483.50	454.88
290	550–600	573	394.00–440.00	424.11
407	600–650	622	387.50–441.00	415.58
318	650–700	667	371.00–435.00	407.41
264	700–750	719	356.00–391.00	377.83
407	750–800	772	329.00–368.00	353.68
79	800–850	825	320.00–348.00	333.20
229	850–900	862	316.00–339.00	333.05
76	900–950	912	301.50–326.75	324.82
17	950–1000	988	279.00–285.00	283.63
9	1000–1050	1,001	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	800–850	836	350.00	350.00
13	850–900	850	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	475.00	475.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	540.00–560.00	549.24
29	350–400	386	517.50–540.00	521.34
5	400–450	445	502.50	502.50
78	450–500	487	462.50–477.50	467.42
16	550–600	587	404.00–410.00	407.41
10	600–650	603	395.00	395.00

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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