Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 156 priced lines covering 6,619 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,207 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,194 head.

Mon Apr 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,207Last week 8,671Year ago 6,084

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,194Last week 1,628Year ago 887

Compared to last week calves and feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and bulls sold 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good throughout the week. Quite a few bawling and weaned fall calves hitting the market this week, some with precondition shots. The calf and feeder market held pretty well throughout the week as the CME cattle boards traded in the red several days.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	200–250	213	1,600.00	1,600.00
12	300–350	303	475.00	475.00
7	350–400	399	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	407	350.00	350.00
16	500–550	530	325.00–330.00	327.24
10	600–650	628	315.00–320.00	316.47
18	650–700	674	310.00–315.00	311.98
22	700–750	705	309.00	309.00
8	900–950	906	285.00	285.00
31	950–1000	995	268.00	268.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	336	340.00–360.00	355.43
3	350–400	370	310.00	310.00
12	400–450	415	290.00–320.00	310.05
25	450–500	467	280.00–300.00	291.95
34	500–550	528	265.00–295.00	286.29
5	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	594	310.00	310.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	260.00	260.00
19	450–500	485	260.00	260.00
3	550–600	560	250.00	250.00
4	1100–1150	1,130	205.00	205.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
21	200–250	241	260.00	260.00
9	250–300	253	200.00	200.00
5	550–600	553	200.00	200.00
6	750–800	756	185.00	185.00
9	800–850	817	187.50	187.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	597	275.00	275.00
3	1150–1200	1,163	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	755.00	755.00
8	350–400	375	700.00	700.00
48	400–450	430	530.00–640.00	625.42
28	450–500	470	572.50–597.50	583.57
146	500–550	538	468.00–534.00	509.40
21	550–600	576	431.00–502.50	479.32
17	600–650	625	410.00–442.00	436.55
11	700–750	714	411.00	411.00
3	750–800	791	362.00	362.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,060	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	440	617.50	617.50
4	500–550	517	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	332	590.00–717.00	677.32
13	350–400	371	585.00–690.00	626.39
50	400–450	432	540.00–642.50	596.25
149	450–500	472	530.00–600.00	564.79
147	500–550	528	477.50–565.00	519.70
269	550–600	559	471.00–520.00	502.84
441	600–650	633	416.00–476.00	451.95
228	650–700	675	375.00–458.00	426.29
43	700–750	720	350.00–427.00	390.95
285	750–800	778	370.00–406.00	391.07
108	800–850	832	362.00–383.50	374.47
58	850–900	881	340.00–365.00	353.41
244	900–950	919	336.00–358.75	351.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	327	655.00	655.00
7	400–450	429	500.00	500.00
45	450–500	479	500.00–556.00	535.39
78	500–550	536	470.00–512.50	494.64
17	550–600	580	412.50–487.00	457.62
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	1000–1050	1,047	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	358	730.00	730.00
21	400–450	434	630.00–643.00	639.24
104	550–600	557	521.00	521.00
79	600–650	642	460.50	460.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	550.00	550.00
3	400–450	402	520.00	520.00
7	500–550	509	440.00–490.00	461.79
7	550–600	584	515.00	515.00
3	700–750	743	395.00	395.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	350.00–375.00	362.52
5	400–450	446	340.00	340.00
10	500–550	531	370.00	370.00
5	750–800	785	330.00	330.00
12	850–900	866	329.00	329.00
3	900–950	910	335.00	335.00
9	950–1000	954	307.50	307.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	490.00	490.00
4	450–500	489	440.00	440.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	516	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	593	375.00	375.00
5	750–800	774	320.00	320.00
13	800–850	844	295.00	295.00
5	900–950	914	285.00	285.00
8	950–1000	958	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	331	515.00–630.00	559.85
50	350–400	369	495.00–575.00	554.15
106	400–450	424	503.00–545.00	522.31
191	450–500	477	475.00–501.00	493.06
328	500–550	528	436.00–486.50	468.91
198	550–600	576	412.50–475.00	432.41
127	600–650	629	376.00–430.00	407.00
71	650–700	671	374.00–415.00	389.46
142	700–750	722	344.00–368.00	361.11
364	750–800	758	336.00–376.00	359.45
108	800–850	809	337.00–340.00	338.11
56	850–900	886	314.50–330.00	317.72
29	950–1000	966	299.75–320.00	312.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	435	501.00	501.00
15	450–500	455	485.00	485.00
82	500–550	529	475.00	475.00
33	550–600	557	449.00	449.00
87	600–650	643	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	625.00	625.00
4	350–400	367	570.00	570.00
44	400–450	429	499.00–525.00	504.56
28	450–500	478	465.00–480.00	469.07
82	500–550	515	447.50–475.00	466.05
12	600–650	604	405.00	405.00
3	650–700	685	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	542	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	679	389.00	389.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	437	455.00–477.50	466.77
34	450–500	485	455.00–470.00	466.88
30	500–550	540	420.00–442.50	437.35
6	550–600	594	408.00	408.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,502	189.00–212.50	196.51
39	—	1,557	166.00–184.00	175.91
4	—	1,599	150.00–162.00	157.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	148.00–150.00	149.02
25	—	1,333	154.00–172.50	163.70
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	940	120.00–172.50	154.19
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	910	170.00–277.50	229.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,193	127.50–158.00	142.11
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	147.00	147.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,371	170.00–225.00	185.93
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,167	165.00–250.00	196.58
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,394	247.00–253.00	250.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,323	220.00–247.00	241.57
2	—	1,408	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	1,395	247.00–254.00	249.66
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,076	240.00–267.50	253.12
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,618	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,813	228.00–231.00	229.56
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	1,456	247.00–253.50	249.88
15	—	1,402	244.50–249.00	246.06
22	—	1,552	247.00–251.50	249.17
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,480	230.00–247.00	243.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,651	239.75	239.75
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,781	216.00–252.00	244.67
18	—	1,744	247.00–250.00	248.24
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,386	249.00–254.00	252.63
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,684	254.00	254.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,263	246.00–248.00	247.06
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,148	249.50–283.00	267.99
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,630	221.00–236.00	229.70
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,604	204.00–226.00	220.76
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,666	217.00–223.50	218.84
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,635	206.00–212.00	207.23
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,422	235.00	235.00
12	—	1,271	240.25–245.00	241.82
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	245.50	245.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,251	238.00–240.00	238.76
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,496	240.00–249.50	247.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	142.00–158.00	151.11
17	—	1,835	219.00–289.50	250.69
22	—	1,753	170.00–230.00	214.46

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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