Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 122 priced lines covering 8,823 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,986 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 874 head.

Mon Apr 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,986Last week 7,207Year ago 10,425

Slaughter CattleReceipts 874Last week 1,194Year ago 836

For the week bawling and weaned steers less than 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower, 6 weights sold steady with yearlings steady to 10.00 lower. Heifer calves weaned and bawling sold 10.00 to 15.00 lower with yearlings 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter steers sold 1.00 higher and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower and bull sold 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Quite a few bawling fall calves on the market this week along with weaned and yearling cattle. The CME cattle boards lower sporadic through the week putting some pressure on the cattle auction market but overall still a really good market for the sellers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	280	720.00–735.00	729.74
7	300–350	329	635.00–680.00	653.08
60	350–400	369	600.00–655.00	636.44
140	400–450	426	530.00–592.50	568.87
227	450–500	471	481.00–570.00	540.40
312	500–550	528	492.50–546.00	510.51
299	550–600	576	460.00–507.50	483.98
273	600–650	629	431.00–462.50	451.56
265	650–700	667	400.00–463.00	431.59
172	700–750	732	368.00–422.50	386.73
285	750–800	779	345.00–387.00	366.61
341	800–850	813	351.50–376.50	364.85
313	850–900	879	338.50–366.00	361.08
595	900–950	921	315.00–349.00	340.20
86	950–1000	974	316.00–324.00	316.84
8	1000–1050	1,038	297.00	297.00
19	1050–1100	1,087	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	625.00	625.00
3	350–400	398	575.00	575.00
11	400–450	424	540.00	540.00
30	450–500	482	465.00–530.00	511.88
109	500–550	534	450.00–510.00	483.01
67	550–600	581	430.00–473.00	446.97
17	600–650	619	415.00–422.50	418.73
67	650–700	685	352.50–420.00	403.34
6	750–800	789	320.00	320.00
20	850–900	881	310.00–337.50	321.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	416	605.00	605.00
62	450–500	496	533.00–551.00	543.11
65	550–600	568	475.00–515.00	503.10
76	600–650	641	446.00–458.00	447.19
28	650–700	683	424.00	424.00
14	750–800	761	398.00	398.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	867	316.00	316.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
155	1000–1050	1,027	317.00–319.00	317.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	259	690.00	690.00
3	300–350	332	655.00	655.00
12	350–400	396	590.00	590.00
22	400–450	447	552.50	552.50
51	450–500	484	512.50–543.00	525.77
112	500–550	521	497.50–520.00	505.80
40	550–600	563	455.00–474.00	461.54
104	600–650	626	410.00–451.50	439.99
61	650–700	658	365.00–427.50	417.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	530	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	333	550.00–565.00	555.68
13	350–400	369	545.00	545.00
31	400–450	431	515.00–516.00	515.42
96	450–500	485	450.00–484.00	465.25
5	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
46	550–600	580	385.00–420.00	416.19
33	600–650	615	370.00–401.00	381.62
3	700–750	743	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	262	610.00–630.00	623.01
4	300–350	325	610.00	610.00
67	350–400	373	535.00–570.00	555.07
110	400–450	426	485.00–557.50	525.21
177	450–500	470	460.00–507.50	487.23
317	500–550	527	425.00–470.00	447.95
175	550–600	573	399.00–468.00	428.34
191	600–650	618	377.50–427.50	399.43
313	650–700	677	350.00–388.00	371.67
260	700–750	717	340.00–397.00	365.59
559	750–800	775	324.00–354.00	340.52
350	800–850	829	317.00–345.00	329.48
148	850–900	863	296.00–333.75	329.68
109	900–950	904	305.00–311.00	308.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
25	800–850	821	2,900.00	2,900.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	450–500	464	480.00	480.00
38	500–550	513	441.00–485.00	472.96
37	550–600	562	437.00–444.00	441.48
21	600–650	632	365.00–410.00	379.49
26	700–750	739	361.00	361.00
23	800–850	845	373.00	373.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	530.00	530.00
18	350–400	376	465.00–540.00	493.89
50	400–450	431	450.00–485.00	468.97
58	450–500	479	360.00–463.00	439.93
41	500–550	537	369.00–427.50	418.26
13	550–600	577	310.00–414.00	380.14
10	600–650	630	352.00–367.50	361.29
44	650–700	680	320.00–360.00	336.77
16	700–750	722	335.00–338.00	337.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	470.00	470.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	297	655.00	655.00
3	450–500	463	427.50	427.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	440.00	440.00
4	550–600	574	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,693	150.00–163.00	156.88
9	—	1,584	186.00–199.00	191.71
49	—	1,517	168.00–184.00	175.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,503	132.50–145.00	141.25
26	—	1,353	154.00–172.00	162.14
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	908	117.50–149.00	128.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,416	166.00–219.00	188.86
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,145	158.00–285.00	196.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,175	130.00–151.00	141.30
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	876	185.00–277.50	225.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,447	235.00–239.00	236.41
25	—	1,339	232.00–245.00	241.34
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,144	254.00–257.00	255.32
1	—	1,205	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	1,381	241.00–252.00	246.81
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,090	241.00–267.00	256.69
10	—	1,051	200.00–245.00	222.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	1,470	244.25–252.00	248.50
45	—	1,495	240.00–247.00	244.56
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,373	231.00–246.00	240.15
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,826	235.00–247.50	238.98
1	—	1,745	246.00	246.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,232	243.00–257.00	250.69
3	—	1,256	259.00–263.50	261.98
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,174	240.00–269.00	264.41
7	—	1,099	244.00–280.00	269.46
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,472	188.00–219.00	210.39
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,595	221.00–237.00	229.74
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,526	233.00–243.50	238.72
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	167.50	167.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,702	220.00–231.00	227.23
21	—	1,799	166.00–220.00	201.38

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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