Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 113 priced lines covering 5,058 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,227 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 927 head.

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,227Last week 7,427Year ago 9,494

Slaughter CattleReceipts 927Last week 1,741Year ago 1,134

Compared to last week steers sold unevenly steady with instances 5.00 higher on some feeder cattle. Heifers less than 550 lbs sold steady, over 550 lbs sold mostly 8.00 higher. Slaughter steers sold 3.00 higher, heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower and bull sold 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Offering comprised of bawling and weaned fall calves with a few yearlings in the mix.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	363	600.00	600.00
8	400–450	444	562.50	562.50
37	450–500	475	480.00–527.50	501.68
20	500–550	516	470.00–511.50	495.61
51	550–600	579	425.00–477.50	454.86
17	600–650	643	433.00–437.50	435.10
20	650–700	686	376.00–415.00	387.44
7	700–750	740	370.00	370.00
22	800–850	806	350.00–354.00	352.54
8	850–900	864	342.00	342.00
7	950–1000	954	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	680.00	680.00
3	300–350	330	660.00	660.00
61	350–400	376	585.00–637.50	614.58
111	400–450	441	550.00–600.00	589.86
115	450–500	477	522.50–570.00	547.97
285	500–550	526	495.00–552.50	521.77
258	550–600	572	473.00–515.00	498.07
245	600–650	624	428.00–474.00	458.75
198	650–700	675	400.00–460.00	431.54
111	700–750	715	389.00–423.00	414.30
133	750–800	765	380.50–411.50	393.52
212	800–850	825	368.25–388.00	381.02
150	850–900	864	356.00–377.25	374.62
54	900–950	928	361.00	361.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	950–1000	956	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	394	625.00–640.00	627.38
19	400–450	449	578.00	578.00
31	450–500	476	550.00–572.50	556.12
40	500–550	520	465.00–538.00	504.37
37	550–600	568	466.00–490.00	474.09
111	600–650	621	417.50–472.00	455.38
34	650–700	663	385.00–404.00	397.98
6	800–850	817	377.00	377.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	525.00	525.00
14	350–400	391	532.50	532.50
17	400–450	428	520.00–545.00	537.94
34	450–500	472	467.00–502.50	486.60
24	500–550	519	455.00	455.00
86	550–600	570	400.00–445.00	434.38
33	600–650	610	395.00–400.00	396.81
7	650–700	673	320.00	320.00
9	700–750	732	329.50	329.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	648	359.00	359.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	341	500.00–515.00	508.24
30	350–400	373	525.00–590.00	558.85
104	400–450	427	490.00–545.00	519.19
90	450–500	485	473.00–515.00	503.13
225	500–550	523	443.00–500.00	461.54
259	550–600	580	410.00–450.00	438.11
172	600–650	615	374.00–427.00	405.46
203	650–700	672	367.50–408.00	379.71
66	700–750	709	372.50–374.00	373.05
85	750–800	772	325.00–357.25	351.24
42	800–850	817	325.00–341.00	330.75
27	850–900	854	328.00–332.50	328.51
8	900–950	925	285.00–290.00	287.56
3	950–1000	990	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	450.00–490.00	472.76
22	400–450	430	450.00–499.00	485.35
36	450–500	484	415.00–470.00	459.84
48	500–550	526	400.00–445.00	427.05
16	550–600	554	360.00–427.50	406.35
31	600–650	628	347.50–383.00	366.58
13	700–750	708	340.00–357.50	349.34
5	750–800	778	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	786	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	610.00	610.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,144	239.00	239.00
8	1150–1200	1,156	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	402	520.00	520.00
5	550–600	581	363.00	363.00
4	750–800	788	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	708	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	1,416	254.00–260.00	257.19
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	255.50	255.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,478	254.00–259.25	257.40
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,361	248.00–253.50	249.42
8	—	1,301	234.00–250.00	244.40
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,173	250.00–265.00	253.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,840	175.00–230.00	210.73
12	—	1,967	225.00–251.00	239.43
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,077	200.00–245.00	222.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,171	119.00–159.00	140.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,359	150.00–170.00	162.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	147.50–162.00	155.38
20	—	1,508	184.00–196.00	187.42
32	—	1,545	170.00–182.00	176.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,383	156.00–195.00	182.13
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,164	161.00–247.50	185.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	940	167.00–225.00	191.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	858	117.00–142.00	133.21
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,554	250.00–252.00	251.72
8	—	1,469	239.00–250.00	248.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,481	252.00–261.00	257.35
17	—	1,538	257.00–259.25	258.34
28	—	1,445	255.50–260.00	256.45
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,207	255.00–259.00	257.67
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,790	251.00–252.00	251.08
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,764	240.00–259.00	253.68
38	—	1,653	256.50–261.00	258.56
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,662	255.50–261.25	257.78
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,163	225.00–250.00	241.58
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,741	250.75–253.75	252.08
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,327	223.00–227.00	226.04
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,507	219.00–220.00	219.47
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,454	235.00–250.00	241.49
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,557	220.00–231.00	227.74
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,605	232.00–244.25	237.91
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,772	229.00	229.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,397	250.00–253.25	251.87

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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