Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 94 priced lines covering 5,240 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,312 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 919 head.

Mon May 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,312Last week 5,227Year ago 8,446

Slaughter CattleReceipts 919Last week 927Year ago 1,145

Compared to last week steer calves and yearlings sold unevenly steady except a large lot of thin fleshed 7 weight steers sold 20.00 higher. Most heifer sales sold steady to 8.00 lower. Slaughter steers sold 5.00 higher and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 9.00 higher with the most advance on lean cows. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	350–400	383	535.00–590.00	560.32
3	350–400	358	1,875.00	1,875.00
42	400–450	428	490.00–570.00	524.24
128	450–500	472	472.50–507.00	484.72
128	500–550	530	431.50–490.00	450.64
3	550–600	573	1,900.00	1,900.00
137	550–600	564	392.50–482.50	438.75
115	600–650	621	379.00–416.00	400.90
9	600–650	631	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,936.43
304	650–700	675	356.50–394.00	383.86
118	700–750	721	341.00–380.00	367.26
342	750–800	779	322.50–363.75	350.32
112	800–850	817	326.00–341.25	336.24
95	850–900	876	316.00–324.00	323.65
14	900–950	909	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	450.00	450.00
22	450–500	484	451.00–462.50	457.96
27	500–550	530	417.50–460.00	433.00
39	550–600	594	375.00–433.00	400.13
34	600–650	617	360.00–376.00	369.42
16	650–700	675	341.00–356.00	350.26
4	700–750	733	327.50	327.50
11	900–950	905	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	660.00	660.00
20	350–400	364	600.00	600.00
10	600–650	635	387.50	387.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
52	850–900	861	3,000.00–3,225.00	3,070.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	384	612.50–650.00	637.09
20	400–450	423	580.00–600.00	593.59
134	450–500	475	506.00–593.00	559.57
106	500–550	527	462.50–539.00	516.25
128	550–600	573	452.50–502.50	482.02
246	600–650	615	415.00–470.00	455.98
163	650–700	677	377.50–444.00	419.65
293	700–750	720	381.00–440.75	434.41
84	750–800	779	362.00–385.00	376.43
731	800–850	817	361.00–399.25	385.10
305	850–900	880	345.00–364.25	357.42
16	900–950	909	350.00	350.00
87	950–1000	983	325.00–336.25	333.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	484	494.00–515.00	506.33
17	500–550	538	425.00–487.50	460.30
12	550–600	575	436.00–460.00	441.98
33	600–650	620	397.50–437.50	425.04
17	650–700	666	410.00–413.00	411.10
26	700–750	726	396.00–415.00	406.25
15	750–800	754	336.00–351.00	342.03
9	800–850	834	359.00	359.00
4	850–900	878	325.00	325.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,030	324.00–331.00	326.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	653	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	418.00–430.00	425.39
7	650–700	697	400.00	400.00
6	750–800	753	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	452.50	452.50
12	600–650	627	360.00–382.50	367.69
4	650–700	668	377.50	377.50
3	850–900	858	282.00	282.00
14	900–950	911	333.00	333.00
6	950–1000	983	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,503	230.00–243.00	236.03
45	—	1,343	241.00–258.50	255.81
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,375	252.00–266.50	260.51
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,110	240.00–250.00	247.56
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	243.00–252.00	247.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,794	230.00–275.00	242.55
29	—	1,719	168.00–231.00	212.74
3	—	1,718	150.00–169.00	160.86
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,240	235.00–260.00	244.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	113.00–120.00	116.66
18	—	1,212	119.00–162.00	149.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,529	170.00–203.00	178.84
28	—	1,632	186.00–217.00	193.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,320	158.00–172.00	165.23
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	124.00–153.50	140.80
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	889	195.00–295.00	255.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,371	171.00–225.00	191.94
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,183	167.00–280.00	191.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
220	—	1,499	259.00–266.00	262.43
39	—	1,397	252.00–259.00	254.23
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,440	241.00–249.00	245.60
56	—	1,405	246.00–258.00	255.72
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,257	253.00	253.00
3	—	1,256	251.00	251.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,183	235.00–259.00	250.57
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,650	255.00	255.00
5	—	1,779	252.00–260.00	256.97
6	—	1,644	250.00	250.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,582	254.75	254.75
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,596	254.75–259.00	256.67
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,521	220.00–237.00	231.11
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,645	239.00–249.00	243.90

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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