Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, May 25
● As filed42 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Iowa reported 42 priced lines covering 931 head across slaughter cattle. USDA puts receipts at 1,040 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 25, 2026
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)
Receipts 1,040Last week 514Year ago 1,800

No test on calves and feeder cattle. Slaughter steers sold steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for slaughter cattle.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
151,663259.50–260.00259.81
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
241,702259.50–265.00260.94
101,724259.00–268.00265.38
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
71,802258.00–258.50258.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
261,298245.00–262.00256.61
31,547256.00256.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1651,576259.00–271.75266.24
131,463258.50–265.50260.26
181,553260.50–262.25261.62
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
91,386255.00–260.00257.68
131,565269.00–272.75271.30
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
181,129235.00–304.00274.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
181,341254.00–280.00267.60
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11,555265.00265.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91,544243.00–255.00246.34
31,638258.50–262.50259.89
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
161,608227.00–239.50233.27
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
351,264246.00–263.00257.56
271,267250.00–257.00252.59
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
311,404263.50–270.25266.33
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
81,444254.00–259.00257.03
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
91,100230.00–270.00261.93
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
91,216257.00–258.50258.13
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21,790243.00–255.00248.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1651,370257.50–271.25262.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
231,575188.00–203.00194.04
371,490174.00–194.00182.74
21,530150.00–155.00152.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
471,180169.00–272.50206.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
331,363171.00–209.00192.94
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1980195.00195.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7904135.00–161.00145.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
141,137125.00–163.00147.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21,180145.00–150.00147.53
251,319159.00–180.00168.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
191,712183.00–228.00208.34
111,897230.00–292.50245.22
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
101,130193.00–270.00231.53
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
331,538251.00–267.50253.55
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31,748245.00245.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91,308262.00–267.00264.19
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11,560228.00228.00
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.