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
15—1,663259.50–260.00259.81
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24—1,702259.50–265.00260.94
10—1,724259.00–268.00265.38
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7—1,802258.00–258.50258.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26—1,298245.00–262.00256.61
3—1,547256.00256.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165—1,576259.00–271.75266.24
13—1,463258.50–265.50260.26
18—1,553260.50–262.25261.62
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9—1,386255.00–260.00257.68
13—1,565269.00–272.75271.30
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18—1,129235.00–304.00274.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18—1,341254.00–280.00267.60
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1—1,555265.00265.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9—1,544243.00–255.00246.34
3—1,638258.50–262.50259.89
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16—1,608227.00–239.50233.27
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35—1,264246.00–263.00257.56
27—1,267250.00–257.00252.59
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
31—1,404263.50–270.25266.33
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8—1,444254.00–259.00257.03
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9—1,100230.00–270.00261.93
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9—1,216257.00–258.50258.13
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2—1,790243.00–255.00248.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165—1,370257.50–271.25262.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23—1,575188.00–203.00194.04
37—1,490174.00–194.00182.74
2—1,530150.00–155.00152.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47—1,180169.00–272.50206.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33—1,363171.00–209.00192.94
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1—980195.00195.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7—904135.00–161.00145.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14—1,137125.00–163.00147.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2—1,180145.00–150.00147.53
25—1,319159.00–180.00168.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19—1,712183.00–228.00208.34
11—1,897230.00–292.50245.22
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10—1,130193.00–270.00231.53
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33—1,538251.00–267.50253.55
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3—1,748245.00245.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9—1,308262.00–267.00264.19
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1—1,560228.00228.00
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.