Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 93 priced lines covering 7,422 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,738 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 788 head.

Mon Jun 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,738Last week 0Year ago 10,787

Slaughter CattleReceipts 788Last week 1,040Year ago 1,417

Compared to last week no test on the calves and feeders, slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower and bulls sold steady. Demand was moderate to good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,611	183.00–205.00	190.30
32	—	1,523	168.00–183.50	176.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,313	155.00–173.00	164.93
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	150.00–153.00	151.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	300.00	300.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	881	117.50–158.00	137.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,336	165.00–207.00	188.41
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,171	167.50–275.00	190.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,201	125.00–159.00	144.68
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,514	248.00–255.00	252.19
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	243.00–245.00	243.91
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,547	233.00–237.00	235.22
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,333	202.50–220.00	215.45
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,578	238.00–245.50	241.48
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,256	253.00–260.00	257.60
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,156	242.50–265.00	260.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,482	258.00–267.00	262.46
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,746	250.00–261.00	257.78
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,359	249.00–259.50	256.86
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	230.00	230.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,350	248.00–256.50	254.33
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,138	205.00–230.00	217.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,820	231.00–247.00	237.99
22	—	1,681	192.50–229.00	217.17
2	—	1,465	165.00–166.00	165.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,320	258.00–265.00	261.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,289	246.00–258.50	255.43
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	999	235.00–266.00	248.42
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,664	256.00	256.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	535.00	535.00
13	400–450	423	487.50–507.50	498.22
4	500–550	540	420.00	420.00
31	550–600	564	372.50–427.50	407.42
14	650–700	686	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	350–400	367	546.00–625.00	585.09
45	400–450	428	470.00–555.00	519.22
172	450–500	465	457.50–514.00	499.13
266	500–550	522	435.00–500.00	460.82
304	550–600	568	395.00–467.50	433.25
230	600–650	623	381.00–433.00	403.50
287	650–700	673	350.00–404.00	376.27
310	700–750	735	335.00–372.00	363.42
73	750–800	773	335.00–357.00	341.67
151	800–850	824	317.50–346.00	333.24
62	850–900	863	322.00–327.50	326.77
61	900–950	935	300.00–316.50	315.46
31	950–1000	995	300.00	300.00
4	1100–1150	1,123	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
10	800–850	848	3,010.00	3,010.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	387	460.00–535.00	491.14
40	450–500	472	365.00–485.00	424.74
33	500–550	527	370.00–438.00	421.57
30	550–600	578	382.00–412.50	394.87
85	600–650	631	307.50–385.00	340.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	257	675.00–690.00	681.68
3	300–350	331	640.00	640.00
26	350–400	380	542.50–597.00	588.48
62	400–450	417	502.50–613.00	583.35
220	450–500	474	499.00–580.00	527.60
236	500–550	529	480.00–542.50	522.05
260	550–600	571	436.00–506.00	484.70
340	600–650	615	432.00–477.00	461.22
293	650–700	667	409.00–458.00	429.77
445	700–750	723	379.00–429.00	406.70
102	750–800	772	354.50–399.00	377.65
412	800–850	823	344.00–384.00	368.82
129	850–900	872	340.00–371.75	365.03
572	900–950	913	329.00–361.00	354.22
535	950–1000	967	319.00–348.00	341.18
185	1050–1100	1,078	302.50–317.50	307.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	296	600.00	600.00
7	350–400	393	580.00	580.00
13	400–450	432	540.00–550.00	547.77
30	450–500	469	495.00–543.00	524.19
33	500–550	522	400.00–485.00	460.41
41	550–600	586	419.00–469.00	438.13
126	600–650	629	355.00–452.50	411.46
19	650–700	680	399.00–417.50	408.72
14	700–750	736	372.50–382.00	379.25
12	800–850	840	347.00	347.00
23	900–950	917	328.50	328.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,013	319.00	319.00
13	1050–1100	1,075	300.00	300.00
46	1100–1150	1,102	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	540.00	540.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	433	515.00–542.00	536.89
6	450–500	461	547.50	547.50
16	550–600	551	465.00	465.00
26	600–650	621	425.00–435.00	431.63
14	700–750	720	365.00–367.50	366.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	456	497.50	497.50
9	550–600	580	420.00	420.00
6	950–1000	997	263.00	263.00

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.

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