Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 114 priced lines covering 4,204 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,485 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,410 head.

Mon Jun 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,485Last week 0Year ago 1,369

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,410Last week 1,339Year ago 1,624

Compared to last week, no test on feeder cattle. Slaughter steers sold 3.00 higher and heifers sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and bulls sold 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good throughout the week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	450.00	450.00
9	450–500	482	475.00–490.00	483.48
7	550–600	594	467.00	467.00
10	600–650	634	417.00–429.00	425.48
27	650–700	683	401.00–440.00	412.39
58	800–850	812	366.75	366.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	665.00	665.00
3	350–400	353	600.00	600.00
17	400–450	429	505.00–575.00	527.09
49	450–500	478	450.00–537.50	492.52
25	500–550	520	490.00–515.00	507.99
93	550–600	575	475.00–499.00	483.99
161	600–650	629	453.00–489.00	464.78
108	650–700	666	380.00–453.50	434.05
89	700–750	727	394.00–430.00	410.68
105	750–800	778	366.00–399.00	388.78
240	800–850	837	377.75–384.50	382.00
375	850–900	872	348.00–382.25	370.31
342	900–950	925	339.00–367.75	359.67
147	1000–1050	1,030	325.25	325.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,196	260.00	260.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	648	200.00	200.00
3	700–750	732	205.00	205.00
5	800–850	835	215.00	215.00
3	1050–1100	1,085	205.00	205.00
4	1100–1150	1,129	205.00	205.00
10	1250–1300	1,291	207.50	207.50
4	1400–1450	1,421	205.00	205.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,038	200.00	200.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	722	150.00	150.00
5	800–850	813	170.00	170.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	927	230.00	230.00
5	950–1000	995	235.00	235.00
21	1000–1050	1,005	225.00–232.50	231.40
21	1100–1150	1,135	220.00–245.00	233.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
10	450–500	477	381.00–455.00	411.44
36	500–550	527	405.00–469.00	442.50
7	550–600	565	412.50–422.50	416.80
21	600–650	626	363.00–381.00	375.14
13	650–700	677	340.00–360.00	354.80
4	750–800	784	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	475	450.00	450.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	430	440.00–525.00	481.23
45	450–500	478	442.50–496.00	479.21
69	500–550	532	413.50–489.00	468.04
72	550–600	566	400.00–483.00	452.16
82	600–650	628	382.00–409.50	393.12
160	650–700	671	384.00–415.00	408.06
132	700–750	725	353.00–390.50	378.00
53	750–800	786	342.00–357.50	355.50
31	800–850	830	320.00–333.00	330.52
8	850–900	862	321.00–335.00	327.91
3	950–1000	992	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1250–1300	1,297	258.00	258.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	200–250	216	275.00	275.00
3	500–550	533	260.00	260.00
6	1200–1250	1,232	225.00	225.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
32	250–300	254	1,500.00	1,500.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	496	430.00	430.00
15	500–550	540	375.00	375.00
7	600–650	633	390.00	390.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	445.00	445.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	540	360.00	360.00
9	600–650	624	335.00	335.00
18	850–900	880	272.50	272.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	550.00	550.00
13	600–650	615	405.00–433.00	424.44
4	700–750	705	355.00	355.00
3	750–800	795	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,029	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	355.00	355.00
3	850–900	867	310.00	310.00
3	900–950	920	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,149	120.00–161.00	146.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,616	184.00–208.00	192.48
35	—	1,529	175.00–185.00	179.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,320	150.00–175.00	166.01
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	871	120.00–159.00	142.23
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	856	177.00–225.00	188.43
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,208	160.00–237.50	190.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,353	174.00–209.00	191.78
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,325	250.00–269.00	261.53
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,241	250.00–261.00	256.91
11	—	1,423	238.00–258.50	247.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,363	259.00–270.00	265.55
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,263	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,057	251.00–259.00	257.51
45	—	924	317.50–326.00	318.87
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,636	254.50–263.00	259.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,254	251.00–266.50	260.76
93	—	1,028	314.00–352.00	322.03
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,130	249.00–270.00	262.87
4	—	855	353.00	353.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,765	252.00	252.00
3	—	1,760	255.00–261.50	259.31
25	—	1,675	263.00–265.75	264.73
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,427	256.00–271.00	262.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,367	250.00–261.00	256.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
364	—	1,484	258.00–270.00	265.27
14	—	1,583	257.00–263.00	259.67
23	—	1,414	259.00–265.00	261.90
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,680	254.50–259.50	255.96
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,618	238.00–246.00	242.17
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,499	231.00–239.00	235.84
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,659	227.50–231.00	227.83
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,611	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	200.00–235.00	218.04
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	170.00–215.00	194.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,869	232.50–271.00	254.83
34	—	1,688	170.00–241.00	225.69
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,600	263.50	263.50

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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