Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 84 priced lines covering 5,239 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,702 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,334 head.

Mon Jun 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,702Last week 3,485Year ago 4,548

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,334Last week 1,410Year ago 937

Compared to last week steers from 600 to 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. 6 weight heifers sold 15.00 higher with all other weights unevenly steady. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady with lean cows 4.00 higher. Slaughter bull sold 3.00 lower. Demand was mostly good for calves and feeder cattle with moderate to good demand for slaughter cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	602.50	602.50
8	400–450	442	552.50–580.00	562.96
3	450–500	480	497.50	497.50
19	500–550	531	494.00–517.50	500.96
31	550–600	583	437.50–477.50	458.23
19	600–650	638	410.00–452.50	436.49
14	650–700	661	420.00–430.00	425.65
29	700–750	724	367.00–404.00	378.25
9	800–850	839	315.00–365.00	342.12
5	850–900	889	351.00	351.00
9	950–1000	984	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	863	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	770.00	770.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,010	326.00	326.00
10	1050–1100	1,059	320.50	320.50
3	1150–1200	1,181	277.50	277.50
9	1250–1300	1,251	259.50	259.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	270	2,025.00	2,025.00
12	300–350	345	695.00	695.00
14	350–400	387	630.00–690.00	642.54
12	400–450	430	625.00–630.00	627.97
138	450–500	465	557.50–610.00	580.12
99	500–550	529	508.00–550.00	529.55
3	550–600	586	2,400.00	2,400.00
93	550–600	580	490.00–525.00	504.93
3	600–650	648	2,600.00	2,600.00
181	600–650	623	420.00–492.00	474.01
117	650–700	683	420.00–461.00	438.58
222	700–750	719	393.00–431.50	415.69
139	750–800	786	350.00–415.00	384.63
230	800–850	828	376.00–389.00	384.49
259	850–900	873	335.00–380.00	367.49
233	900–950	913	350.00–367.50	362.21
250	950–1000	970	323.00–350.75	343.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	414	672.50	672.50
17	450–500	494	560.00	560.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	298	1,925.00	1,925.00
6	350–400	386	630.00	630.00
57	400–450	427	540.00–575.00	561.44
63	450–500	467	508.00–526.00	516.32
165	500–550	531	451.00–503.00	474.16
153	550–600	583	410.00–463.00	444.65
125	600–650	625	378.00–437.50	420.93
213	650–700	682	376.00–406.00	383.78
387	700–750	740	364.00–383.50	379.07
168	750–800	776	333.00–371.00	357.86
175	800–850	817	342.50–365.00	347.31
164	850–900	865	314.00–353.00	337.09
78	900–950	908	314.00–332.50	330.38
20	950–1000	972	289.00–298.00	294.34
6	1100–1150	1,100	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	549	415.00	415.00
25	550–600	585	420.00–430.00	423.92
4	600–650	623	380.00	380.00
3	750–800	793	331.00	331.00
4	850–900	878	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,041	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	557	465.00	465.00
7	700–750	708	360.00	360.00
6	1000–1050	1,042	257.00	257.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,165	120.00–157.00	142.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,508	172.00–186.00	180.60
57	—	1,607	185.00–225.00	192.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,245	155.00–175.00	167.91
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	147.00–151.00	149.32
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	913	163.00–247.00	194.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,341	176.00–250.00	196.08
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,147	161.00–280.00	203.26
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,106	200.00–292.00	261.94
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,387	244.00–259.00	254.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
369	—	1,473	257.00–265.00	260.59
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,276	245.00–265.50	257.29
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,043	204.00–314.00	265.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,334	257.00–262.50	260.13
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,282	245.00–260.00	254.36
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,451	252.00–255.50	254.45
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,521	242.00–249.00	244.37
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,499	251.00–258.00	255.01
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,496	225.00–236.00	232.40
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,601	237.00–245.00	240.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,809	240.00–270.00	251.02
29	—	1,678	187.50–241.00	222.39
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	232.50–247.50	239.40
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	848	290.00–305.00	296.52

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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