Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 62 priced lines covering 1,770 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 718 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,275 head.

Mon Jul 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 718Last week 0Year ago 1,683

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,275Last week 599Year ago 2,088

Not enough feeder cattle for a market comparison. Slaughter steers sold 1.00 lower and slaughter heifers sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher and bulls sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,644	184.00–210.00	196.72
2	—	1,505	159.00–165.00	162.01
25	—	1,521	173.00–195.00	182.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	130.00–150.00	139.75
25	—	1,318	160.00–177.00	169.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,214	129.00–159.00	143.22
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,186	171.00–267.50	200.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,381	176.00–226.00	197.88
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	203.00	203.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	916	120.00–167.00	146.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,990	175.00	175.00
9	—	1,871	236.00–270.00	250.25
30	—	1,652	180.00–241.00	219.11
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	979	175.00–265.00	206.93
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	253.75	253.75
5	—	1,729	245.00–254.00	250.83
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,237	246.00–273.00	259.34
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,077	240.00–302.00	256.89
2	—	975	310.00	310.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	241.00	241.00
113	—	1,353	240.00–254.50	251.78
1	—	1,430	247.00	247.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,431	250.00–254.25	253.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
279	—	1,449	255.00–261.00	257.11
2	—	1,777	247.00	247.00
46	—	1,421	251.50–258.50	252.36
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,601	243.00–253.50	250.52
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,512	243.00–252.50	250.97
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,640	237.50–250.50	242.91
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,560	229.00–236.00	232.69
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,059	193.00–287.00	252.95
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,292	244.00–255.00	251.18
3	—	1,190	250.50	250.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,162	248.00–259.50	255.05
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,160	251.50–252.00	251.91
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,298	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,334	248.00–261.25	256.82

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	506	457.50	457.50
8	550–600	583	437.50	437.50
20	600–650	611	400.00–422.50	404.95
73	650–700	660	373.00–387.50	382.18
80	700–750	721	351.00–379.50	371.88
32	750–800	792	333.00–337.50	336.80
28	800–850	806	325.00	325.00
4	900–950	920	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	392.50	392.50
5	650–700	669	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	641	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	600–650	636	451.00	451.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	639	471.00	471.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	639	428.00	428.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	462	505.00	505.00
4	500–550	508	470.00	470.00
11	550–600	596	453.00	453.00
73	600–650	634	435.00–455.00	448.21
17	650–700	675	391.00–431.00	414.52
43	750–800	773	370.00–379.00	377.08
63	850–900	880	369.00	369.00
78	900–950	924	335.00–364.00	358.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	621	437.50	437.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	616	427.50	427.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	607	347.50	347.50

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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