Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Jul 27
● As filed62 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

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Counts as USDA filed them
Iowa reported 62 priced lines covering 2,691 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,082 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,064 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jul 27, 2026
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)
Feeder CattleReceipts 2,082Last week 0Year ago 6,065
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,064Last week 1,490Year ago 358

Compared to last week: There were no feeder cattle from the last report to trend. Average dressing slaughter cows sold unevenly steady; bulls 1.00 lower. In the slaughter cattle supply, average dressing slaughter steers sold 7.00 to 11.00 lower, average dressing slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower, and average dressing slaughter heifers sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Trade was active on moderate to very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4350–400391520.00520.00
4350–4003831,825.001,825.00
16450–500471445.00–468.00451.95
11500–550517450.00450.00
24550–600583411.00–419.00417.05
25600–650630395.00–415.00406.31
34700–750727349.00–385.50374.59
84750–800773341.00–370.00360.90
308800–850825341.00–364.00362.06
302850–900867330.50–371.50354.37
271900–950914316.00–360.50357.01
35950–1000990305.00–312.50311.87
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101000–10501,027304.00304.00
81100–11501,143267.00267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7550–600574375.00–379.00376.65
13600–650643370.00370.00
4700–750710324.00324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3400–4504132,000.002,000.00
13450–500490423.00–440.00428.15
15500–550523415.00–422.50416.96
26550–600577368.00–402.50377.79
14600–650615343.00–353.00348.88
29650–700689337.00–352.50350.36
98700–750736335.00–350.00346.81
51750–800774324.00–343.00333.26
74800–850810322.00–331.50330.61
109850–900885295.00–316.50311.80
133900–950916310.00–316.50313.20
7950–1000951297.00297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4500–550533388.00388.00
19750–800782313.00313.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
51,137182.50–225.00207.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
51,688237.00–275.00248.02
231,646197.00–235.00222.83
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2933180.00–181.00180.47
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8893125.00–164.00142.38
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
191,161175.00–259.00195.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
151,161130.00–156.00142.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
151,370180.00–214.00193.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
341,251154.00–179.00168.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
321,472177.00–191.00184.43
191,567191.00–213.00199.91
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
151,084200.00–255.00219.48
6915260.00260.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11,695224.00224.00
91,741228.00–238.00235.29
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21,627227.50227.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31,122204.00–216.00210.73
121,242223.00–231.00228.84
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
571,297220.00–229.00226.16
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
681,391223.00–229.00227.12
3101,432228.00–239.50233.77
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21,085195.00195.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61,520217.50–223.50219.57
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
171,638226.00–233.00229.53
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3933237.00–242.00240.37
221,075200.00–230.00222.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
351,234220.00–229.00225.53
41,210219.00–220.00219.73
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21,075223.50–225.00224.24
191,162222.00–227.50225.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1661,304224.00–238.00231.48
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.