Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 61 priced lines covering 2,627 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,921 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,067 head.

Mon Aug 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,921Last week 4,163Year ago 1,506

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,067Last week 1,678Year ago 1,282

Compared to last week feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 10.00 lower and bulls sold 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Calf and feeder auctions continue to hold there ground at area auctions as sharp losses have occurred on the CME cattle boards throughout the week. These sell offs did not deter prospective buyers from back filling empty pens of feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	536	375.00	375.00
11	650–700	654	347.50	347.50
3	700–750	730	312.50	312.50
3	750–800	795	285.00	285.00
3	850–900	898	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	405.00	405.00
16	500–550	519	397.50–403.00	400.41
4	550–600	568	345.00	345.00
21	600–650	639	346.50–355.00	348.45
92	650–700	652	344.00–377.00	373.74
85	700–750	733	325.00–345.00	335.18
90	750–800	789	323.00–335.00	326.80
198	800–850	821	315.00–347.00	332.69
87	850–900	886	300.00–328.00	311.42
47	900–950	930	291.00–316.00	309.47
28	950–1000	987	283.00–291.00	288.41
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	1000–1050	1,036	271.00–283.00	281.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	514	455.00	455.00
7	550–600	588	390.00	390.00
11	600–650	615	389.00–413.00	406.25
34	650–700	673	360.00–377.50	371.51
82	700–750	725	351.00–371.00	365.54
50	750–800	782	347.00–358.00	349.38
109	800–850	816	348.00–356.50	352.06
207	850–900	870	330.00–349.50	341.74
115	900–950	907	333.00–337.50	335.53
224	950–1000	966	322.50–332.00	328.56
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	1000–1050	1,004	307.50	307.50
30	1100–1150	1,101	271.50	271.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	212.50	212.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,853	241.00–253.00	248.30
29	—	1,698	177.50–236.00	215.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,561	187.00–206.00	192.39
39	—	1,607	171.00–186.00	178.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,356	160.00–175.00	168.51
4	—	1,791	140.00–157.00	146.64
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	885	120.00–159.00	140.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,238	120.00–161.00	139.80
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,034	173.00–233.00	196.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,356	178.00–196.00	184.68
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,107	165.00–219.00	189.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,259	220.00–234.00	231.09
7	—	1,308	220.00–230.00	222.97
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,091	234.00–240.50	238.27
9	—	1,199	222.50–232.00	224.14
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,344	232.00–242.00	234.52
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,316	236.25–237.50	237.20
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,082	205.00–227.00	219.74
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	1,493	232.00–240.00	236.06
20	—	1,410	234.50–237.50	236.46
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,414	237.00	237.00
2	—	1,507	236.25	236.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,314	222.00–234.75	231.34
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,273	226.00–233.00	230.76
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,144	195.00–258.00	222.98
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,820	220.00–233.50	228.10
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	232.00	232.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,252	225.00	225.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,693	219.25–231.00	224.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,635	212.50–220.00	214.46
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,516	203.00–211.00	208.25

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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