Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 98 priced lines covering 1,696 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 939 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,237 head.

Mon Aug 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 939Last week 1,921Year ago 3,951

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,237Last week 1,067Year ago 1,547

Compared to last week, not recent test on dairy influenced feeder cattle. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 9.00 to 11.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower except lean cows sold 3.00 higher. Bulls steady. Demand was moderate to instance good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	380.00	380.00
18	450–500	477	370.00–390.00	380.80
12	700–750	738	245.00–270.00	263.99
12	750–800	752	240.00	240.00
4	800–850	844	250.00	250.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	430.00	430.00
12	550–600	570	340.00–365.00	358.48
3	850–900	868	270.00	270.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	574	300.00	300.00
13	650–700	662	210.00–235.00	223.56
12	800–850	818	225.00	225.00
5	850–900	888	226.00	226.00
5	900–950	941	224.00	224.00
42	1000–1050	1,038	230.00	230.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
16	200–250	204	300.00	300.00
11	300–350	340	290.00	290.00
10	400–450	407	240.00	240.00
13	450–500	464	227.50	227.50
4	550–600	599	220.00	220.00
9	650–700	662	205.00–220.00	210.05
6	750–800	793	220.00	220.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
17	250–300	250	260.00	260.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	960	215.00	215.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	739	190.00	190.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	274	1,125.00	1,125.00
3	1050–1100	1,083	220.00	220.00
4	1150–1200	1,193	207.00	207.00
4	1250–1300	1,265	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	150–200	153	1,250.00	1,250.00
7	250–300	255	1,175.00	1,175.00
15	300–350	309	1,375.00–1,700.00	1,571.26
10	350–400	364	1,975.00	1,975.00
3	450–500	477	425.00	425.00
30	500–550	514	415.00–450.00	436.53
10	550–600	559	385.00	385.00
10	600–650	619	390.00	390.00
18	650–700	662	370.00–385.00	372.46
3	850–900	880	315.00	315.00
5	950–1000	994	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	643	340.00–355.00	347.48
16	900–950	917	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	150–200	173	800.00–950.00	901.36
9	200–250	204	1,050.00	1,050.00
23	250–300	275	1,225.00–1,750.00	1,493.88
7	300–350	323	470.00–500.00	483.83
16	300–350	347	1,800.00	1,800.00
3	350–400	382	435.00	435.00
8	400–450	432	390.00–430.00	410.39
7	400–450	406	1,950.00	1,950.00
9	500–550	537	350.00	350.00
8	550–600	586	350.00	350.00
8	850–900	871	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	515	300.00–310.00	304.27
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	474	360.00	360.00
15	500–550	519	350.00–360.00	352.57
12	550–600	566	335.00	335.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,184	121.00–159.00	143.58
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,209	169.00–193.00	182.98
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	858	105.00–157.00	131.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,580	170.00–185.00	178.76
2	—	1,520	189.00–191.00	189.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,359	157.00–173.00	166.10
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	922	161.00–185.00	172.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,317	176.00–200.00	188.72
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,237	213.00–224.50	220.58
1	—	1,655	213.00	213.00
2	—	1,405	195.00–214.00	204.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
263	—	1,330	218.00–232.75	225.25
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,120	195.00–223.00	215.88
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	908	260.00–285.50	282.46
10	—	1,116	218.00–229.00	225.25
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,295	220.00–229.00	225.09
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,214	217.00–230.00	224.18
9	—	1,163	216.00–228.00	226.13
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,117	203.00–241.00	225.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
210	—	1,429	222.00–230.25	225.82
17	—	1,527	224.75–227.25	226.44
62	—	1,335	220.50–227.50	225.16
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,715	219.25	219.25
4	—	1,712	228.50–230.50	228.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	216.00	216.00
35	—	1,304	213.00–224.25	219.91
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	221.00	221.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,595	230.00–234.00	230.42
25	—	1,390	225.50–229.25	227.02
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,666	214.00–227.00	220.34
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,565	200.00–218.00	211.77
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	221.00	221.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,505	220.00–222.00	220.31
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,417	223.25–228.75	224.94
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	220.00	220.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	211.00–214.00	212.60
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,360	220.00–225.00	223.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,763	243.00–310.00	261.45
2	—	1,765	160.00–167.50	164.14
15	—	1,803	177.50–237.00	215.01
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	206.00	206.00

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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