Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 81 priced lines covering 6,971 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,405 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,140 head.

Mon Aug 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,405Last week 939Year ago 10,147

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,140Last week 1,237Year ago 165

For the week. not enough feeders last week for a market comparison. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower and bulls sold 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate instance good on feeder cattle. Moderate demand for slaughter cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	400–450	426	1,850.00	1,850.00
22	500–550	530	351.00–379.00	364.43
69	550–600	589	334.00–361.00	350.15
91	600–650	628	330.00–369.00	350.99
170	650–700	667	312.00–369.00	341.49
280	700–750	729	307.00–334.00	321.28
421	750–800	761	284.50–322.50	314.71
264	800–850	830	278.50–316.25	302.91
135	850–900	871	267.00–296.00	288.26
56	900–950	906	275.00–299.25	290.53
40	950–1000	963	259.50–280.50	273.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	524	330.00	330.00
9	600–650	607	320.00	320.00
24	650–700	679	280.00–338.75	322.35
27	700–750	734	301.00–307.00	304.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	700–750	723	356.00–394.00	376.15
66	750–800	754	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	450–500	450	1,900.00	1,900.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	528	371.00–406.00	393.08
4	550–600	587	402.00	402.00
18	600–650	638	335.00–351.00	342.14
27	650–700	680	301.00–340.00	326.85
14	700–750	725	318.00	318.00
64	800–850	834	307.50–314.00	308.68
4	950–1000	985	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	430.00	430.00
8	500–550	548	372.00–395.00	383.49
31	550–600	584	363.00–405.00	390.62
88	600–650	627	349.00–406.00	365.82
103	650–700	676	345.00–380.00	365.11
391	700–750	731	320.00–363.50	350.45
347	750–800	765	324.00–349.75	339.36
441	800–850	821	323.00–340.25	334.09
779	850–900	870	296.50–328.00	316.75
614	900–950	915	294.50–311.00	303.21
969	950–1000	959	280.00–296.75	293.61
132	1000–1050	1,024	277.50–294.35	285.65
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1050–1100	1,063	278.25	278.25
70	1100–1150	1,135	264.75	264.75
9	1150–1200	1,165	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	456.00	456.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	943	123.00–133.00	128.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,178	120.00–151.00	138.51
3	—	1,047	112.00–114.00	113.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,488	150.00–156.00	152.84
27	—	1,505	159.00–173.00	166.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,281	151.00–164.00	158.32
7	—	1,461	135.00–153.00	145.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,271	171.00–207.00	181.56
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,126	155.00–207.00	169.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	1,332	217.00–226.00	219.59
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,251	210.00–219.00	215.56
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,296	224.00–228.00	226.45
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,150	219.50–224.00	222.01
1	—	1,160	216.00	216.00
3	—	1,018	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	206.00–215.00	210.59
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,086	205.00–237.00	221.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
260	—	1,496	218.00–226.50	220.94
43	—	1,379	220.00–230.50	224.91
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,381	209.00–219.50	215.29
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	201.00–227.00	218.36
40	—	1,270	213.00–229.00	218.63
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	216.00	216.00
2	—	1,773	213.00–216.00	214.46
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,368	218.00–228.00	225.36
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	216.50	216.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,774	217.00–221.50	219.84
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,622	230.00	230.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,102	202.00–250.00	219.92
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,492	195.00–207.50	204.64
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,561	209.50–214.50	212.10
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,352	183.00	183.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,520	214.00–221.00	218.86
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,310	210.00–212.00	211.60
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,435	195.00–209.00	204.85
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,579	215.00–221.50	219.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,773	150.00–158.00	154.74
1	—	1,815	234.00	234.00
26	—	1,712	170.00–225.00	205.07
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,180	175.00–185.00	181.13

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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