Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 103 priced lines covering 4,302 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,339 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,428 head.

Mon Sep 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,339Last week 6,122Year ago 9,241

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,428Last week 680Year ago 1,367

Compared to last week, yearling steers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Yearling heifers from 700 to 850 lbs sold 10.00 higher and over 850 lbs steady. Not enough calves for a market comparison. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady and bull sold 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	327	522.50	522.50
67	400–450	427	475.00–512.50	492.43
67	450–500	470	431.00–482.50	462.51
14	500–550	510	415.00–440.00	434.43
83	550–600	564	401.00–429.00	415.50
69	600–650	625	361.00–387.00	379.12
56	650–700	663	348.00–382.50	372.35
57	700–750	727	342.00–362.00	353.00
530	750–800	767	320.00–362.00	347.84
91	800–850	816	332.50–362.00	350.43
323	850–900	874	313.00–351.00	339.71
259	900–950	921	310.00–331.00	320.80
109	950–1000	958	294.00–324.75	317.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	450–500	497	430.50–445.00	441.98
3	600–650	601	360.00	360.00
5	650–700	695	354.00	354.00
7	750–800	786	287.50–315.00	307.30
2	800–850	828	315.00–325.00	319.98
2	850–900	883	297.50–305.00	301.22
3	950–1000	988	270.00	270.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,019	295.50	295.50
28	1050–1100	1,072	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	379	511.00–542.50	529.85
7	350–400	381	2,175.00	2,175.00
44	500–550	528	438.00–449.50	448.21
55	600–650	625	371.00–385.00	382.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	323	1,675.00	1,675.00
7	300–350	341	435.00	435.00
15	350–400	376	1,750.00–1,860.00	1,837.49
16	400–450	430	457.50	457.50
47	450–500	464	479.00	479.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	450.00	450.00
68	400–450	427	434.00–455.00	440.89
17	400–450	412	1,875.00	1,875.00
57	450–500	479	400.00–431.00	411.37
36	500–550	522	380.00–397.00	391.04
91	550–600	575	356.50–397.00	380.62
32	600–650	608	344.50–356.00	352.10
22	650–700	677	326.00–341.00	338.36
112	700–750	716	319.00–345.00	334.25
112	750–800	782	306.00–352.50	322.34
57	800–850	818	319.00–339.00	327.43
82	850–900	891	285.00–323.00	296.87
28	900–950	904	289.50–302.50	292.02
17	950–1000	970	268.00–294.50	289.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	583	345.00–366.00	354.63
3	600–650	623	270.00–328.00	306.67
12	650–700	659	329.00–330.00	329.25
3	800–850	824	297.50–300.00	299.17
2	900–950	923	265.00–272.50	268.78
3	950–1000	966	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	1000–1050	1,037	239.00–280.50	276.54
7	1050–1100	1,068	254.00	254.00
23	1150–1200	1,168	248.00–251.50	248.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	576	390.00	390.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	400–450	426	1,975.00	1,975.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	334	1,835.00	1,835.00
77	450–500	469	448.00–472.00	461.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,158	119.00–145.00	131.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,289	141.00–163.00	153.16
1	—	1,335	125.00	125.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,638	138.00–151.00	144.07
20	—	1,546	170.00–185.00	173.26
33	—	1,526	151.00–169.00	162.11
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	872	107.50–152.00	129.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,353	165.00–195.00	180.45
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,178	155.00–209.00	173.91
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,098	192.50–233.00	219.31
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,326	222.00–225.25	224.46
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,078	219.00–224.00	222.21
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
250	—	1,346	219.25–225.50	222.16
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,263	215.00–221.00	218.76
18	—	1,414	210.00–218.00	211.98
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,167	201.00–210.00	205.98
3	—	1,243	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,705	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,316	216.50–219.00	218.25
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
325	—	1,463	219.00–227.50	223.41
10	—	1,459	220.00–225.00	221.97
51	—	1,533	218.00–223.00	220.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,371	213.00–221.00	217.18
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,675	218.25–224.50	220.67
4	—	1,849	225.00	225.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,470	215.00–221.00	220.42
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,544	220.00–223.50	221.59
14	—	1,386	227.00–228.00	227.72
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,257	217.00–236.00	224.03
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,117	212.50–253.00	231.80
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	203.00	203.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,515	213.00–217.50	215.57
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,629	191.00	191.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,399	215.50–222.50	219.35
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,588	208.00	208.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	215.00	215.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,552	202.00–207.00	204.91
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,605	209.00–215.00	210.09
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,430	212.00–220.00	214.72
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,712	211.00–216.00	215.05
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,459	217.00–223.00	219.65
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	221.00	221.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,893	221.00–225.00	222.98
23	—	1,750	165.00–217.00	199.05
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	201.00–235.00	217.24

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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