Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 125 priced lines covering 9,243 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,821 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,498 head.

Mon Sep 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,821Last week 8,136Year ago 4,013

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,498Last week 1,842Year ago 1,963

Compared to last week, trade was mostly Active on Good to Very Good demand. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold sharply lower, and over 500 lbs sold uneven. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold mostly sharply lower, and over 600 lbs were mostly 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter cows were 7.00 to 10.00 lower; average dressing slaughter bulls 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	350–400	387	526.00	526.00
28	400–450	424	427.50–475.00	463.27
78	450–500	480	393.00–445.00	432.63
52	500–550	530	350.00–403.00	383.10
15	550–600	555	351.00–352.00	351.40
13	600–650	617	335.00–340.00	336.50
3	650–700	665	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	368	470.00–480.00	476.92
25	450–500	491	368.50–403.00	386.45
19	500–550	533	359.00–367.00	362.00
36	550–600	579	335.00–350.00	344.68
22	600–650	646	325.00–327.50	325.57
22	650–700	665	328.00	328.00
6	700–750	723	290.00–295.00	291.70
2	750–800	768	279.00	279.00
18	800–850	840	287.50–306.00	290.45
3	950–1000	978	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	392	455.00	455.00
47	700–750	713	395.00–400.00	397.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	563	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	445	432.00	432.00
11	500–550	547	359.50	359.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	495.00–522.50	508.03
3	300–350	348	1,525.00	1,525.00
15	350–400	368	470.00–505.00	496.45
109	400–450	430	448.00–480.00	458.59
101	450–500	476	389.00–450.00	413.56
233	500–550	519	361.00–419.00	389.05
192	550–600	569	340.00–387.00	366.93
8	550–600	564	1,900.00	1,900.00
271	600–650	615	331.00–373.00	358.66
101	650–700	665	316.00–350.00	334.31
87	700–750	724	313.00–375.00	328.48
307	750–800	766	314.00–333.50	322.30
229	800–850	818	290.00–346.00	316.12
162	850–900	869	291.50–305.00	298.30
281	900–950	937	276.00–311.00	288.24
73	950–1000	964	234.00–289.25	283.13
56	1000–1050	1,042	276.25	276.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,024	251.00–252.00	251.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	285	1,925.00	1,925.00
6	300–350	327	1,825.00–1,900.00	1,863.53
12	350–400	373	1,810.00–1,850.00	1,827.97
39	350–400	376	497.50–580.00	528.19
79	400–450	435	470.00–525.00	496.57
102	450–500	480	405.00–499.00	471.87
6	450–500	467	1,925.00–1,950.00	1,937.79
3	500–550	541	1,800.00	1,800.00
180	500–550	511	398.00–492.00	450.00
138	550–600	572	370.00–445.00	408.20
5	600–650	633	1,750.00	1,750.00
306	600–650	619	357.00–417.00	386.71
263	650–700	668	337.25–390.50	367.49
287	700–750	728	341.50–382.50	367.67
312	750–800	783	331.00–364.50	347.10
519	800–850	828	332.75–364.00	346.96
1,220	850–900	873	316.00–357.25	338.31
561	900–950	914	315.00–352.00	337.89
147	950–1000	958	303.00–324.25	315.82
57	1000–1050	1,031	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	418	460.00	460.00
16	450–500	487	390.00–447.50	424.85
77	500–550	532	375.00–434.00	406.01
30	550–600	587	350.00–385.00	369.24
21	600–650	632	346.00–350.00	347.57
16	650–700	677	312.00–347.00	324.29
253	700–750	716	341.25–347.50	341.99
39	800–850	828	312.50–326.00	322.58
28	850–900	875	304.00–321.00	317.80
5	900–950	900	315.00	315.00
3	1050–1100	1,060	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	419.00	419.00
13	600–650	634	360.00	360.00
19	700–750	705	326.00	326.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,027	275.00–283.00	278.96
14	1050–1100	1,078	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	471	455.00	455.00
7	500–550	547	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	268	631.00	631.00
7	300–350	344	550.00	550.00
32	350–400	391	555.00	555.00
29	400–450	444	482.50	482.50
108	450–500	490	410.00–476.00	463.04
30	500–550	526	410.00–434.00	418.57
57	550–600	579	365.00–405.00	396.12
31	600–650	625	350.00–381.25	363.78
5	650–700	651	347.00	347.00
31	700–750	713	321.00–339.00	324.18
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
11	500–550	529	1,375.00	1,375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	625	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	408	492.50	492.50
3	750–800	782	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,513	146.00–166.00	153.41
19	—	1,640	121.00–143.00	135.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,316	137.00–154.00	143.78
12	—	1,444	117.00–140.00	128.39
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	193.00–196.00	194.55
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	889	114.00–161.00	126.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,229	108.00–139.00	124.14
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	192.50–198.00	195.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,332	159.00–221.00	176.06
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,258	150.00–232.00	171.62
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,316	208.00–219.50	216.29
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,410	210.00–216.00	211.27
91	—	1,261	210.00–219.75	216.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
218	—	1,368	214.00–226.00	220.70
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,086	200.00–235.00	219.84
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,053	244.00	244.00
12	—	1,241	216.00–230.00	220.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,568	120.00–171.00	156.69
31	—	1,761	161.00–211.00	196.87
3	—	1,970	212.00–221.00	216.18
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	125.00–140.00	132.79
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,424	212.50–216.00	214.04
64	—	1,380	213.00–219.00	216.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
375	—	1,482	217.00–225.50	221.27
35	—	1,444	215.50–224.50	219.80
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,237	227.50–257.00	245.05
42	—	1,272	213.00–234.00	222.32
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,136	210.00–243.00	222.22
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,645	190.00–216.25	209.67
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,466	217.00–224.50	217.93
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,531	210.00–218.00	215.93
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,531	179.00–199.00	194.08
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,584	204.50–205.00	204.79

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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