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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Feb 17

● As filed86 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

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State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 86 priced lines covering 11,069 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 12,591 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Feb 17, 2025

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

Receipts 12,591Last week 6,223Year ago 17,129

Compared to last week, steers weighing less than 500lbs sold mostly 7.00 higher, while steers 500lbs to 700lbs sold 3.00 lower. Steer weighing more than 700lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifers weighing less than 500lbs sold 3.00 higher, while heifers weighing 500 to 700lbs sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifers weighing more than 700lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand was good for quality reputation cattle, extreme cold weather across the Midwest limited the supply. Last week in Iowa live FOB purchases traded 2.00- 4.00 lower from 199.00-201.00 and dressed delivered purchases traded 5.00-6.00 lower at 315.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	307	385.00	385.00
21	350–400	384	350.00–401.00	369.69
10	400–450	426	377.50–380.00	378.50
70	450–500	482	312.50–362.50	344.38
51	500–550	544	337.00–342.50	340.74
65	550–600	585	275.00–325.00	298.35
47	600–650	627	242.50–301.00	275.75
30	650–700	677	260.00–290.50	278.77
22	700–750	709	258.00–270.00	264.57
20	750–800	787	233.00–264.50	253.81
18	800–850	841	250.00–256.00	252.02
3	950–1000	986	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
86	900–950	929	272.35	272.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	263	420.00–455.00	438.27
8	300–350	318	442.00	442.00
16	300–350	331	1,510.00	1,510.00
10	350–400	373	1,425.00–1,575.00	1,470.25
42	350–400	371	350.00–417.00	404.19
59	400–450	424	365.00–423.00	404.50
240	450–500	472	320.00–412.50	374.41
200	500–550	524	330.00–380.50	359.09
285	550–600	574	320.00–362.00	334.91
981	600–650	628	291.50–343.50	318.55
835	650–700	677	285.00–316.75	303.41
1,055	700–750	727	275.00–309.00	294.93
1,105	750–800	775	263.00–295.00	283.57
608	800–850	830	240.00–280.50	273.67
292	850–900	874	247.00–277.00	266.70
296	900–950	912	234.00–267.25	260.53
269	950–1000	967	214.00–259.10	252.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	699	286.00	286.00
5	700–750	706	236.00–238.00	237.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	579	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	1000–1050	1,019	237.00–256.00	246.49
3	1200–1250	1,238	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	550–600	557	347.00–370.00	359.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
14	500–550	532	334.00	334.00
19	600–650	633	365.00	365.00
20	650–700	682	2,150.00–2,475.00	2,319.77
5	650–700	685	301.00	301.00
27	700–750	742	279.00–285.50	280.18
43	700–750	723	2,075.00–2,650.00	2,441.00
56	750–800	770	2,325.00–2,675.00	2,536.63
70	750–800	775	258.00–280.50	262.10
35	800–850	824	2,325.00–3,025.00	2,643.84
9	800–850	802	268.00	268.00
18	850–900	870	246.00–290.00	273.14
20	850–900	854	2,450.00	2,450.00
5	900–950	909	2,900.00	2,900.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
20	300–350	343	1,335.00	1,335.00
8	300–350	334	330.00–375.00	341.11
15	350–400	380	1,310.00–1,475.00	1,364.32
17	350–400	364	337.50–400.00	376.01
11	400–450	417	1,100.00	1,100.00
153	400–450	424	325.00–395.00	357.78
133	450–500	473	323.00–348.00	340.03
390	500–550	530	295.00–355.00	318.42
459	550–600	584	260.00–318.50	299.13
610	600–650	630	263.00–303.00	282.17
616	650–700	670	261.00–286.00	273.60
387	700–750	730	245.00–279.00	264.91
287	750–800	777	241.00–288.00	259.36
161	800–850	824	241.00–256.50	249.74
118	850–900	879	211.00–262.75	242.02
57	900–950	928	230.00–237.25	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,021	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	270.00	270.00
30	350–400	375	367.00–368.00	367.53
19	400–450	422	310.00–327.50	322.16
43	450–500	478	261.00–324.00	300.86
107	500–550	534	272.00–317.50	300.41
11	550–600	573	272.50–275.00	274.13
12	600–650	634	260.00	260.00
35	650–700	692	215.00–254.00	249.54
4	700–750	741	249.00	249.00
14	800–850	848	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	700	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
79	800–850	845	266.35	266.35
24	900–950	947	243.25	243.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	553	324.50	324.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	453	335.00	335.00
6	500–550	503	296.00	296.00
5	600–650	623	236.00	236.00
3	650–700	670	260.00	260.00

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.