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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Jul 28

● As filed88 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 88 priced lines covering 5,991 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,065 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 358 head. replacement cattle receipts at 99 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jul 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,065Last week 1,791Year ago 4,100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 358Last week 1,591Year ago 1,415

Replacement CattleReceipts 99Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week light test of the feeder cattle market, steers and heifers sold unevenly steady to 10.00 higher on comparable weights. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher and not enough slaughter cows and bulls for a market comparison. Demand was good from the farmer/feeder and background buyers. Some of the feeder cattle weight classes would have sold at all - time record highs for the state last week. Feedlot sales continue to have closeouts in the black and cattle feeders keep digging in and back filling empty pens. More than likely, farmer/feeders will have a bin busting corn crop and they plan on walking several bushels of corn to town via slaughter steers and heifers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	335	514.00–520.00	517.24
33	350–400	387	519.00–527.00	523.08
18	500–550	543	395.00–443.00	426.35
14	550–600	582	413.00	413.00
7	600–650	639	373.00	373.00
3	650–700	671	350.00	350.00
39	700–750	748	341.00–345.00	344.59
14	750–800	782	324.00–333.50	327.51
57	800–850	816	322.00–332.50	325.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	301	1,825.00	1,825.00
73	400–450	421	500.00–525.00	512.49
63	450–500	479	410.00–483.50	459.19
54	500–550	516	450.00–492.50	475.04
92	550–600	571	395.00–453.00	425.53
94	600–650	623	389.00–429.50	406.34
204	650–700	676	357.00–393.50	376.64
205	700–750	726	348.00–385.50	365.96
456	750–800	773	336.00–370.50	355.10
552	800–850	827	330.00–369.25	358.80
476	850–900	873	310.00–346.00	333.78
228	900–950	924	307.00–351.00	327.40
77	950–1000	957	304.50–330.00	308.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	155	1,100.00	1,100.00
3	250–300	295	1,675.00	1,675.00
5	300–350	307	600.00	600.00
7	350–400	377	533.00–552.50	540.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	1000–1050	1,021	267.50–301.00	295.44
4	1100–1150	1,106	274.00	274.00
11	1150–1200	1,165	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	454.00	454.00
11	350–400	363	385.00–410.00	398.64
3	400–450	418	350.00	350.00
16	500–550	540	359.00–384.00	370.04
3	600–650	600	327.50	327.50
8	650–700	671	310.00	310.00
8	800–850	805	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	278	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,378.49
5	300–350	313	1,450.00	1,450.00
60	350–400	374	360.00–490.00	460.59
40	400–450	423	392.50–460.00	441.81
76	450–500	477	400.00–426.00	413.60
151	500–550	525	380.00–425.00	400.43
327	550–600	588	340.00–381.00	369.86
101	600–650	639	345.00–370.00	355.49
98	650–700	672	330.00–352.00	347.77
492	700–750	725	320.00–352.00	339.65
474	750–800	766	314.00–351.25	333.69
440	800–850	825	309.00–332.00	314.79
123	850–900	880	290.50–323.50	301.60
89	900–950	921	280.75–303.50	291.98
30	950–1000	953	263.00–293.50	287.42
19	1000–1050	1,009	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	190	1,075.00	1,075.00
5	300–350	341	462.50	462.50
6	450–500	465	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,046	276.00	276.00
48	1100–1150	1,101	275.00	275.00
3	1150–1200	1,151	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	470.00	470.00
3	700–750	715	332.00	332.00
3	950–1000	963	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1050–1100	1,085	251.00	251.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,259	238.50–247.50	241.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,044	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,207	228.00–238.25	233.71
2	—	1,160	236.50–240.00	238.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,419	237.00–245.00	241.30
73	—	1,377	237.00–243.50	240.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,276	220.00–233.00	227.94
1	—	1,145	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,552	237.75–239.50	238.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,329	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,276	230.00–238.00	232.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,110	225.00–235.00	232.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,224	145.00–170.00	160.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	140.00–144.00	141.87
8	—	1,293	147.00–155.00	150.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	159.00–174.00	166.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,503	155.00–171.00	162.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	921	130.00–144.50	137.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,317	117.00–143.00	133.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,729	150.00–205.00	181.93
3	—	1,705	210.00–216.00	213.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	99	—	1,147	3,000.00–3,525.00	3,498.29

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.