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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 11

● As filed70 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 70 priced lines covering 2,551 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,506 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,282 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 11, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,506Last week 576Year ago 2,706

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,282Last week 1,108Year ago 1,444

Compared to last week the best test of the feeder cattle market was on steers over 850 lbs as they sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Not enough feeder heifers for a market comparison. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. It is interesting that the heavier weight feeders were lower this week. But most of these lots were sold on the day the CME live cattle futures were trading 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Some lots came out of grow yards and displayed a little more flesh, so gains were going to be added slowly to finish weight.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,011	260.00	260.00
11	1050–1100	1,096	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	630	365.00	365.00
8	700–750	740	340.00	340.00
3	800–850	808	2,000.00	2,000.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	1,450.00	1,450.00
5	350–400	398	460.00	460.00
7	400–450	420	1,700.00	1,700.00
3	500–550	536	360.00	360.00
13	550–600	577	330.00–358.00	336.19
29	600–650	636	337.50–373.00	365.22
20	650–700	676	307.00–336.00	329.31
97	700–750	712	328.00–353.00	339.80
14	750–800	775	330.00	330.00
139	800–850	820	302.00–328.00	314.51
42	850–900	870	300.00–328.00	310.37
139	900–950	914	310.00–315.25	314.56
233	950–1000	987	273.50–307.50	289.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	253	920.00	920.00
8	400–450	446	530.00	530.00
6	550–600	595	424.00	424.00
14	600–650	617	416.00–423.00	419.49
10	650–700	657	399.00	399.00
69	700–750	724	355.00–378.00	377.00
14	750–800	769	369.00–376.00	374.01
158	800–850	831	339.00–360.00	344.92
147	850–900	886	328.00–330.50	330.38
139	900–950	910	319.00–334.75	332.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	568	375.00	375.00
5	650–700	672	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	1050–1100	1,067	300.00–315.00	311.03
7	1150–1200	1,156	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,005	213.00	213.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,514	161.00–179.00	170.27
29	—	1,631	172.00–209.00	183.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	922	156.00–257.50	199.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,125	150.00–228.00	171.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	918	100.00–146.00	127.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,158	119.00–143.00	130.50
4	—	1,311	95.00–106.00	101.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,335	163.00–210.00	178.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,323	145.00–166.00	155.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,605	244.50	244.50
16	—	1,384	242.00–249.50	244.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,380	230.00–238.00	233.56
49	—	1,244	230.00–243.00	238.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	242.00	242.00
4	—	1,598	247.25	247.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,083	200.00–250.00	232.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
274	—	1,413	240.50–250.50	246.02
71	—	1,449	239.00–253.50	241.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,133	233.00–273.00	258.17
3	—	1,292	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,513	251.00–256.50	253.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	263.00–274.00	270.53
14	—	1,044	229.00–249.00	238.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,135	242.00–259.50	257.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,179	243.50–243.75	243.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,207	230.00–242.50	237.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
218	—	1,301	238.00–251.00	244.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,179	100.00–177.00	150.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,452	186.00–206.00	200.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,509	210.00–231.00	217.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,128	140.00–203.00	165.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,824	212.00–250.00	225.43
29	—	1,717	169.00–217.00	198.40
1	—	1,340	123.00	123.00

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.