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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 25

● As filed92 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 92 priced lines covering 9,409 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,147 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 165 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,147Last week 3,951Year ago 7,451

Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 1,547Year ago 739

Compared to last week's light test of the market. This week was the first test of bawling spring calves with a good supply on offer at different auctions. A market trend is not applicable for those lightweight steers and heifers. On the yearling steers most sold 8.00 to 15.00 higher with some weights over 850 lbs trading 20.00 higher on average. Yearling heifers sold unevenly steady. No slaughter cows and bulls on offer. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower on a very thin test of the market. Really nice runs of calves and feeders with several auctions holding customer appreciation BBQ sales. These auctions are usually very active and buyers flock to them to procure livestock. It appears that this year is the same. But there hasn't been a poor sale all year with the historical prices almost every week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	520.00	520.00
8	350–400	388	519.00	519.00
20	400–450	411	430.00–440.00	438.38
21	450–500	482	420.00–450.00	426.72
39	500–550	524	367.00–440.00	407.73
50	550–600	578	409.00–441.00	423.03
65	600–650	622	365.00–408.00	390.75
37	650–700	667	350.00–392.50	363.59
30	700–750	711	340.00–366.00	356.52
20	750–800	782	356.00	356.00
17	800–850	830	297.00–347.50	319.49
22	850–900	869	325.00–355.00	340.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	334	522.50–620.00	574.75
6	350–400	353	555.00–575.00	561.64
30	400–450	418	470.00–510.00	490.21
34	450–500	476	475.00–507.50	491.61
47	500–550	510	465.00–490.00	482.66
5	550–600	571	375.00–420.00	392.66
8	600–650	616	380.50	380.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	270	595.00–670.00	612.96
13	300–350	312	575.00–625.00	602.19
42	350–400	380	535.00–600.00	560.45
33	400–450	426	472.50–530.00	492.42
94	450–500	479	425.00–510.00	474.98
99	500–550	530	435.00–503.00	471.11
165	550–600	571	410.00–510.00	457.90
271	600–650	618	380.00–460.00	422.77
318	650–700	671	382.00–427.00	409.30
421	700–750	726	380.00–399.25	389.43
517	750–800	783	337.50–390.50	379.05
954	800–850	819	336.00–385.00	371.22
961	850–900	870	332.00–378.50	368.51
398	900–950	917	325.00–359.00	350.19
240	950–1000	975	335.50–348.50	339.40
104	1050–1100	1,091	300.00–318.50	317.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	796	352.50	352.50
7	800–850	825	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	450–500	472	477.50–525.00	514.37
12	650–700	662	427.00	427.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	455.00–497.50	484.64
12	350–400	381	370.00–485.00	438.63
31	400–450	420	475.00–487.50	478.20
33	450–500	474	416.00–457.50	440.78
26	500–550	520	422.50–424.00	423.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	246	565.00	565.00
2	250–300	273	475.00–610.00	539.40
31	300–350	331	435.00–555.00	540.83
39	350–400	385	495.00–522.50	505.00
107	400–450	423	435.00–502.50	462.07
159	450–500	475	390.00–471.00	435.25
199	500–550	521	400.00–449.00	422.52
369	550–600	580	370.00–426.50	404.55
317	600–650	620	359.00–400.00	380.41
362	650–700	674	350.00–417.50	383.84
412	700–750	724	326.00–400.00	365.32
205	750–800	784	330.00–349.00	339.45
414	800–850	825	290.00–345.00	331.78
491	850–900	877	301.00–345.00	327.83
213	900–950	925	301.00–345.00	327.52
53	950–1000	991	315.25	315.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	727	330.00	330.00
12	750–800	795	327.00	327.00
27	950–1000	986	289.50	289.50
33	1000–1050	1,006	280.00–321.00	309.16
7	1050–1100	1,087	283.00	283.00
6	1100–1150	1,137	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	372	400.00–435.00	413.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	721	390.00	390.00
69	750–800	771	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	500.00	500.00
4	300–350	349	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	397	470.00	470.00
10	400–450	432	390.00–445.00	417.72
7	450–500	492	400.00	400.00
33	500–550	527	349.00–400.00	371.76
8	550–600	578	355.00–360.00	356.80
47	600–650	624	361.00–384.00	370.38
117	650–700	694	324.00–345.00	344.15
63	700–750	724	290.00–330.00	318.93
37	750–800	777	315.00–328.00	321.63
18	800–850	805	290.00	290.00
6	900–950	929	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	750	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,213	250.00–301.00	270.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,397	240.00–249.00	242.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,284	239.00–248.00	242.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,587	240.50	240.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,510	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,100	231.00–308.00	258.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	232.00–237.00	234.21

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.