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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 16

● As filed88 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 88 priced lines covering 4,496 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,303 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 651 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,303Last week 7,439Year ago 8,290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 651Last week 893Year ago 944

Compared to last week steers and heifers over 650 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter steers sold steady with heifers trading 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher and bulls sold 10.00 higher. Demand was good throughout the week, especially on cattle going to the feedlot.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,619	178.00–205.00	189.28
5	—	1,768	140.00–160.00	153.43
28	—	1,580	160.00–180.00	169.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,219	128.00–157.50	141.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,352	169.00–200.00	184.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,169	159.00–252.50	188.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	953	170.00–270.00	194.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,136	142.00–157.50	150.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	892	118.00–155.00	133.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	134.00	134.00
27	—	1,367	145.00–180.00	159.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	202.50–222.50	211.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,733	145.00–147.50	146.37
3	—	1,500	210.00–212.50	211.05
10	—	1,931	220.00–280.00	235.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,176	172.50–242.00	224.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	244.00–248.00	247.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,434	230.00–240.00	237.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,499	240.00–248.50	243.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,773	233.00–245.00	241.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	216.50	216.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,543	197.00–212.00	205.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,448	230.00–235.00	232.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,708	230.00–235.00	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,161	212.50–243.00	233.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,212	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,319	229.00–240.50	237.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,436	240.00–250.00	243.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	655	396.00	396.00
10	700–750	740	380.00	380.00
34	750–800	780	3,010.00	3,010.00
35	800–850	828	3,050.00	3,050.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	485	428.00	428.00
4	500–550	533	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	226	1,625.00	1,625.00
10	300–350	321	1,880.00	1,880.00
5	300–350	341	510.00	510.00
52	350–400	375	492.50–549.00	525.37
70	400–450	434	475.00–531.00	506.25
70	450–500	478	443.00–494.00	465.43
176	500–550	523	426.00–490.00	448.04
77	550–600	568	417.00–465.00	437.98
188	600–650	637	390.00–429.50	404.84
193	650–700	663	365.00–401.00	380.89
157	700–750	723	336.00–372.00	362.62
216	750–800	768	339.00–352.25	345.31
9	800–850	815	310.00–312.50	311.39
28	850–900	858	313.00–337.00	332.36
14	900–950	940	265.00–308.00	287.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	389	490.00–497.50	496.04
7	400–450	447	455.00	455.00
36	450–500	484	420.00–440.00	428.88
3	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
37	600–650	645	370.00–375.00	374.61
9	650–700	693	345.00–350.00	348.33
9	700–750	730	335.00–336.00	335.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,000	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	271	695.00	695.00
26	300–350	328	565.00–675.00	622.77
49	350–400	381	570.00–635.00	596.47
102	400–450	436	546.00–620.00	574.73
97	450–500	475	484.00–620.00	561.99
190	500–550	525	479.00–534.00	503.36
91	550–600	578	460.00–527.50	475.19
179	600–650	624	415.00–466.00	444.93
226	650–700	666	395.00–437.50	423.09
279	700–750	731	375.00–415.00	393.23
226	750–800	767	369.00–399.00	383.60
446	800–850	812	347.00–382.25	373.99
131	850–900	868	330.00–369.50	357.25
190	900–950	936	325.00–346.00	341.85
13	950–1000	957	321.00–326.00	322.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	565.00	565.00
12	350–400	386	506.00	506.00
8	400–450	425	470.00–505.00	486.53
28	450–500	471	461.00–535.00	503.02
18	500–550	534	451.00–471.00	462.26
39	550–600	570	415.00–466.00	440.48
35	650–700	694	388.00	388.00
3	700–750	710	325.00	325.00
4	800–850	843	298.00	298.00
12	850–900	862	321.00–323.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	478	500.00	500.00
3	550–600	597	407.50	407.50
5	600–650	604	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	912	290.00	290.00

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.