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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, May 25

● As filed42 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

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State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 42 priced lines covering 931 head across slaughter cattle. USDA puts receipts at 1,040 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 25, 2026

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

Receipts 1,040Last week 514Year ago 1,800

No test on calves and feeder cattle. Slaughter steers sold steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter heifers sold 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for slaughter cattle.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,663	259.50–260.00	259.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,702	259.50–265.00	260.94
10	—	1,724	259.00–268.00	265.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,802	258.00–258.50	258.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,298	245.00–262.00	256.61
3	—	1,547	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	1,576	259.00–271.75	266.24
13	—	1,463	258.50–265.50	260.26
18	—	1,553	260.50–262.25	261.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,386	255.00–260.00	257.68
13	—	1,565	269.00–272.75	271.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,129	235.00–304.00	274.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,341	254.00–280.00	267.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,544	243.00–255.00	246.34
3	—	1,638	258.50–262.50	259.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,608	227.00–239.50	233.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,264	246.00–263.00	257.56
27	—	1,267	250.00–257.00	252.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,404	263.50–270.25	266.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,444	254.00–259.00	257.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,100	230.00–270.00	261.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,216	257.00–258.50	258.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,790	243.00–255.00	248.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	1,370	257.50–271.25	262.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,575	188.00–203.00	194.04
37	—	1,490	174.00–194.00	182.74
2	—	1,530	150.00–155.00	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,180	169.00–272.50	206.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,363	171.00–209.00	192.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	904	135.00–161.00	145.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,137	125.00–163.00	147.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	145.00–150.00	147.53
25	—	1,319	159.00–180.00	168.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,712	183.00–228.00	208.34
11	—	1,897	230.00–292.50	245.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,130	193.00–270.00	231.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,538	251.00–267.50	253.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,748	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,308	262.00–267.00	264.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	228.00	228.00

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.