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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Jul 27

● As filed62 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 62 priced lines covering 2,691 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,082 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,064 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jul 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,082Last week 0Year ago 6,065

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,064Last week 1,490Year ago 358

Compared to last week: There were no feeder cattle from the last report to trend. Average dressing slaughter cows sold unevenly steady; bulls 1.00 lower. In the slaughter cattle supply, average dressing slaughter steers sold 7.00 to 11.00 lower, average dressing slaughter dairy steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower, and average dressing slaughter heifers sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Trade was active on moderate to very good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	391	520.00	520.00
4	350–400	383	1,825.00	1,825.00
16	450–500	471	445.00–468.00	451.95
11	500–550	517	450.00	450.00
24	550–600	583	411.00–419.00	417.05
25	600–650	630	395.00–415.00	406.31
34	700–750	727	349.00–385.50	374.59
84	750–800	773	341.00–370.00	360.90
308	800–850	825	341.00–364.00	362.06
302	850–900	867	330.50–371.50	354.37
271	900–950	914	316.00–360.50	357.01
35	950–1000	990	305.00–312.50	311.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,027	304.00	304.00
8	1100–1150	1,143	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	574	375.00–379.00	376.65
13	600–650	643	370.00	370.00
4	700–750	710	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	413	2,000.00	2,000.00
13	450–500	490	423.00–440.00	428.15
15	500–550	523	415.00–422.50	416.96
26	550–600	577	368.00–402.50	377.79
14	600–650	615	343.00–353.00	348.88
29	650–700	689	337.00–352.50	350.36
98	700–750	736	335.00–350.00	346.81
51	750–800	774	324.00–343.00	333.26
74	800–850	810	322.00–331.50	330.61
109	850–900	885	295.00–316.50	311.80
133	900–950	916	310.00–316.50	313.20
7	950–1000	951	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	388.00	388.00
19	750–800	782	313.00	313.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,137	182.50–225.00	207.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,688	237.00–275.00	248.02
23	—	1,646	197.00–235.00	222.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	180.00–181.00	180.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	893	125.00–164.00	142.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,161	175.00–259.00	195.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,161	130.00–156.00	142.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,370	180.00–214.00	193.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,251	154.00–179.00	168.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,472	177.00–191.00	184.43
19	—	1,567	191.00–213.00	199.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,084	200.00–255.00	219.48
6	—	915	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	224.00	224.00
9	—	1,741	228.00–238.00	235.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,627	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,122	204.00–216.00	210.73
12	—	1,242	223.00–231.00	228.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,297	220.00–229.00	226.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,391	223.00–229.00	227.12
310	—	1,432	228.00–239.50	233.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,520	217.50–223.50	219.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,638	226.00–233.00	229.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	933	237.00–242.00	240.37
22	—	1,075	200.00–230.00	222.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,234	220.00–229.00	225.53
4	—	1,210	219.00–220.00	219.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	223.50–225.00	224.24
19	—	1,162	222.00–227.50	225.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	1,304	224.00–238.00	231.48

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.