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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Sep 28

● As filed96 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 96 priced lines covering 4,178 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,703 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,860 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Sep 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,703Last week 8,821Year ago 8,803

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,860Last week 1,498Year ago 827

Compared to last week's heavy supply, steer calves sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher and yearling steers sold unevenly steady. Heifer calves not enough for a market comparison and yearling sold 4.00 higher on comparable offerings. Slaughter steers sold 1.00 higher and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher except lean cows sold 3.00 lower and bull steady. Demand was good for calves and feeder cattle with moderate demand for slaughter cattle. Rain have finally stopped across the region leaving fields soaked and some under water. Farmers are having some corn sprout on the ear while soybean pods are popping and dropping beans in the dirt.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,611	173.00–217.00	196.95
5	—	1,942	213.00–222.00	216.24
3	—	1,485	100.00–160.00	132.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,254	155.00–205.00	182.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,159	140.00–215.00	192.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,179	110.00–135.00	121.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,257	116.00–137.00	129.16
36	—	1,290	139.00–153.00	145.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	943	115.00–125.00	119.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	925	177.00–232.50	197.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,223	128.00–140.00	133.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	174.00–177.00	175.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,488	145.50–169.00	155.21
3	—	1,675	138.00–143.00	140.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,175	159.00–195.00	178.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,342	211.00–213.00	212.00
63	—	1,248	210.00–219.25	216.67
19	—	1,359	209.50–214.50	211.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,349	211.00–224.00	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	209.00	209.00
6	—	1,507	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,601	216.50	216.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,348	216.50–222.00	219.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
467	—	1,391	214.00–225.75	220.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	236.00	236.00
6	—	1,137	223.00	223.00
17	—	1,221	217.25–221.00	218.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,107	209.00–231.00	219.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	211.00	211.00
79	—	1,352	210.00–219.00	216.75
2	—	1,260	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,450	217.25–224.00	219.56
12	—	1,632	218.50–218.75	218.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,444	213.50–223.50	216.53
232	—	1,459	219.00–225.50	222.14
36	—	1,558	215.00–218.50	216.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,701	214.00–222.00	217.33
2	—	1,583	214.00–215.50	214.75
12	—	1,713	218.00–223.75	222.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,741	204.00–214.00	212.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,243	210.00–285.00	223.08
6	—	1,167	225.50–251.00	235.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,120	207.00–222.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,490	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,100	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,628	206.00–217.00	210.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,681	196.00–207.00	203.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,555	187.00–197.00	191.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,470	210.50–220.00	213.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,612	200.00–209.00	206.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,657	211.00–218.00	213.64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	398	465.00	465.00
16	400–450	414	440.00–457.50	450.83
70	450–500	478	410.00–435.00	420.31
6	500–550	515	402.50	402.50
23	550–600	552	383.00	383.00
33	600–650	606	365.00–384.00	380.55
335	700–750	731	320.00–340.50	332.10
69	750–800	784	308.00–309.00	308.12
87	800–850	819	309.00–314.00	309.89
93	850–900	862	295.00–314.00	302.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	272	565.00	565.00
5	300–350	334	540.00	540.00
30	400–450	441	420.00–423.00	422.62
23	450–500	485	402.50–415.00	406.84
91	500–550	539	360.50–395.00	374.87
45	550–600	581	354.00–380.00	367.69
8	600–650	611	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	689	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	525.00	525.00
35	550–600	580	374.00–397.00	386.60
17	600–650	629	372.00–372.50	372.20
34	650–700	677	336.00–354.00	339.10
26	900–950	901	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	428	519.00–550.00	523.04
44	450–500	461	455.00–501.00	490.26
91	500–550	523	453.00–477.00	464.29
18	550–600	555	441.00–445.00	442.77
46	600–650	646	382.00–395.00	388.48
104	700–750	717	331.00–379.25	367.87
143	750–800	771	325.00–354.00	337.69
103	800–850	825	334.00–336.00	335.62
338	850–900	879	328.50–343.75	335.58
123	950–1000	977	314.00–319.00	316.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	372	505.00–570.00	545.83
27	400–450	430	495.00–517.50	508.69
16	450–500	471	434.00–475.00	446.86
60	500–550	525	402.50–450.00	436.70
140	550–600	572	389.00–433.00	415.15
92	600–650	615	382.50–412.00	404.55
17	650–700	665	356.00	356.00
8	700–750	721	323.00–326.00	324.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	614	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	466	445.00	445.00

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.