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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Oct 5

● As filed105 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 105 priced lines covering 5,554 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,063 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,109 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Oct 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,063Last week 2,703Year ago 3,673

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,109Last week 1,860Year ago 1,414

Compared to last week's light test of the weaned and bawling calf market this week saw most weights of steers and heifers trading unevenly steady. Yearling steers sold steady to 5.00 higher on comparable weight with yearling heifers steady at best. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady with slaughter cows and bulls 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good throughout the week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	439	450.00	450.00
6	450–500	483	392.00	392.00
9	500–550	522	330.00–356.00	347.09
27	550–600	584	333.00–366.00	355.76
32	600–650	618	342.00–346.00	345.61
3	650–700	650	276.00	276.00
4	800–850	835	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	376	426.00–500.00	458.24
31	400–450	424	412.50–445.00	431.86
40	450–500	484	397.50–447.50	407.06
75	500–550	523	364.50–380.50	371.26
60	550–600	574	362.50–367.50	363.47
9	600–650	627	345.00–350.00	346.68
9	650–700	659	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	450.00	450.00
23	450–500	458	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	1,850.00	1,850.00
22	350–400	371	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,754.31
86	400–450	429	435.00–525.00	458.98
98	450–500	471	382.50–442.50	421.67
199	500–550	520	376.50–420.00	390.03
176	550–600	568	344.00–405.00	372.51
153	600–650	617	321.00–387.00	356.29
71	650–700	659	300.00–341.00	333.73
83	700–750	721	301.00–339.00	327.78
33	750–800	776	290.00–330.50	315.27
106	800–850	837	304.50–315.00	313.45
137	850–900	868	290.50–312.00	307.64
73	900–950	914	276.50–297.75	294.57
120	950–1000	958	294.25	294.25
59	1000–1050	1,020	264.00–286.75	285.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	409	550.00	550.00
19	450–500	469	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,040	270.00	270.00
9	1050–1100	1,085	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	457.00	457.00
37	450–500	480	425.00–475.00	446.50
26	500–550	531	383.00–442.50	396.96
19	550–600	589	376.00–381.00	378.56
39	600–650	629	340.00–365.00	355.79
3	650–700	673	333.00	333.00
8	800–850	815	301.00–315.00	306.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	230	1,875.00	1,875.00
10	300–350	326	1,975.00–2,000.00	1,982.74
18	350–400	389	515.00–540.00	528.83
78	400–450	429	480.00–560.00	522.35
281	450–500	475	438.00–530.00	484.68
148	500–550	523	431.00–475.00	449.72
415	550–600	571	393.00–462.50	427.64
264	600–650	612	381.00–424.00	405.48
65	650–700	690	355.50–394.00	367.35
132	700–750	717	349.00–364.00	358.10
114	750–800	771	345.00–355.00	350.97
109	800–850	816	314.00–356.50	342.10
267	850–900	874	330.75–338.75	334.40
67	900–950	928	291.50–314.25	312.68
59	950–1000	973	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	480.00	480.00
17	500–550	531	385.00–422.00	406.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	500.00	500.00
40	350–400	370	525.00–590.00	548.48
4	400–450	428	2,200.00	2,200.00
27	400–450	435	510.00–520.00	512.39
104	450–500	478	455.00–497.50	472.15
60	500–550	532	428.00–466.00	443.39
262	550–600	578	410.00–445.00	428.63
47	600–650	628	367.00–408.00	391.10
11	650–700	652	344.00–362.00	357.06
5	700–750	724	334.00	334.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,322	110.00–120.00	113.20
35	—	1,309	123.00–140.00	132.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	945	170.00–265.00	215.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,406	133.00–167.00	146.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,653	130.00–147.00	135.90
11	—	1,634	107.00–129.00	117.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,123	62.50–103.00	87.52
27	—	1,270	100.00–125.00	111.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,103	125.00–260.00	180.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,147	215.00–255.00	224.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,356	211.00–219.00	216.94
12	—	1,368	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,375	218.00–224.25	221.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,104	160.00–255.00	220.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,334	215.00–221.50	217.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,407	220.00–225.25	223.59
23	—	1,538	218.00–220.00	218.35
258	—	1,489	219.00–226.00	222.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,549	214.50–217.00	215.56
46	—	1,377	210.00–219.00	215.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,697	216.50–217.25	217.12
6	—	1,733	216.00–217.25	217.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	207.00–210.00	208.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,149	187.50–228.00	216.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,241	212.00–233.00	222.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,328	102.50–160.50	137.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	198.00–205.75	204.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,639	170.00–192.00	184.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,674	198.00–213.00	201.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	216.50	216.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,513	110.00–135.00	121.33
7	—	1,717	219.00–235.00	226.23
24	—	1,695	150.00–213.00	188.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,052	151.00–212.50	190.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,030	190.00–250.00	218.69

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.