Name: Tri State Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Holstein Feeder Calf & Yearling Sale - No comparison today since last sale was a month ago, but a higher undertone was noted. Demand was good on a moderate to light offering today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $85.00/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$85.00

17 head · 347 lb average

Value per head Derived

$295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−38.42

vs IA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 3	347	85.00	295	17thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

85.00

—

IA average7 barns · 1,592 hd

123.42

−38.42

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

48 lots · USDA AMS · Tri-State Feeder Cattle Auction - Sioux Center, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 3	—	347	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	295	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	175	40.92/cwt	40.00–45.00	72	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	428	50.71/cwt	40.00–60.00	217	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	530	83.69/cwt	77.50–85.00	444	52
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	221	100.79/cwt	89.00–107.00	223	35
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	563	82.51/cwt	75.00–84.00	465	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	810	71.49/cwt	70.00–73.00	579	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	720	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	504	3
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	626	92.33/cwt	89.00–112.00	578	31
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	525	116.34/cwt	110.00–120.00	611	17
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	680	84.64/cwt	80.00–90.00	576	13
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	422	109.79/cwt	100.00–121.00	463	8
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	985	73.75/cwt	72.50–75.00	726	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	1,109	89.40/cwt	86.00–89.50	991	103
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	923	78.90/cwt	75.00–90.00	728	29
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	1,200	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	942	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	338	55.63/cwt	55.00–65.00	188	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	219	53.76/cwt	45.00–60.00	118	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	136	102.20/cwt	80.00–110.50	139	84
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	280	100.31/cwt	90.00–110.00	281	37
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	184	98.60/cwt	80.00–100.00	181	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	304	83.79/cwt	75.00–87.00	255	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	775	71.24/cwt	70.00–72.50	552	4
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	914	69.11/cwt	68.00–70.00	632	48
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	765	91.96/cwt	90.00–100.00	703	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	1,019	85.36/cwt	83.00–86.00	870	19
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	974	92.27/cwt	87.00–92.50	899	46
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	1,075	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	796	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	763	80.58/cwt	80.00–82.00	615	7
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	716	84.01/cwt	80.00–85.00	602	10
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	363	113.76/cwt	95.00–130.00	413	16
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	479	113.49/cwt	110.00–119.00	544	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	650	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	455	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	615	73.74/cwt	72.50–75.00	454	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	435	84.97/cwt	80.00–87.00	370	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	473	86.46/cwt	80.00–89.00	409	32
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	364	88.03/cwt	87.00–91.00	320	50
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	125	46.39/cwt	40.00–50.00	58	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	380	42.56/cwt	30.00–60.00	162	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	288	65.52/cwt	60.00–70.00	189	33
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	1,165	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	897	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	816	94.09/cwt	93.00–98.00	768	13
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	726	95.98/cwt	90.00–100.00	697	38
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	874	87.14/cwt	84.00–89.00	762	117
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	808	82.37/cwt	80.00–86.00	666	6
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	331	112.42/cwt	100.00–125.00	372	9
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	574	97.93/cwt	90.00–102.50	562	15
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	859	81.56/cwt	80.00–82.00	701	18

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Iowa feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Feeder Cattle Auction - Sioux Center, IA

Fri Oct 25, 2019

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

Receipts 1,245Last week 1,310Year ago 0

Holstein Feeder Calf & Yearling Sale - No comparison today since last sale was a month ago, but a higher undertone was noted. Demand was good on a moderate to light offering today.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	347	85.00	85.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	175	40.00–45.00	40.92
11	—	428	40.00–60.00	50.71
28	—	338	55.00–65.00	55.63
14	—	219	45.00–60.00	53.76
8	—	125	40.00–50.00	46.39
15	—	380	30.00–60.00	42.56
33	—	288	60.00–70.00	65.52
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	530	77.50–85.00	83.69
35	—	221	89.00–107.00	100.79
24	—	563	75.00–84.00	82.51
8	—	810	70.00–73.00	71.49
3	—	720	70.00	70.00
84	—	136	80.00–110.50	102.20
37	—	280	90.00–110.00	100.31
28	—	184	80.00–100.00	98.60
15	—	304	75.00–87.00	83.79
4	—	775	70.00–72.50	71.24
2	—	650	70.00	70.00
8	—	615	72.50–75.00	73.74
22	—	435	80.00–87.00	84.97
32	—	473	80.00–89.00	86.46
50	—	364	87.00–91.00	88.03
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	626	89.00–112.00	92.33
17	—	525	110.00–120.00	116.34
13	—	680	80.00–90.00	84.64
8	—	422	100.00–121.00	109.79
4	—	985	72.50–75.00	73.75
48	—	914	68.00–70.00	69.11
2	—	1,075	74.00	74.00
7	—	763	80.00–82.00	80.58
10	—	716	80.00–85.00	84.01
16	—	363	95.00–130.00	113.76
19	—	479	110.00–119.00	113.49
6	—	808	80.00–86.00	82.37
9	—	331	100.00–125.00	112.42
15	—	574	90.00–102.50	97.93
18	—	859	80.00–82.00	81.56
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,109	86.00–89.50	89.40
29	—	923	75.00–90.00	78.90
11	—	1,200	78.50	78.50
10	—	765	90.00–100.00	91.96
19	—	1,019	83.00–86.00	85.36
46	—	974	87.00–92.50	92.27
2	—	1,165	77.00	77.00
13	—	816	93.00–98.00	94.09
38	—	726	90.00–100.00	95.98
117	—	874	84.00–89.00	87.14

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.

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