Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 81 priced lines covering 3,572 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,751 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,186 head.

Mon Jul 15, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,751Last week 1,674Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,186Last week 812Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Choice heifers .50 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady. There is no comparison on feeder cattle due to light receipts last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	830	129.00	129.00
9	—	674	133.00–137.00	135.27
12	—	887	114.50–118.50	117.17
29	—	783	128.50–134.00	131.57
13	—	424	140.00–155.50	149.23
33	—	477	140.00–158.00	149.21
40	—	719	134.50–141.00	138.82
70	—	581	141.00–154.00	147.98
104	—	626	138.00–149.00	143.82
156	—	524	136.00–159.00	148.72
14	—	390	135.00–165.00	156.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	607	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	591	141.85	141.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	130.00	130.00
8	—	519	127.00–130.00	128.13
14	—	615	135.50–136.00	135.89
19	—	379	133.00–145.00	141.11
9	—	325	126.00–147.50	136.90
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	135.00	135.00
8	—	557	139.00	139.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	574	151.00	151.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	590	143.75	143.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	574	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	339	171.00	171.00
9	—	905	135.50	135.50
10	—	361	149.00–157.50	154.54
7	—	983	121.50	121.50
31	—	463	170.00–185.50	181.88
26	—	422	157.50–185.00	172.31
53	—	662	138.00–155.50	149.92
479	—	824	135.50–148.50	142.23
251	—	870	134.00–142.60	140.02
240	—	629	148.50–160.75	155.18
230	—	790	137.50–147.60	144.91
174	—	731	139.00–150.75	143.61
92	—	524	164.00–176.50	169.47
70	—	566	155.00–165.50	160.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	486	143.00	143.00
12	—	600	139.50	139.50
23	—	555	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	751	137.00	137.00
8	—	817	136.00	136.00
68	—	868	135.50–137.60	137.33
3	—	518	157.00	157.00
3	—	693	139.00	139.00
4	—	416	165.00	165.00
6	—	480	150.00–158.00	153.85
15	—	392	166.00–167.00	166.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	596	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	118.00	118.00
3	—	588	136.00	136.00
3	—	625	126.00	126.00
4	—	826	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	121.00	121.00
6	—	465	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	625	117.00	117.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,171	41.00–50.00	46.31
12	—	1,080	21.00–36.00	30.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,568	60.00–69.00	64.55
7	—	1,672	70.00–75.00	72.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,330	51.00–59.00	53.81
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,063	106.75–109.50	107.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	1,257	106.50–120.00	113.99
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,198	101.00–114.50	106.94
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,231	77.00–106.50	95.76
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	106.50–108.00	107.25
Heifers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,383	84.00–86.00	85.02
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,675	113.00–117.75	113.79
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
307	—	1,364	107.00–120.50	115.30
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	107.00	107.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,270	100.00–114.00	108.64
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,352	91.00–103.00	97.82
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,122	94.00–110.00	107.42
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	103.00	103.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,139	102.00–112.00	105.46
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,505	89.00	89.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,332	80.00–84.00	81.99
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,289	67.00–76.50	73.35
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,402	81.00–93.00	83.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,745	61.00–82.00	74.46

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.

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