Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 62 priced lines covering 3,639 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,082 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 995 head.

Mon Jul 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,082Last week 2,751Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 995Last week 1,186Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers unevenly steady. Choice heifers 1.00 to 1.50 higher. Slaughter cows steady on light receipts. Feeder steers 500/600 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers 600/900 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 500/600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 600 /900 lbs unevenly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,369	90.00–99.00	93.70
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,366	84.00–88.00	85.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
347	—	1,349	108.25–119.25	116.03
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,093	100.00–105.00	102.53
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,555	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,318	103.00–114.75	109.42
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,063	99.00–107.00	103.27
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	81.50–83.50	82.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,240	105.00–114.50	110.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	1,207	108.25–120.00	114.96
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	830	41.00–93.50	60.08
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,240	87.00–107.00	93.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,446	51.00–58.00	53.99
10	—	1,678	60.00–85.00	73.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,322	51.00–59.00	54.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,074	21.00–35.00	31.49
6	—	1,227	40.00–49.00	43.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,604	74.00–77.00	75.80
2	—	1,455	62.00–67.00	64.63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	585	107.50–151.50	131.37
24	—	705	138.00–140.00	139.66
8	—	489	158.00–159.50	159.14
41	—	889	125.00–130.00	129.52
19	—	691	144.75	144.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	717	144.50–153.50	150.96
37	—	672	145.00–158.00	153.84
4	—	376	540.00	540.00
21	—	1,075	122.25	122.25
17	—	521	166.00–169.50	167.48
416	—	829	141.50–147.35	144.60
125	—	855	130.00–147.00	145.77
112	—	633	147.50–163.60	161.03
31	—	488	158.00–170.00	162.37
223	—	932	132.75–137.00	134.05
8	—	332	200.00	200.00
181	—	958	132.50–133.25	132.90
81	—	572	151.50–164.00	156.60
346	—	772	143.00–154.50	150.19
13	—	416	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	472	134.00–140.00	136.93
8	—	623	120.00–130.00	125.05
6	—	745	127.25	127.25
15	—	568	116.00–138.00	125.49
9	—	529	137.50–140.00	138.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	673	130.50–145.00	138.65
92	—	767	134.50–138.00	134.96
4	—	937	119.00	119.00
233	—	713	130.00–141.85	139.90
32	—	474	145.00–150.50	148.02
221	—	834	122.00–132.50	130.81
12	—	503	147.00–150.00	148.99
66	—	624	135.25–145.00	139.83
119	—	585	137.00–146.50	145.03
6	—	378	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	726	92.50	92.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	467	130.00	130.00
1	—	540	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	367	132.50	132.50
5	—	533	155.00	155.00
1	—	635	126.00	126.00

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.

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