Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 107 priced lines covering 3,326 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,260 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,410 head.

Mon Jul 29, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,260Last week 3,082Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,410Last week 995Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Choice heifers 1.00 to 1.75 higher. Slaughter Holstein steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. There is no comparison on feeder cattle due to light receipts .

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	909	121.25	121.25
14	—	425	142.00–154.00	150.86
21	—	767	129.00–132.00	131.02
35	—	737	126.00–131.50	130.05
39	—	674	135.00–140.25	139.28
45	—	826	126.50–128.50	127.45
48	—	528	145.00–157.00	153.10
111	—	627	133.00–145.25	142.67
8	—	862	126.00	126.00
10	—	574	141.00	141.00
11	—	480	139.00–148.00	145.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	115.00	115.00
4	—	439	112.50	112.50
4	—	535	141.00	141.00
9	—	477	131.00–135.00	132.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,026	123.00	123.00
13	—	404	171.00–179.00	174.70
19	—	482	167.00–174.50	170.89
20	—	957	129.25	129.25
22	—	914	133.75	133.75
23	—	783	132.00–140.25	135.39
26	—	719	136.50–145.00	142.37
28	—	898	127.25	127.25
31	—	531	156.00–167.00	164.36
33	—	629	147.00–152.00	149.52
39	—	587	160.00–162.00	161.11
55	—	686	135.00–147.50	146.04
65	—	826	132.50–135.75	135.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	504	145.00	145.00
5	—	414	163.00	163.00
4	—	578	142.00	142.00
3	—	355	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	69.00	69.00
6	—	378	76.00–77.50	76.23
6	—	980	72.00	72.00
7	—	668	70.00–71.50	71.29
11	—	172	75.00–80.00	77.39
12	—	281	72.50–76.00	75.36
13	—	479	74.00–78.00	75.89
13	—	711	76.00–77.50	77.04
16	—	529	70.00–72.50	70.86
20	—	614	67.50–71.00	69.76
25	—	848	78.00–79.50	79.08
32	—	230	70.00–75.00	74.14
37	—	908	77.50	77.50
47	—	339	72.00–79.00	77.29
55	—	440	78.00–92.00	84.27
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	100.00	100.00
2	—	670	91.00–95.00	93.06
3	—	787	99.00	99.00
4	—	740	92.00	92.00
8	—	419	100.00–115.00	108.34
13	—	489	97.00–110.00	100.95
15	—	841	95.50	95.50
18	—	1,120	100.00	100.00
9	—	140	180.00	180.00
9	—	216	310.00	310.00
22	—	181	185.00–250.00	225.85
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	541	80.00–90.00	86.56
23	—	662	78.50	78.50
40	—	1,060	77.00	77.00
42	—	973	82.25	82.25
55	—	912	85.00	85.00
57	—	1,239	81.85	81.85
59	—	768	81.50–84.00	83.53
102	—	618	75.50–90.00	86.71
116	—	879	81.75–87.00	82.47
178	—	745	82.75–85.50	84.80
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	57.00–62.50	59.75
3	—	325	55.00–60.00	58.41
5	—	719	65.00	65.00
8	—	155	40.00–60.00	57.35
9	—	372	51.00–65.00	60.58
10	—	474	58.00–65.00	59.35
13	—	669	59.00–66.00	61.41
14	—	828	61.00–62.00	61.28
15	—	611	59.00–66.00	64.87
23	—	144	45.00–65.00	56.43
25	—	208	50.00–60.00	57.05
30	—	434	55.00–65.00	59.83
30	—	516	51.00–66.00	60.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	549	133.00	133.00
8	—	1,039	97.00	97.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,056	40.00–48.50	43.99
3	—	913	28.00–30.00	29.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,324	60.00–69.75	63.91
7	—	1,423	71.00–81.50	74.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,287	50.00–59.00	56.36
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,097	110.50–112.00	111.04
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	1,242	109.50–121.35	117.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,155	106.50–117.75	114.09
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,170	102.00–109.00	105.51
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	895	101.00–125.00	121.35
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,557	89.50	89.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,543	115.25–121.00	118.79
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	112.00	112.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
527	—	1,348	108.50–121.75	116.68
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,312	103.50–116.00	111.73
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,265	89.00–109.00	105.39
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,095	105.00–121.00	111.42
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	105.00	105.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,085	98.00–104.50	102.03
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,346	82.00–89.50	87.10
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,340	62.00–84.75	82.62
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,391	90.00–99.00	92.86
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	56.00	56.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,825	73.00–90.00	79.07

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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