Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 48 priced lines covering 1,569 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,445 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 490 head.

Mon Aug 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,445Last week 6,077Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 490Last week 683Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder steers 500/599 lbs steady, 600/950 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 500/850 lbs 7.00 to 13.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,259	87.00–99.00	90.94
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,096	98.00–106.75	103.78
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,147	100.50–103.00	101.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,350	100.50–109.00	107.10
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,550	99.00–107.10	105.92
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,135	103.00	103.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,258	100.00–104.50	103.31
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,668	72.00–73.50	72.76
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,023	88.00–95.00	91.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,238	100.00–108.60	106.18
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,203	71.00–99.00	84.52
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,128	88.00–96.25	93.56
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,207	98.00–104.75	103.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,194	56.00–62.00	59.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,476	63.00–69.00	65.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	42.00–48.00	44.64
6	—	1,128	50.00–55.00	52.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	40.00	40.00
8	—	1,809	77.00–92.00	83.74
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,361	77.50	77.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	69.00	69.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,092	99.00	99.00
4	—	411	150.00	150.00
13	—	468	155.00	155.00
13	—	779	119.75–132.00	127.18
23	—	718	127.50–133.50	129.86
25	—	671	126.00–135.00	131.27
39	—	536	134.00–143.00	141.44
59	—	855	119.50–123.25	121.09
89	—	628	134.00–139.50	136.85
94	—	587	135.00–145.75	141.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,068	107.00	107.00
10	—	427	191.00	191.00
12	—	561	157.00–170.50	163.62
15	—	538	158.50–168.00	161.04
32	—	665	140.00–146.00	143.29
36	—	631	151.00–154.75	153.96
55	—	910	127.85	127.85
98	—	713	143.50–148.25	146.72
184	—	864	129.75–140.00	137.38
266	—	821	134.75–138.85	136.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	870	123.50	123.50
6	—	499	133.00	133.00
7	—	571	150.00	150.00
14	—	742	132.50–135.00	133.93
25	—	781	119.00–135.00	127.43
26	—	689	134.75–136.00	135.38

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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