Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 109 priced lines covering 4,275 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,247 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,740 head.

Mon Sep 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,247Last week 7,373Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,740Last week 505Year ago 0

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/499 +6.00 to +8.00, 500 /599 +2.00/ +6.00, 600/899 mostly +2.00 to+3.00. Feeder heifer 400/499 mostly steady, 500/599 -4.00 to -6.00, 600/699 -2.00 to -4.00, 700/750 steady, 800/899 mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	738	70.00–75.00	72.49
4	—	974	70.00–71.00	70.49
6	—	671	80.00–82.00	81.32
9	—	844	68.00–70.00	69.45
12	—	759	72.00–74.00	72.84
12	—	934	70.00–73.00	72.18
15	—	869	69.00–79.00	77.12
31	—	581	90.00–95.00	90.40
37	—	417	87.00–93.00	90.30
49	—	465	90.00–111.00	102.25
51	—	527	90.50–95.00	91.99
65	—	611	86.50–93.00	89.10
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	643	95.00	95.00
11	—	961	88.00–92.00	89.82
13	—	1,148	72.50	72.50
16	—	881	80.00–94.00	88.73
16	—	1,070	84.50	84.50
27	—	1,010	90.00–100.00	90.90
42	—	720	80.00–86.00	81.07
49	—	782	78.00–80.00	79.30
51	—	666	91.00–94.00	93.51
91	—	920	81.00–92.50	87.86
96	—	840	73.00–90.00	87.72
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	873	58.00–60.00	59.00
5	—	928	52.00–64.00	57.00
53	—	365	87.00–92.00	88.78
46	—	286	92.50–97.00	94.12
43	—	311	88.00–95.00	93.91
36	—	209	89.00–100.00	91.99
29	—	614	80.00–83.00	81.37
19	—	572	78.00–85.00	83.16
14	—	487	82.00–90.00	83.10
12	—	524	72.50–77.50	76.05
9	—	687	73.00–77.00	76.11
8	—	414	77.50–86.00	84.95
6	—	816	63.00–65.00	63.99
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	189	90.00–92.00	90.77
24	—	277	75.00–88.00	85.81
20	—	379	70.00–75.00	72.69
11	—	312	70.00–80.00	78.69
9	—	586	62.50–63.00	62.89
7	—	444	60.00–65.00	64.32
7	—	134	65.00–75.00	69.49
3	—	222	80.00–82.00	81.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	364	147.00–152.00	149.00
10	—	913	127.00	127.00
11	—	319	153.00–175.00	161.30
13	—	637	135.00–139.00	138.09
20	—	870	129.00–129.75	129.48
21	—	417	157.00–165.00	160.34
21	—	582	133.00–142.00	138.00
28	—	819	122.00–128.00	126.00
42	—	526	138.00–151.50	142.13
46	—	466	143.50–154.50	148.29
65	—	673	134.50–146.00	139.07
175	—	713	136.00–140.75	139.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	768	115.00–122.00	119.23
10	—	884	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	432	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	682	140.00–144.25	143.21
28	—	757	132.00–142.50	140.94
15	—	820	138.00–140.50	139.66
13	—	576	140.00–145.50	143.17
7	—	644	142.00–147.00	143.43
3	—	528	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
436	—	825	144.75–153.50	148.58
152	—	672	153.50–155.75	154.55
128	—	873	142.85–146.25	144.53
81	—	702	152.00–154.00	153.85
67	—	460	169.50–182.00	178.32
65	—	799	154.75	154.75
37	—	524	162.00–170.00	165.19
13	—	359	167.50–175.00	173.65
12	—	409	182.50–189.00	185.74
11	—	328	166.00–184.00	172.99
7	—	641	155.00	155.00
7	—	582	157.25	157.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	937	129.00	129.00
6	—	834	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	451	164.00	164.00
9	—	557	138.00	138.00
3	—	655	129.00	129.00
2	—	520	147.00	147.00
2	—	430	155.00	155.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	53.00–54.00	53.54
11	—	1,471	61.00–80.00	72.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,344	51.00–57.00	54.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,659	70.50–73.50	72.87
11	—	1,540	60.00–65.00	62.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,123	29.00–40.00	34.99
10	—	1,247	41.00–49.00	46.07
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,224	84.50–96.50	90.63
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,091	74.50–102.00	86.29
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
376	—	1,285	100.00–110.75	105.38
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,210	91.00–104.50	98.51
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	992	94.00–112.00	98.85
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,402	82.00–94.25	92.77
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,206	84.00–98.00	94.02
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,143	96.00–105.00	101.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
537	—	1,391	100.00–111.50	106.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,370	93.00–104.00	99.63
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,098	101.00–110.00	104.80
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	97.00	97.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	108.00	108.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,709	96.00–99.00	97.95
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,518	82.00–92.50	88.33
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,277	56.00–79.00	72.01
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	1,390	71.00–93.75	83.30
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,324	62.00–69.00	64.85

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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