Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 88 priced lines covering 5,094 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,934 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,365 head.

Mon Oct 14, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,934Last week 4,825Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,365Last week 1,314Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers steady to firm. Feeder steers 400/499 -7.00 to+13.00, 500/599 -3.00 to -11.00, 600/699 steady, 700/799 steady to +6.00, 800/899 +3.00 to+5.00. Feeder heifers 400/599 -6.00 to -12.00, 600/699 +1.00 to+5.00, 700/799 -2.00 to+4.00, 800/850 steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	441	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	712	117.50–128.00	120.27
17	—	315	130.00–137.50	135.21
40	—	427	124.00–149.00	133.29
6	—	923	100.00	100.00
4	—	258	141.00	141.00
3	—	832	110.00	110.00
31	—	770	114.00–124.00	119.78
22	—	673	122.00–133.00	126.56
22	—	616	123.00–139.50	129.62
16	—	562	122.50–130.00	127.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	671	135.00–147.25	143.67
117	—	572	120.50–145.50	132.08
172	—	427	130.00–156.00	146.76
206	—	475	127.00–149.00	135.83
28	—	832	129.00–133.50	132.28
102	—	520	127.50–150.00	135.97
83	—	630	126.50–144.50	142.04
66	—	727	127.00–141.75	137.07
58	—	778	129.50–143.00	132.44
17	—	317	132.50–154.00	143.76
38	—	379	133.00–142.00	139.86
3	—	1,120	95.00	95.00
3	—	957	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	518	135.00–139.00	137.96
23	—	674	133.50–135.00	134.14
8	—	619	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	626	135.00–157.00	148.75
303	—	857	146.85–153.75	151.61
415	—	772	135.00–157.25	149.39
29	—	369	156.00–166.00	163.64
2	—	315	173.00	173.00
56	—	971	136.00	136.00
257	—	834	126.00–151.25	149.30
221	—	483	150.00–170.00	161.38
202	—	674	130.00–155.25	144.42
192	—	573	137.00–160.25	148.54
144	—	726	134.50–156.50	151.72
142	—	515	150.00–169.00	159.09
76	—	411	159.00–189.00	182.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	139.00	139.00
8	—	447	167.00	167.00
62	—	533	146.00–154.00	151.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	497	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	422	130.00–176.00	162.02
73	—	730	121.00–136.00	135.59
27	—	666	120.00–135.00	131.57
16	—	1,027	114.50	114.50
13	—	904	115.00	115.00
7	—	892	120.00	120.00
3	—	315	161.00	161.00
42	—	478	130.00–162.00	152.44
28	—	578	120.00–151.00	141.04
24	—	617	131.00–147.00	140.11
21	—	522	122.00–152.00	142.65
7	—	368	151.00–178.00	166.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	391	157.50	157.50
3	—	317	157.50	157.50
3	—	620	93.00–110.00	104.11
27	—	473	145.00–160.00	151.31
7	—	538	125.00–150.00	137.55
6	—	406	160.00	160.00
4	—	291	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	543	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	347	155.00	155.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,211	106.50–111.00	110.26
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	83.00–91.00	88.12
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,009	93.00–104.50	97.05
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,280	95.00–107.50	103.10
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,162	83.00–99.00	91.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	1,304	105.00–113.85	109.82
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,220	107.50–112.85	110.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,427	95.00–107.00	103.75
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,520	83.00–97.00	91.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
466	—	1,417	105.00–114.00	110.07
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,076	86.00–107.00	99.35
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,230	98.50–103.00	101.51
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,127	65.00–78.75	74.45
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,380	80.00–85.50	84.23
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,210	70.00–77.00	74.11
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,569	90.00–96.25	93.47
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,436	86.00–87.00	86.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,228	40.00–47.00	44.09
10	—	1,063	21.00–36.00	28.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,728	60.00–62.00	61.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,400	50.00–57.00	53.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,551	61.00–80.00	72.07
4	—	1,251	45.00–56.00	52.02

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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