Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 132 priced lines covering 9,198 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,943 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,394 head.

Mon Oct 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,943Last week 911Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,394Last week 1,987Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers mostly steady. Feeder steers and feeder heifers to few receipts last week for a good market comparison

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,128	74.50–77.00	74.86
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,168	71.00–78.00	74.24
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,236	69.00–80.50	78.59
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,378	77.75–85.50	82.22
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,473	86.50–88.00	87.04
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,250	106.25–108.00	107.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,245	101.00–109.50	104.37
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,057	84.00–100.00	93.04
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,043	104.75	104.75
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,308	91.00–98.50	94.80
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
367	—	1,324	106.50–115.50	111.67
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,495	102.50	102.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,764	61.00–80.00	72.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,116	103.25–104.25	103.74
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,494	91.00–95.50	93.65
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,297	106.75–109.00	108.08
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,184	94.50–114.00	106.35
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,493	98.00–109.50	105.41
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
334	—	1,440	105.25–116.00	111.82
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,471	111.00–111.50	111.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,466	46.00–56.00	51.44
3	—	1,688	58.00–68.00	62.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,264	20.00–28.00	24.42
21	—	1,062	30.00–37.00	32.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,242	38.00–45.00	41.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	525	110.00–120.00	116.34
15	—	574	90.00–102.50	97.93
10	—	716	80.00–85.00	84.01
7	—	763	80.00–82.00	80.58
2	—	1,075	74.00	74.00
4	—	985	72.50–75.00	73.75
8	—	422	100.00–121.00	109.79
13	—	680	80.00–90.00	84.64
16	—	363	95.00–130.00	113.76
18	—	859	80.00–82.00	81.56
48	—	914	68.00–70.00	69.11
31	—	626	89.00–112.00	92.33
9	—	331	100.00–125.00	112.42
6	—	808	80.00–86.00	82.37
19	—	479	110.00–119.00	113.49
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	219	45.00–60.00	53.76
28	—	338	55.00–65.00	55.63
33	—	288	60.00–70.00	65.52
11	—	428	40.00–60.00	50.71
8	—	125	40.00–50.00	46.39
20	—	175	40.00–45.00	40.92
15	—	380	30.00–60.00	42.56
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	974	87.00–92.50	92.27
19	—	1,019	83.00–86.00	85.36
10	—	765	90.00–100.00	91.96
11	—	1,200	78.50	78.50
29	—	923	75.00–90.00	78.90
103	—	1,109	86.00–89.50	89.40
117	—	874	84.00–89.00	87.14
38	—	726	90.00–100.00	95.98
13	—	816	93.00–98.00	94.09
2	—	1,165	77.00	77.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	775	70.00–72.50	71.24
15	—	304	75.00–87.00	83.79
52	—	530	77.50–85.00	83.69
35	—	221	89.00–107.00	100.79
24	—	563	75.00–84.00	82.51
8	—	810	70.00–73.00	71.49
3	—	720	70.00	70.00
50	—	364	87.00–91.00	88.03
32	—	473	80.00–89.00	86.46
22	—	435	80.00–87.00	84.97
8	—	615	72.50–75.00	73.74
2	—	650	70.00	70.00
84	—	136	80.00–110.50	102.20
37	—	280	90.00–110.00	100.31
28	—	184	80.00–100.00	98.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	889	121.00	121.00
7	—	934	124.00	124.00
40	—	618	127.50–133.00	130.37
17	—	422	140.00–147.00	144.60
10	—	680	125.00	125.00
4	—	1,088	110.50	110.50
41	—	712	126.00–129.00	126.56
17	—	963	123.00–124.00	123.30
51	—	563	130.50–135.50	132.91
35	—	478	125.00–137.00	134.05
7	—	388	132.50–142.50	138.11
89	—	531	128.00–141.00	135.17
19	—	836	121.00–128.50	126.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
314	—	669	134.50–146.00	141.74
37	—	376	150.00–161.50	154.18
115	—	828	124.75–135.00	131.20
54	—	432	140.00–154.00	147.13
58	—	1,016	129.85	129.85
159	—	530	133.00–151.75	139.94
122	—	619	132.00–143.00	136.76
65	—	722	131.00–144.00	136.37
12	—	285	152.00–171.00	163.55
109	—	880	136.00–138.10	137.19
5	—	307	164.00	164.00
213	—	576	131.00–146.50	140.33
141	—	483	135.00–151.00	141.91
108	—	772	126.00–136.00	130.74
12	—	992	119.50	119.50
179	—	931	135.10–139.35	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	584	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	347	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	712	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	779	126.00–144.25	137.32
47	—	876	133.50	133.50
62	—	973	126.50–128.50	128.14
8	—	396	150.00–168.00	161.35
41	—	623	135.00–141.00	138.13
130	—	579	133.00–158.50	142.62
88	—	733	130.00–142.00	139.44
7	—	538	146.00–151.00	148.87
77	—	683	131.00–145.00	136.63
46	—	480	142.75–156.00	148.13
9	—	435	150.00–151.00	150.57
3	—	1,037	109.00	109.00
179	—	833	133.00–145.75	139.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
696	—	870	139.50–150.10	146.02
323	—	581	144.50–165.00	155.12
232	—	630	142.50–156.75	150.11
82	—	424	171.00–189.00	180.07
127	—	486	156.00–169.50	163.31
331	—	781	145.00–152.75	149.88
309	—	727	137.00–153.75	148.09
190	—	535	145.00–169.00	157.70
6	—	322	180.00–185.00	182.53
50	—	1,000	135.25	135.25
196	—	984	134.75–137.10	136.51
317	—	910	143.25–147.75	145.08
358	—	676	140.00–156.00	150.00
747	—	821	147.35–155.00	150.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	444	164.00	164.00

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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