Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 151 priced lines covering 14,003 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,971 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,876 head.

Mon Nov 18, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,971Last week 6,577Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,876Last week 1,762Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers steady to weak. Feeder steers 400/499 -1.00 to +4.00, 500/699 steady to -1.00, 700/899 +1.00 to+8.00, 900/999 -1.00 to-6.00. Feeder heifers 400/599 steady to -2.00, 600/699 -2.00 to+9.00, 700/899 mostly steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,265	70.00–77.00	72.67
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,315	80.00–84.50	82.49
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,452	91.00–97.00	94.99
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,173	65.00	65.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,183	75.00–80.00	76.68
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,449	85.00–88.00	85.48
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,243	91.00–109.50	105.34
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,032	104.00–105.00	104.23
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,237	103.00–113.60	111.20
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,117	89.50–111.00	106.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
484	—	1,325	108.50–116.85	114.35
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,216	107.00–114.50	109.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,788	56.00–75.00	69.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,582	66.00–77.00	70.13
46	—	1,399	56.00–65.00	60.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,118	31.00–44.00	39.13
11	—	1,058	21.00–30.00	25.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,287	45.00–54.00	51.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
505	—	1,429	110.00–117.75	114.99
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,336	102.00–114.00	109.34
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,112	98.50–134.00	118.60
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,221	107.50–117.35	114.72
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	103.50–105.00	104.27
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	82.00	82.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,406	101.00–108.00	103.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	963	88.25	88.25
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	786	62.00	62.00
3	—	667	60.00	60.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	195.00	195.00
81	—	574	140.00–156.00	149.60
66	—	658	131.00–146.00	142.54
22	—	445	164.00–166.50	164.56
26	—	276	196.00–200.00	199.35
86	—	462	153.00–180.25	175.63
67	—	633	141.50–148.00	144.70
176	—	521	140.00–168.00	161.64
46	—	358	165.00–195.00	190.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
297	—	472	150.00–175.50	161.82
609	—	820	130.50–155.00	150.65
707	—	572	142.50–164.00	152.86
95	—	1,081	134.00–135.75	134.85
551	—	528	145.00–170.00	159.96
63	—	376	148.00–190.00	169.87
12	—	1,030	124.00–129.00	125.68
16	—	290	172.50–215.00	202.40
833	—	625	139.00–165.50	148.99
97	—	931	126.25–146.75	143.63
106	—	974	121.00–142.50	137.49
52	—	325	170.00–210.00	193.58
464	—	773	133.00–157.00	150.79
287	—	870	123.50–151.50	141.92
672	—	675	135.00–154.00	145.93
621	—	722	131.50–155.75	147.44
244	—	429	150.00–187.00	173.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	423	158.00–166.50	160.21
21	—	536	149.00–156.50	154.73
3	—	580	140.00	140.00
7	—	792	132.00–132.50	132.28
8	—	394	160.00–175.00	171.40
17	—	831	128.00	128.00
3	—	643	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	327	123.00–165.00	152.68
67	—	851	146.75	146.75
45	—	524	129.00–159.00	148.80
6	—	298	141.00	141.00
43	—	391	134.00–176.00	164.59
27	—	678	130.00–135.50	133.25
81	—	718	120.00–142.50	131.19
20	—	949	127.50	127.50
114	—	635	115.00–144.50	139.72
51	—	477	130.00–157.00	149.90
9	—	831	140.00	140.00
45	—	433	135.00–161.00	145.25
52	—	770	123.00–144.50	137.83
138	—	581	120.00–152.00	140.91
8	—	1,156	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	608	156.50	156.50
19	—	528	164.50	164.50
13	—	570	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	131.00	131.00
7	—	476	124.00	124.00
11	—	593	131.50	131.50
15	—	674	120.00–127.00	122.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	640	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	292	160.00	160.00
64	—	622	114.00–125.00	120.93
152	—	529	122.00–137.00	128.67
95	—	474	122.00–142.50	137.34
54	—	808	121.75	121.75
15	—	339	120.00–155.00	136.11
99	—	575	118.00–131.50	124.21
15	—	663	120.00–131.50	126.12
5	—	246	150.00	150.00
19	—	728	116.00–128.25	122.02
38	—	779	110.00–126.00	125.15
16	—	387	123.00–148.00	135.37
9	—	957	106.00–130.00	121.93
82	—	431	121.00–140.00	131.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	371	141.00	141.00
26	—	570	121.00–129.50	125.39
6	—	653	121.00	121.00
15	—	418	127.00–130.00	128.07
8	—	239	151.00–161.00	157.12
5	—	325	154.00	154.00
46	—	539	122.00–130.00	125.96
9	—	471	121.00–125.00	123.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	458	144.00–156.50	148.41
101	—	417	142.00–173.00	154.92
5	—	296	153.00	153.00
102	—	536	116.00–150.00	134.06
44	—	376	162.00–170.00	167.86
6	—	626	126.00	126.00
44	—	322	164.00–182.00	174.06
113	—	569	128.00–135.00	133.40
7	—	233	173.00–180.00	175.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	144.00	144.00
14	—	515	156.00	156.00
6	—	571	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	780	116.00–140.00	135.46
28	—	336	135.00–159.00	150.14
55	—	1,025	135.60	135.60
271	—	675	120.00–145.00	132.83
391	—	478	125.00–160.00	140.19
85	—	831	123.00–142.50	136.22
75	—	381	140.50–164.00	150.72
189	—	929	120.50–140.85	137.08
367	—	621	120.00–140.00	131.07
822	—	575	122.50–143.00	132.71
11	—	1,213	102.00	102.00
460	—	527	125.00–152.00	138.06
288	—	428	130.00–155.00	143.62
85	—	884	131.00–140.60	138.62
4	—	292	156.00	156.00
32	—	973	119.00–126.75	124.85
68	—	729	120.50–143.25	134.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	631	135.00–154.00	149.61
38	—	823	143.85	143.85
15	—	669	140.00	140.00
49	—	768	144.25–151.00	149.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	522	112.00–116.00	115.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	120.00	120.00
9	—	1,060	95.00	95.00
14	—	553	130.00	130.00
4	—	461	127.00	127.00
12	—	731	100.00–121.50	112.65
4	—	400	147.00	147.00
12	—	602	120.00–123.00	120.75
6	—	813	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	537	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	503	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	870	93.00–111.00	97.87

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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