Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 127 priced lines covering 13,242 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,256 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,125 head.

Mon Dec 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,256Last week 16,691Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,125Last week 2,368Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers steady. Feeder steers 400/799 steady to -3.00, 800/999 -4.00 to-10.00. Feeder heifers 400/699 steady to -8.00, 700/799 -10.00 to-14.00.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,264	71.00–93.00	74.16
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,433	87.50–89.00	88.02
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,301	81.00–85.00	83.15
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,318	76.00–84.00	81.51
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,176	80.50	80.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,085	90.00–128.00	112.15
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,227	109.00–114.00	110.44
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,126	101.00–107.00	104.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
607	—	1,432	109.50–122.85	117.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,344	106.00–116.50	114.08
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,429	119.00–119.25	119.08
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,396	102.00–109.90	106.70
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,042	100.50–106.00	104.57
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,082	85.00–109.00	97.43
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,001	112.00–126.00	114.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
448	—	1,348	109.50–121.50	118.02
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,228	83.50–109.00	103.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,283	100.00–116.75	111.49
Heifers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,339	118.00–120.50	119.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,756	60.00–79.00	68.14
3	—	1,577	51.00–57.00	53.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,492	65.00–71.50	67.59
21	—	1,402	56.00–64.50	59.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,315	46.00–56.00	50.52
5	—	1,307	41.00–44.00	42.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,181	34.00–45.00	40.82
9	—	1,129	21.00–33.00	28.70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	624	124.50–128.50	125.77
14	—	371	152.00–156.00	152.84
9	—	679	110.00	110.00
5	—	258	170.00	170.00
5	—	266	420.00	420.00
9	—	416	152.00	152.00
53	—	469	134.50–141.00	138.75
66	—	573	121.00–138.00	126.48
49	—	538	121.00–131.50	128.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	482	121.00–134.00	126.50
11	—	441	134.00–138.00	136.96
29	—	566	121.50–123.50	122.58
27	—	686	121.50–125.00	123.74
6	—	532	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,070	125.25	125.25
116	—	876	141.10	141.10
17	—	831	117.00–126.00	120.85
90	—	376	146.00–162.00	153.74
130	—	762	115.00–139.00	125.28
203	—	426	138.00–159.50	148.27
252	—	719	111.50–143.00	130.27
460	—	674	119.00–145.00	135.76
404	—	476	125.00–150.00	139.61
17	—	319	162.00–166.00	164.26
4	—	933	113.00	113.00
16	—	1,033	117.25	117.25
6	—	283	160.00	160.00
648	—	528	125.00–150.50	140.62
786	—	577	122.50–153.00	134.98
842	—	622	116.00–151.50	131.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	369	128.00–143.00	137.38
108	—	682	108.00–130.00	120.23
103	—	585	117.50–140.00	125.57
59	—	610	115.00–128.50	125.26
66	—	532	119.00–130.00	124.36
57	—	479	127.00–135.00	131.21
44	—	717	115.00–131.00	126.71
4	—	990	119.50	119.50
6	—	1,068	111.75	111.75
13	—	430	127.50–143.00	138.64
13	—	782	111.00	111.00
7	—	236	135.00–155.00	146.93
21	—	326	131.00–150.00	139.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	546	145.00	145.00
43	—	613	146.00	146.00
10	—	657	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	283	153.00–185.00	170.82
114	—	682	122.00–147.00	135.52
101	—	574	130.00–152.00	140.64
93	—	619	121.00–138.50	133.91
24	—	381	152.00–177.50	163.10
26	—	435	141.00–157.00	153.99
14	—	836	110.00–132.00	123.21
74	—	477	135.00–169.00	152.17
36	—	526	135.50–162.00	146.76
9	—	762	131.00–134.00	132.88
22	—	731	120.50–136.00	129.02
4	—	908	124.00	124.00
9	—	318	165.00–180.00	173.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,181	118.75	118.75
20	—	928	131.75–132.00	131.88
1,020	—	672	134.50–164.50	146.70
990	—	626	137.00–161.00	149.15
47	—	868	125.00–147.85	139.06
283	—	820	124.50–144.75	139.28
9	—	337	185.00–190.00	187.22
809	—	574	142.00–162.75	155.12
793	—	722	121.00–152.75	143.65
522	—	774	130.00–150.25	142.34
417	—	525	147.75–179.00	161.46
347	—	475	154.00–187.50	168.04
135	—	429	151.00–182.00	169.12
43	—	381	152.00–193.00	174.46
30	—	985	126.00–135.00	132.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	676	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	821	154.10	154.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	528	127.00–147.00	138.68
7	—	577	130.00–135.00	132.12
4	—	356	163.00	163.00
3	—	286	173.00	173.00
3	—	438	163.00	163.00
6	—	646	131.00	131.00
3	—	243	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	575	138.00–146.75	144.88
9	—	367	176.00–178.00	177.09
42	—	505	150.00–160.00	156.82
45	—	479	152.50–164.00	158.76
28	—	678	132.00–137.50	133.77
59	—	716	129.50–135.00	131.81
69	—	618	136.00–146.50	142.08
9	—	429	160.00–165.00	161.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	592	119.00	119.00
8	—	913	105.50	105.50
5	—	667	114.00–124.00	119.88
3	—	635	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	112.00	112.00
6	—	618	104.00–107.00	105.96
10	—	384	134.00–150.00	145.37
20	—	688	122.50	122.50
11	—	517	133.00–135.00	134.29

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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