Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 122 priced lines covering 10,014 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,625 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,746 head.

Mon Dec 16, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,625Last week 13,256Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,746Last week 2,125Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers +1.00 to+2.00. Feeder steers 400/699 +2.00 to +6.00, 700/799 +3.00 to+5.00, 800/999 +2.00 +10.00. Feeder heifers 400/699 steady to +7.00, 700/799 +2.00 to+8.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
515	—	769	133.00–152.50	147.44
418	—	725	134.00–161.50	146.56
388	—	523	153.00–176.00	167.65
150	—	820	129.00–151.00	141.35
75	—	383	155.00–185.00	173.71
8	—	333	169.00–180.00	173.31
535	—	577	148.00–167.00	157.13
581	—	626	142.50–163.00	155.65
82	—	426	153.00–190.00	172.33
124	—	922	131.00–145.75	141.38
3	—	960	128.50	128.50
665	—	674	140.00–167.00	150.93
239	—	480	150.00–177.50	169.70
97	—	885	143.50–149.50	147.84
191	—	1,026	138.75–140.50	139.99
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	637	140.00–146.00	140.71
7	—	578	145.00–147.00	146.71
4	—	519	140.00–143.50	142.66
4	—	376	160.00–165.00	161.76
7	—	493	152.00–153.00	152.43
10	—	436	164.00–167.00	165.19
12	—	691	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	348	155.00	155.00
4	—	275	160.00–162.50	160.61
4	—	828	124.00	124.00
99	—	576	131.00–158.00	145.07
107	—	626	138.00–159.00	150.50
102	—	535	141.00–162.00	150.95
42	—	725	143.00–147.00	145.08
27	—	380	155.00–170.00	162.61
44	—	485	135.00–169.00	160.05
53	—	417	141.00–165.00	150.90
56	—	681	131.00–151.00	142.09
16	—	766	127.00–136.00	134.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	898	148.50	148.50
35	—	637	163.25	163.25
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	687	135.00	135.00
7	—	572	135.00	135.00
7	—	761	130.00	130.00
5	—	475	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	560	149.50–158.00	153.86
17	—	381	175.00–181.00	178.07
3	—	297	186.00	186.00
50	—	534	152.50–167.00	157.65
43	—	433	165.00–175.00	170.92
14	—	674	141.50–144.00	142.59
58	—	477	155.00–169.50	165.15
41	—	615	145.00–149.25	146.80
16	—	331	176.00–185.00	178.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	589	146.50	146.50
12	—	541	136.00–145.00	141.21
3	—	388	155.00	155.00
12	—	624	141.50	141.50
7	—	668	136.50	136.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	136.00	136.00
7	—	536	128.00	128.00
3	—	498	130.00	130.00
3	—	443	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	646	131.50	131.50
6	—	468	146.00	146.00
5	—	678	123.50	123.50
3	—	323	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
404	—	571	124.00–147.50	139.18
512	—	625	125.25–153.00	139.16
347	—	474	128.00–165.00	147.17
402	—	527	122.50–152.00	140.61
10	—	913	125.00	125.00
139	—	421	130.00–165.50	152.33
194	—	724	120.00–143.50	132.45
208	—	831	126.25–142.25	138.83
284	—	675	120.00–145.50	137.75
7	—	325	154.00–163.00	160.45
93	—	379	130.00–168.00	151.80
109	—	771	127.50–142.75	133.89
5	—	875	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	145.00	145.00
3	—	290	150.00	150.00
5	—	428	141.00–148.00	144.94
5	—	528	121.00–127.50	125.93
15	—	568	120.00–129.00	126.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	306	147.50	147.50
48	—	680	108.00–135.00	128.93
62	—	481	120.00–148.00	137.91
62	—	530	124.00–138.00	132.43
66	—	622	132.00–139.50	135.68
103	—	587	125.00–139.50	132.72
21	—	374	134.00–152.00	139.58
28	—	437	124.00–159.00	144.94
3	—	747	118.00	118.00
5	—	840	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	611	113.00–117.75	114.84
8	—	768	121.25	121.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	323	157.50–168.00	163.29
22	—	596	134.00–140.00	136.17
42	—	464	142.00–146.00	144.74
32	—	629	131.50	131.50
32	—	509	130.50–142.00	138.23
13	—	422	148.00–154.00	149.79
5	—	656	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	391	125.00–145.00	136.28
5	—	564	129.00	129.00
17	—	494	138.00	138.00
8	—	671	124.00	124.00
4	—	348	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,359	109.00–116.75	113.47
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,373	101.00–109.00	104.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
507	—	1,467	116.60–123.75	119.76
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,128	102.00–135.00	119.39
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,240	70.00–78.00	73.15
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,460	86.00–91.50	89.12
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,354	80.50–85.00	83.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,702	60.00–88.50	71.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,295	112.00–116.00	113.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
412	—	1,357	117.00–123.00	119.97
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,179	101.00–108.00	105.02
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	958	119.00–124.00	120.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,421	57.00–66.50	61.51
7	—	1,675	69.00–76.00	72.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,207	23.00–33.00	28.61
17	—	1,223	37.00–45.00	41.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,350	46.00–55.00	50.08
4	—	1,529	38.00–42.00	39.49

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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