Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 43 priced lines covering 3,076 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,126 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 277 head.

Mon Dec 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,126Last week 9,625Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 277Last week 1,746Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers to few for a market test. Feeder steers and heifers to few reported for a price comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	725	136.50–144.25	141.21
195	—	521	150.00–163.25	159.23
202	—	627	144.75–157.00	149.38
193	—	576	143.00–155.00	151.59
160	—	674	143.50–147.00	145.03
98	—	424	165.00–174.00	169.91
62	—	473	155.00–168.00	160.50
48	—	842	131.00–143.75	142.33
32	—	752	135.00–146.75	144.92
14	—	379	155.00–169.50	162.61
5	—	911	135.50	135.50
5	—	873	138.75	138.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	526	145.00–148.00	146.57
3	—	353	150.00	150.00
24	—	643	140.00–142.50	141.09
21	—	677	136.00–141.50	137.61
6	—	483	150.00–151.00	150.48
4	—	445	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	536	146.00–161.00	154.23
37	—	680	139.00–145.50	143.09
34	—	582	148.00–154.75	153.01
11	—	784	135.00	135.00
7	—	465	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	714	144.00–153.75	149.75
252	—	668	147.00–157.25	153.98
195	—	621	150.00–162.50	158.98
178	—	578	158.00–170.50	166.17
148	—	856	137.00–150.75	149.97
120	—	765	141.50–153.00	149.04
90	—	418	180.00–195.00	190.29
98	—	471	171.00–187.50	180.56
82	—	521	163.00–177.00	172.91
79	—	821	139.00–152.50	146.30
33	—	909	139.50	139.50
9	—	398	184.00	184.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,168	101.00–109.00	104.24
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,352	111.00–114.00	113.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,359	115.00–118.35	117.43
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,395	111.00–115.50	112.86
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,351	100.00–108.00	102.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,456	115.00–118.00	116.71
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,418	88.00–94.00	92.31
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,278	84.00	84.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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