Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 67 priced lines covering 6,050 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,151 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 438 head.

Mon Dec 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,151Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 438Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 4.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/499 -9.00 to-15.00, 500/899 -3.00 to-5.00, 900/999 mostly steady. Feeder heifers 400/899 -6.00 to -14.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	431	144.00–172.50	159.87
505	—	669	132.50–145.00	139.13
311	—	524	140.00–160.50	145.39
344	—	571	136.50–152.00	142.39
159	—	778	125.00–139.00	133.82
285	—	619	133.00–146.00	139.31
109	—	473	142.00–162.00	150.05
42	—	860	122.50–131.00	126.33
3	—	920	128.00	128.00
287	—	717	130.00–140.00	136.76
18	—	343	155.00	155.00
92	—	810	125.00–136.00	130.87
16	—	378	167.00–175.00	170.63
24	—	960	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	351	143.00	143.00
17	—	634	130.00–135.50	133.70
15	—	525	137.50–142.00	138.73
13	—	435	131.00–141.00	137.99
29	—	674	125.00–136.50	130.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	518	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	714	124.00	124.00
7	—	599	134.00	134.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	766	138.60	138.60
29	—	637	138.00	138.00
24	—	501	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	694	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	424	150.00–160.00	154.71
7	—	837	128.00	128.00
33	—	619	135.00–150.00	146.10
50	—	587	143.50–146.00	143.89
11	—	534	154.00–161.00	155.83
6	—	463	155.00–162.00	158.60
31	—	681	138.00–139.75	138.77
20	—	778	131.00–136.00	134.75
4	—	711	138.00	138.00
4	—	383	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,049	128.75	128.75
405	—	774	138.50–149.75	144.32
352	—	825	135.00–150.00	147.03
307	—	576	158.50–172.00	162.70
587	—	688	145.00–156.60	150.93
290	—	622	150.00–166.00	156.49
244	—	521	160.00–176.50	169.30
22	—	391	173.00–186.00	182.33
386	—	725	141.75–152.75	148.20
63	—	913	135.50–141.50	139.67
204	—	880	134.00–148.10	144.60
9	—	1,113	114.00	114.00
44	—	471	166.00–176.00	171.67
6	—	982	129.50	129.50
79	—	442	169.00–179.00	175.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	605	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,335	90.00–117.50	104.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,313	117.50–122.25	121.70
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	960	70.00–80.00	74.92
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,172	86.00–110.00	101.12
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,209	80.00–89.00	81.55
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,466	115.00–124.50	120.74
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,462	89.00–109.00	101.84
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,387	110.00–117.00	113.20
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	93.00	93.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,460	86.00–91.00	88.73
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,279	78.50–85.00	83.91
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,500	92.00–105.00	94.19
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	75.00–86.00	79.11

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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