Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 92 priced lines covering 10,721 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,127 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 874 head.

Mon Jan 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,127Last week 21,759Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 874Last week 1,041Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice slaughter steers and heifers steady. Feeder steers 400/899 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers 400/799 lbs steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	492	163.00–170.00	165.98
91	—	676	135.00–147.50	145.58
9	—	342	164.00–178.00	171.82
4	—	871	133.00	133.00
10	—	781	123.00–134.50	131.32
97	—	572	139.00–160.00	157.10
20	—	534	148.00–163.00	155.53
39	—	615	142.00–149.00	147.69
27	—	437	174.00–179.25	178.30
4	—	366	184.00	184.00
39	—	724	130.00–145.50	141.58
4	—	831	127.00–128.00	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	372	171.00–196.00	190.27
118	—	429	155.00–192.00	180.50
35	—	920	130.00–134.50	132.60
16	—	323	184.00–194.00	189.98
770	—	628	145.00–166.00	158.85
232	—	475	155.00–189.00	178.06
234	—	869	134.00–144.25	141.10
362	—	819	130.00–145.50	139.54
451	—	529	152.00–181.00	170.13
465	—	577	150.00–173.00	164.40
731	—	728	140.00–156.00	148.42
1,150	—	675	140.00–169.00	155.08
960	—	766	132.00–154.25	146.96
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	758	136.00	136.00
41	—	676	145.00–148.00	145.63
7	—	571	144.00	144.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	736	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	787	137.00–146.00	138.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	618	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	526	167.00	167.00
55	—	744	136.00–137.00	136.88
21	—	604	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	668	125.00	125.00
69	—	623	129.25–141.85	138.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	582	135.50	135.50
18	—	519	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	686	121.00–122.25	122.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	777	141.00–142.00	141.60
54	—	651	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	570	121.00–139.50	134.55
20	—	714	120.00–124.50	121.96
39	—	525	141.50–150.00	145.28
6	—	376	144.00	144.00
29	—	478	136.00–147.00	144.83
32	—	637	120.00–132.00	127.45
10	—	331	480.00	480.00
4	—	803	115.00	115.00
9	—	667	125.00	125.00
5	—	355	510.00	510.00
5	—	774	119.00	119.00
20	—	421	130.00–153.50	147.46
4	—	852	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	623	123.50–132.00	125.43
11	—	712	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	825	120.00–125.00	122.62
207	—	476	134.00–170.00	152.81
40	—	379	153.00–167.00	160.31
851	—	627	128.00–146.50	139.73
9	—	894	119.25–120.00	119.67
496	—	522	133.00–166.50	149.70
560	—	675	127.50–146.25	137.17
329	—	723	127.50–135.50	132.17
224	—	780	121.00–135.00	132.63
17	—	327	174.00	174.00
479	—	576	129.00–154.50	142.91
95	—	422	142.00–170.00	159.93
4	—	906	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,364	115.25–127.75	124.09
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,047	115.50–120.75	118.35
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,187	85.50–90.00	87.73
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,079	100.00–113.00	106.92
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,247	106.00–123.00	116.65
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,192	79.00–110.00	97.59
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,256	110.00–120.00	115.29
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,542	100.00–107.50	103.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,471	115.50–129.10	123.95
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,009	104.00–114.00	111.70
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	84.00–92.00	88.61
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,266	117.25–123.85	122.06
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,663	113.00–122.00	120.95
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,137	70.00–76.00	72.36
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,490	90.50–94.50	93.34
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,322	82.00–88.50	87.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,127	39.00–44.00	41.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,398	46.00–57.00	51.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,343	59.00–66.00	62.42
9	—	1,544	69.00–78.00	70.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,807	63.00–89.00	73.86
2	—	1,600	51.00–55.00	53.17

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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