Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 86 priced lines covering 11,227 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,055 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,132 head.

Mon Feb 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,055Last week 14,248Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,132Last week 873Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice slaughter steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers 400/799 lbs 2.00 to 14.00 lower, 800/999 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/499 lbs 1.00 higher to 1.00 lower, 500/799 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower, 800/899 lbs mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	933	117.50–122.50	120.23
36	—	533	140.00–164.00	155.72
3	—	1,033	107.00	107.00
23	—	789	129.00–133.50	131.90
36	—	666	135.00–145.50	138.28
10	—	963	113.00–115.00	114.20
6	—	378	170.00	170.00
12	—	435	170.00–173.00	171.16
89	—	631	141.00–152.50	145.46
46	—	573	143.00–152.00	148.04
32	—	483	151.00–181.00	161.72
20	—	730	131.00–140.00	137.44
7	—	891	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	687	143.50	143.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
635	—	823	126.00–145.50	136.30
469	—	874	116.00–137.50	129.15
250	—	968	110.00–126.00	119.65
27	—	384	174.00–193.00	182.10
1,021	—	670	140.50–160.00	151.60
32	—	426	167.50–196.00	179.35
4	—	1,150	108.00	108.00
515	—	723	130.00–151.25	142.86
395	—	574	148.00–173.50	159.05
132	—	474	161.00–198.00	179.25
516	—	625	141.00–167.50	155.91
445	—	916	115.00–134.00	126.51
240	—	525	147.00–184.00	168.91
919	—	770	124.00–147.00	139.29
5	—	331	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	503	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	774	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
461	—	770	117.50–133.00	124.14
185	—	479	137.00–168.25	155.91
53	—	930	112.00–116.75	116.16
21	—	986	96.00–108.25	103.05
3	—	1,055	94.00	94.00
500	—	624	130.00–146.00	137.70
340	—	529	134.00–162.50	147.11
22	—	394	152.50–179.00	166.17
573	—	723	114.00–140.00	126.07
561	—	580	130.00–155.00	142.86
380	—	827	114.00–130.00	121.56
69	—	877	114.00–123.50	117.44
78	—	432	145.00–179.00	157.73
19	—	1,207	96.75	96.75
615	—	668	121.00–146.00	133.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	428	135.00–158.00	147.51
28	—	633	120.00–126.25	125.46
25	—	525	134.00–139.25	136.05
7	—	334	145.00–147.00	145.88
40	—	674	114.00–126.00	121.69
37	—	480	130.00–147.00	137.51
3	—	1,083	80.00	80.00
75	—	579	117.00–135.00	127.86
6	—	365	147.00	147.00
20	—	719	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	742	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	124.00–126.00	125.23
2	—	770	109.50	109.50
6	—	332	170.00	170.00
2	—	665	101.00	101.00
12	—	617	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,403	100.00–107.00	104.54
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,312	106.00–118.00	113.05
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,632	100.00–114.10	112.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
209	—	1,441	113.00–124.00	117.74
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,151	111.50–115.00	113.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,092	31.00–39.00	36.12
19	—	1,200	42.00–52.00	47.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,409	53.00–61.00	56.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,602	63.00–68.00	65.88
5	—	1,736	69.00–71.00	69.79
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,480	83.00–89.50	87.99
3	—	1,475	82.00	82.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,232	71.00–78.00	76.10
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,421	65.00–69.00	66.92
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,495	78.00	78.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
214	—	1,356	113.00–123.50	118.21
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,223	102.00–108.00	104.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,262	110.00–119.00	114.02
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	85.00–91.00	88.17
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,185	86.00–109.00	105.13
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,117	114.00–117.50	115.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,800	57.00–82.00	70.79
3	—	1,275	41.00–53.00	49.26

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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