Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 133 priced lines covering 7,078 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,684 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,372 head.

Mon Mar 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,684Last week 11,055Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,372Last week 1,132Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice slaughter steers and heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers 400/799 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 800/950 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400/699 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 700/899 lbs steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	349	75.00	75.00
6	—	442	70.00	70.00
10	—	216	100.00–105.00	103.39
14	—	533	61.00–62.00	61.21
4	—	566	65.00	65.00
3	—	697	67.50	67.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	65.00	65.00
3	—	105	80.00	80.00
3	—	318	65.00	65.00
3	—	1,008	53.00	53.00
3	—	1,120	52.00	52.00
9	—	291	65.00	65.00
10	—	744	62.00	62.00
14	—	397	56.00	56.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	85.00	85.00
4	—	473	119.00	119.00
4	—	1,213	90.00	90.00
8	—	910	89.00	89.00
11	—	1,129	86.50	86.50
18	—	786	88.50–90.00	89.33
20	—	879	88.50–89.00	88.65
21	—	410	111.00–114.00	112.86
22	—	593	94.00–96.00	94.91
27	—	950	85.00–90.00	86.85
33	—	666	86.00–98.00	89.24
35	—	530	87.50–110.00	92.88
39	—	805	87.00–90.00	88.30
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	905	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,082	81.00	81.00
4	—	231	125.00	125.00
33	—	471	83.00–88.00	86.80
27	—	606	80.00–85.00	82.92
26	—	568	78.00–86.00	82.02
25	—	331	110.00	110.00
22	—	385	85.00–94.00	91.26
17	—	427	82.50–89.00	86.69
16	—	889	84.50	84.50
15	—	703	85.50	85.50
10	—	770	71.00–80.00	76.27
10	—	536	80.00–82.00	81.40
6	—	673	80.00	80.00
7	—	1,015	72.50	72.50
10	—	268	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	803	40.00	40.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	188.00	188.00
13	—	688	147.00	147.00
4	—	475	173.00	173.00
7	—	547	164.50	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	800	127.00	127.00
12	—	413	148.00–156.00	152.05
28	—	603	141.00–153.00	149.15
39	—	573	144.00–160.00	150.51
29	—	509	151.00–170.50	163.68
35	—	794	124.50–135.00	133.81
20	—	685	142.50–144.00	143.04
14	—	495	171.00	171.00
5	—	334	172.50	172.50
4	—	365	175.00	175.00
21	—	722	138.50	138.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
592	—	676	140.00–160.50	154.98
591	—	721	134.00–153.75	148.78
463	—	910	120.00–132.25	130.89
409	—	617	154.00–167.25	161.74
373	—	776	134.00–146.50	143.31
294	—	576	154.00–173.50	165.75
218	—	815	128.00–139.00	135.12
120	—	868	127.00–132.50	129.99
40	—	468	171.00–193.00	184.65
13	—	394	186.00–189.00	187.14
31	—	421	178.00–200.50	189.52
14	—	959	121.00	121.00
113	—	518	168.50–183.00	175.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	673	151.75	151.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	710	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	726	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	770	115.00	115.00
17	—	489	140.00–142.00	140.87
11	—	629	124.00–125.00	124.73
6	—	850	100.50	100.50
8	—	531	139.00–140.25	139.45
10	—	731	120.00–121.00	120.49
16	—	570	136.00–138.00	136.52
23	—	442	144.00–151.00	148.79
51	—	676	125.00–129.50	129.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	819	120.50–121.50	121.16
310	—	571	137.50–153.50	146.53
288	—	671	121.00–144.75	134.05
208	—	521	142.00–155.50	149.06
191	—	727	121.00–132.50	126.88
171	—	625	123.50–147.50	138.97
108	—	778	116.00–126.50	124.29
107	—	886	111.00–128.00	119.55
73	—	424	153.00–170.00	160.34
36	—	928	117.25–119.00	118.01
4	—	302	165.00	165.00
8	—	382	158.50–159.00	158.69
57	—	481	150.00–155.50	152.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	822	110.00	110.00
8	—	547	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	529	143.00–147.00	145.70
6	—	583	141.00	141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	161.00	161.00
4	—	906	109.00	109.00
6	—	608	139.00	139.00
9	—	417	161.00	161.00
12	—	575	140.00–151.00	144.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,068	31.00–39.00	36.23
21	—	1,224	40.00–52.00	46.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,499	43.00–53.00	50.29
76	—	1,305	50.00–59.00	55.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,467	60.00–69.00	64.05
2	—	1,538	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
267	—	1,315	111.00–120.00	116.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	111.25–112.00	111.63
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,138	96.00–105.00	100.19
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,546	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,291	100.00–115.50	110.41
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,018	80.00–120.00	106.75
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,172	90.00–107.50	97.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
303	—	1,419	110.50–122.00	116.54
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,105	109.50–112.00	110.61
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,565	109.00–115.00	111.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	91.00	91.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,116	101.00–106.00	105.62
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,395	101.00–114.50	110.54
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,107	94.00–109.00	99.59
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,495	83.25–85.75	85.31
62	—	1,557	86.00–96.00	89.44
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	79.00	79.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	75.50	75.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,362	80.00–88.50	83.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,844	62.00–93.00	80.01

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

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line