Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 94 priced lines covering 8,148 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,606 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,103 head.

Mon Mar 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,606Last week 6,684Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,103Last week 1,372Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Steers under 450 lbs sold 6.00 to 7.00 lower, 450 to 550 lbs sold 10.00 to 12.00 lower, 550 to 700 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower, over 700 lbs sold 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	447	144.00–157.50	148.84
8	—	479	145.00–161.00	156.74
74	—	627	129.00–148.00	138.61
12	—	718	125.00	125.00
32	—	687	125.00–140.00	135.56
76	—	587	133.00–156.00	142.65
18	—	822	116.50–121.00	117.67
3	—	752	122.50	122.50
4	—	369	177.00	177.00
128	—	526	134.00–160.00	149.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	303	197.00	197.00
15	—	386	183.00	183.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	974	110.00	110.00
6	—	620	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
727	—	780	119.25–146.50	131.76
324	—	726	129.25–154.25	137.98
180	—	914	111.00–130.00	118.94
49	—	479	150.00–183.00	172.35
4	—	249	192.50	192.50
7	—	325	170.00–187.00	177.46
64	—	975	113.25	113.25
516	—	823	115.00–138.25	128.87
190	—	572	146.00–170.00	160.19
76	—	435	161.00–190.50	182.74
6	—	298	182.00	182.00
17	—	1,030	108.00–118.50	110.56
150	—	863	114.25–123.75	118.42
685	—	674	130.00–162.00	148.19
311	—	630	144.00–161.00	153.97
174	—	532	153.00–175.00	164.37
33	—	371	168.00–187.00	180.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	484	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	896	124.75	124.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	645	1,060.00	1,060.00
30	—	728	140.00–141.00	140.17
20	—	863	129.00	129.00
9	—	528	159.00	159.00
26	—	650	950.00	950.00
12	—	837	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	581	122.50–133.00	126.84
28	—	542	121.00–134.50	131.03
6	—	809	110.50	110.50
36	—	732	110.75–114.00	112.22
9	—	423	121.00–144.00	130.73
14	—	666	110.50–121.00	111.78
41	—	636	113.50–127.00	118.85
21	—	765	107.50–110.00	109.17
13	—	393	145.00–155.00	150.33
30	—	479	130.00–136.00	133.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	427	151.00–161.00	155.84
3	—	333	150.00	150.00
459	—	677	118.75–139.50	128.81
307	—	529	125.00–155.00	139.38
68	—	377	144.00–177.00	151.76
540	—	779	113.00–131.50	122.63
346	—	575	126.00–153.00	137.84
182	—	479	134.00–156.00	145.03
42	—	921	102.50–118.00	104.47
409	—	626	121.50–141.50	131.64
288	—	733	116.00–135.50	122.05
20	—	881	104.50–123.00	112.31
115	—	830	103.50–124.25	118.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	141.00	141.00
13	—	319	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	751	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	793	105.00	105.00
6	—	840	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	415	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	725	119.50–120.75	119.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	121.00	121.00
4	—	613	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	707	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,304	100.00–112.50	106.98
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	103.00–104.00	103.47
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,743	98.00	98.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
321	—	1,414	105.75–117.75	111.46
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,157	100.50	100.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,534	70.00–75.00	72.73
103	—	1,464	60.00–69.00	63.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,132	40.00–49.00	45.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,324	50.00–59.00	55.66
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,444	84.00–86.50	85.22
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	76.00	76.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,497	88.50–94.50	91.71
8	—	1,546	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,140	100.00–103.00	101.66
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,210	94.50–112.50	105.62
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	95.50	95.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
197	—	1,298	103.00–117.00	110.88
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	100.00–106.75	103.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,755	64.00–92.00	80.91

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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