Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 85 priced lines covering 5,954 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,071 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 547 head.

Mon Mar 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,071Last week 1,494Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 547Last week 538Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 12.00 lower. Feeder steers 400/899 lbs 8.00 to 18.00 lower, Feeder heifers 400/850 lbs 12.00 to 22.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,447	50.00–56.00	52.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,239	42.00–49.50	45.65
8	—	1,097	25.00–39.00	33.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,600	57.00–63.00	59.33
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,126	80.00–87.00	83.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,281	104.00–112.00	108.47
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,091	90.50–91.50	90.84
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,300	97.00–105.00	101.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,666	65.00–79.75	73.05
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,149	82.00–91.00	89.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	1,448	105.00–113.35	108.94
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,306	98.00–105.00	102.71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,055	93.00	93.00
84	—	473	133.50–153.00	141.42
39	—	372	135.00–166.00	149.91
58	—	875	95.00	95.00
430	—	723	99.50–129.00	119.69
246	—	581	123.00–147.50	135.12
85	—	821	94.50–112.75	99.74
60	—	904	94.00–97.00	94.16
256	—	678	111.00–139.75	127.15
210	—	523	125.00–149.00	138.06
264	—	625	116.00–140.00	127.83
29	—	1,012	78.00–89.85	87.74
12	—	333	126.00–160.00	144.47
71	—	421	125.00–154.00	145.03
198	—	782	93.50–115.00	101.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	531	120.00–133.00	130.33
3	—	365	138.00–143.50	139.91
6	—	780	94.00–95.00	94.33
38	—	582	115.00–132.00	120.89
22	—	654	102.00–117.00	108.39
48	—	636	102.50–126.00	111.24
3	—	343	154.00	154.00
33	—	732	96.00–111.00	102.38
13	—	418	126.00–136.00	131.38
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	729	92.50–94.75	93.73
13	—	847	86.25–89.50	87.25
4	—	625	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	765	128.75–146.00	135.74
63	—	728	125.00–137.00	131.53
27	—	833	127.25	127.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	343	156.00	156.00
7	—	444	151.50	151.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	850	102.50	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	529	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	267	168.00	168.00
26	—	443	136.00–157.00	154.75
30	—	627	121.00–145.00	134.29
6	—	664	139.75	139.75
5	—	319	151.50	151.50
25	—	481	152.50–162.00	157.03
8	—	716	121.00–127.00	124.78
17	—	536	142.00–153.00	146.90
11	—	373	148.00–166.00	156.78
39	—	576	133.00–154.50	140.79
28	—	776	99.00–127.00	119.93
7	—	873	97.00	97.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,067	92.25	92.25
390	—	719	118.50–144.50	134.75
300	—	827	100.00–131.75	120.83
128	—	526	145.00–173.00	155.03
17	—	367	161.00–173.00	166.75
11	—	342	164.00–167.00	164.53
56	—	431	148.00–174.00	163.42
297	—	626	132.00–157.25	148.28
372	—	771	111.75–140.00	129.27
88	—	961	98.75–100.00	99.06
53	—	479	150.00–177.00	166.32
154	—	577	140.50–163.50	155.91
304	—	672	120.25–153.85	136.72
453	—	870	101.25–124.75	118.95
61	—	915	102.00	102.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	506	155.50	155.50
2	—	373	168.00	168.00
1	—	305	174.00	174.00
7	—	494	164.00	164.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	636	122.50	122.50
25	—	724	116.75	116.75
20	—	851	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	560	164.50	164.50
14	—	663	135.00–137.50	136.97
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	437	177.00	177.00
7	—	570	152.00	152.00

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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