Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 77 priced lines covering 4,008 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,253 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 242 head.

Mon Apr 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,253Last week 6,071Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 242Last week 547Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers to few receipts for a market trend. Feeder steer, 400/549 lbs steady to 10.00 higher,550/699 lbs 1.00 to 7.00 lower, 700/899 lbs 5.00 to 12.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/549 lbs 6.00 to 12.00 higher, 550/699 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 700/749 lbs 10.00 lower, 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	416	142.50–165.00	146.66
5	—	349	150.00	150.00
27	—	542	163.00	163.00
11	—	580	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	345	145.00	145.00
10	—	377	140.00–141.00	140.59
4	—	760	100.25	100.25
12	—	429	126.00–133.00	129.34
13	—	890	83.00–85.00	84.23
15	—	584	117.00–122.00	120.14
16	—	522	117.00–125.00	119.36
23	—	493	133.00–136.00	134.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	428	136.50–166.00	153.53
32	—	338	156.50–167.00	160.73
231	—	666	112.50–129.50	123.44
186	—	622	110.00–136.75	128.37
174	—	573	123.00–144.00	133.55
172	—	517	129.25–163.00	144.21
77	—	721	105.50–115.25	109.54
47	—	380	155.00–171.00	161.80
80	—	476	139.00–162.50	154.31
92	—	868	98.25–100.75	99.52
110	—	772	100.00–111.50	106.31
258	—	840	100.25–104.50	101.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	526	135.00–136.50	135.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	504	156.25	156.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	469	153.00–155.50	154.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	264	170.00	170.00
53	—	422	160.00–180.00	176.35
91	—	371	160.00–184.00	177.14
255	—	524	144.25–179.00	162.27
129	—	724	117.00–138.50	122.98
70	—	678	114.00–142.50	129.50
27	—	312	161.00–180.00	170.84
8	—	956	107.25	107.25
111	—	478	150.00–174.00	158.74
80	—	629	128.75–168.00	147.03
140	—	780	114.00–121.00	119.07
67	—	920	95.50–109.85	108.56
234	—	568	137.50–179.50	154.11
40	—	884	105.50–106.75	106.51
11	—	1,012	93.50	93.50
293	—	829	106.25–118.50	116.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	577	161.00–165.25	163.49
34	—	510	178.50–183.25	181.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	578	149.00–173.00	164.72
46	—	601	142.00	142.00
11	—	515	156.00	156.00
37	—	475	169.00–172.00	171.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	423	156.00–158.50	157.02
26	—	566	122.00–151.00	132.45
5	—	510	138.00–139.00	138.59
6	—	392	151.00–152.00	151.50
13	—	625	115.00–128.00	120.32
26	—	486	141.00–149.00	142.24
26	—	672	111.00–118.00	114.91
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	571	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	454	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	448	173.00	173.00
10	—	368	161.00–164.00	163.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,048	81.50	81.50
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	984	78.50	78.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,295	84.00	84.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,021	73.00–83.00	76.35
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,463	86.50–92.50	89.58
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,304	83.00–84.00	83.21
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	71.00–78.00	74.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,371	85.00–90.00	88.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,128	34.00–40.00	36.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,448	50.00–58.00	54.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	35.00–37.00	35.99
34	—	1,335	41.00–49.00	44.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	87.00	87.00
5	—	1,418	59.00–62.50	60.80
14	—	1,769	66.00–84.50	77.37
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,775	59.00	59.00

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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