Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 91 priced lines covering 7,361 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,224 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 184 head.

Mon Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,224Last week 5,486Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 184Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers no receipts reported last week for a market trend. Feeder steers, 400/599 lbs 2.00 to 9.00 higher, 600/649 lbs 3.00 lower, 650/749 lbs 1.00 to 8.00 higher, 750/799 lbs 2.00 lower, 800/899 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 400/499 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower, 500/799 lbs 6.00 to 15.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
372	—	623	118.00–138.00	125.85
350	—	522	126.50–146.00	135.67
305	—	671	115.00–133.00	126.21
289	—	574	120.00–137.75	129.10
268	—	474	133.00–156.50	144.86
172	—	780	107.00–124.00	115.75
109	—	425	134.00–157.00	145.46
60	—	824	101.50–108.50	108.27
45	—	381	135.00–172.50	154.69
20	—	325	155.00–170.00	160.05
21	—	935	101.25–102.50	101.89
8	—	873	97.50	97.50
482	—	728	112.00–129.35	121.46
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	711	114.00	114.00
11	—	813	106.00	106.00
7	—	654	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	685	106.00	106.00
17	—	769	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	598	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	543	124.00	124.00
18	—	463	136.00	136.00
6	—	595	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	569	124.00–125.00	124.39
10	—	387	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	454	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	324	157.00	157.00
66	—	618	106.00–123.00	117.81
50	—	679	108.00–119.00	114.39
40	—	530	120.00–133.00	126.23
40	—	479	125.00–135.00	132.54
38	—	716	105.00–112.50	108.63
28	—	786	104.00–110.00	106.14
25	—	428	123.00–143.00	134.43
15	—	364	120.00–160.00	145.57
7	—	581	115.00–118.00	116.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	801	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	511	127.00–155.00	142.06
10	—	410	140.00–144.00	143.17
4	—	380	169.00	169.00
6	—	564	150.00	150.00
3	—	787	102.00–109.00	104.28
3	—	303	160.00	160.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	759	112.75	112.75
4	—	678	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	583	135.00–150.00	143.22
104	—	524	145.50–159.00	151.69
98	—	623	115.00–143.50	137.86
48	—	472	141.00–161.50	155.21
32	—	785	117.00–123.50	118.25
32	—	736	110.00–127.50	119.53
22	—	686	124.50–130.50	128.29
13	—	432	157.00–165.00	159.42
13	—	391	161.00–178.00	174.16
6	—	925	103.00	103.00
11	—	317	165.00–170.00	167.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
533	—	822	112.50–128.35	124.07
422	—	619	139.00–157.00	149.83
373	—	723	120.00–139.75	133.54
19	—	955	106.00	106.00
23	—	1,015	100.25	100.25
11	—	326	170.00–187.00	176.02
336	—	518	155.00–177.00	169.16
294	—	480	158.00–179.50	172.52
284	—	575	148.00–168.50	154.88
281	—	677	130.00–146.50	137.77
240	—	875	105.00–119.25	117.37
226	—	778	115.00–135.35	125.75
168	—	911	105.25–115.10	111.97
87	—	370	166.50–195.00	182.90
84	—	431	165.00–191.00	181.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	466	167.50	167.50
27	—	534	158.50–169.00	163.53
10	—	431	173.50	173.50
6	—	572	158.00	158.00
12	—	666	136.50	136.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	701	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	670	128.25	128.25
3	—	507	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	468	188.00	188.00
195	—	714	138.75–143.25	143.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,284	84.00–91.00	88.08
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,440	103.00–104.00	103.89
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,730	79.00–81.00	80.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,360	92.50–99.00	94.57
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,236	86.00–91.50	89.11
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,380	103.00–104.75	103.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,402	92.00–99.00	93.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	41.00–48.00	44.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,425	57.00–61.00	58.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,228	50.00–55.00	52.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,673	78.00–91.00	84.92

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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