Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 83 priced lines covering 6,522 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,614 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 354 head.

Mon May 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,614Last week 10,372Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 354Last week 246Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 18.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder steers, 400/499 lbs 8.00 to 13.00 higher, 500/699 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 700/999 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 400/899 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	625	116.00–131.00	123.55
37	—	585	125.00–135.00	128.97
31	—	531	126.00–139.00	133.80
28	—	482	128.00–142.50	136.21
18	—	683	110.00–128.50	125.81
7	—	386	135.00–147.00	145.45
3	—	332	140.00	140.00
1	—	420	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
354	—	574	130.00–147.50	140.42
322	—	526	131.00–154.00	140.86
309	—	477	134.00–156.00	146.14
303	—	617	122.00–145.50	135.61
250	—	671	122.50–140.25	134.23
178	—	717	117.00–133.60	128.03
157	—	777	114.50–125.50	119.74
119	—	429	137.00–156.50	150.66
82	—	864	103.00–130.00	124.28
32	—	347	158.00–170.00	166.05
24	—	923	99.50–105.25	103.81
53	—	375	150.00–168.00	161.35
45	—	833	104.00–123.50	116.04
4	—	290	181.00	181.00
10	—	1,079	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	722	127.75–129.25	128.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	517	131.00–135.00	133.17
5	—	383	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	566	141.50	141.50
5	—	719	121.00	121.00
5	—	455	154.00	154.00
7	—	509	137.00	137.00
5	—	398	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	758	132.10	132.10
12	—	605	143.50	143.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	634	130.00–147.00	142.08
35	—	426	147.00–174.00	170.91
33	—	470	140.00–174.00	164.48
32	—	684	131.00–143.50	137.59
10	—	979	104.00–109.00	105.20
34	—	789	118.00–125.00	121.76
26	—	530	149.00–161.00	156.45
5	—	374	175.00	175.00
4	—	891	111.00	111.00
5	—	300	170.00	170.00
4	—	845	118.00	118.00
80	—	579	135.00–163.00	154.21
8	—	736	120.00–134.00	129.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	980	114.00	114.00
15	—	1,009	105.75	105.75
493	—	773	124.50–142.00	139.09
423	—	570	146.00–173.00	161.63
338	—	632	143.50–163.75	153.41
330	—	474	161.00–187.00	174.25
329	—	530	155.00–177.50	169.21
261	—	722	130.50–149.25	142.37
230	—	671	140.00–154.00	148.53
197	—	826	118.75–132.85	126.68
190	—	422	170.00–191.00	184.37
171	—	872	115.00–129.75	124.67
71	—	938	107.00–122.25	116.37
59	—	379	181.00–197.50	190.36
33	—	335	192.50–201.00	195.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	452	169.00	169.00
13	—	535	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	626	148.00–150.00	149.18
16	—	531	159.00–171.00	164.27
10	—	441	161.00–176.00	166.92
7	—	766	130.00	130.00
4	—	479	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	722	147.00	147.00
13	—	661	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	549	117.50	117.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,240	104.00–111.00	107.33
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,295	113.50–121.00	116.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,100	38.00–49.00	45.00
2	—	1,078	24.00–34.00	29.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,476	60.00–69.00	64.32
5	—	1,674	69.00–70.00	69.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,288	50.00–59.00	54.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,729	65.00–88.00	78.98
2	—	1,445	55.00–60.00	57.47
1	—	2,160	94.00	94.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,409	102.00–111.00	108.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,466	112.50–120.00	117.55

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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