Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 101 priced lines covering 7,760 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,289 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 827 head.

Mon May 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,289Last week 7,614Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 827Last week 354Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers, 400/549 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower, 550/649 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 650/699 lbs 1.00 lower, 700/825 lbs 1.00 to 7.00 higher, 850/899 lbs 1.00 lower, 900/975 lbs 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 400/649 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 higher, 650/749 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower. 750/799 lbs 3.00 higher, 800/899 lbs 7.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	416	138.50–165.50	153.61
75	—	863	102.00–122.00	116.64
36	—	371	151.00–170.00	158.81
4	—	276	163.00–167.00	164.91
395	—	720	116.50–131.75	127.43
346	—	476	139.00–158.50	149.87
324	—	612	131.00–139.75	135.74
239	—	678	120.00–136.00	130.12
236	—	777	115.75–125.50	122.41
205	—	524	138.00–156.00	146.75
178	—	575	138.00–150.50	143.52
125	—	828	112.25–126.00	115.23
25	—	319	152.00–169.00	159.43
4	—	960	99.00	99.00
13	—	913	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	761	138.75–143.00	139.05
8	—	673	145.50	145.50
10	—	894	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	450	126.00	126.00
6	—	628	120.00–122.00	120.98
9	—	539	121.00–129.00	124.52
11	—	576	126.00–129.00	126.70
11	—	840	119.00	119.00
12	—	878	106.00–112.00	109.81
14	—	726	112.00–118.00	114.50
28	—	685	118.00–122.00	121.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	721	123.00–127.50	126.42
16	—	878	112.00–113.00	112.82
41	—	481	129.00–145.00	140.13
31	—	364	140.00–155.00	149.96
15	—	319	142.00–145.00	142.39
9	—	754	117.50	117.50
24	—	439	133.00–148.00	142.11
26	—	640	122.00–129.50	127.11
40	—	527	127.00–139.00	134.43
51	—	686	115.00–129.50	125.45
86	—	578	121.00–139.50	132.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	533	136.00–143.75	141.04
25	—	635	123.50–129.75	126.03
13	—	575	131.50–134.00	131.87
3	—	392	168.00	168.00
10	—	482	134.00–138.50	135.83
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	825	113.00–116.00	114.51
6	—	673	125.00–129.00	126.98
6	—	720	121.00–122.00	121.50
6	—	770	121.00–122.00	121.66
9	—	640	130.00–138.50	135.41
13	—	480	149.00–153.00	149.92
20	—	581	140.00–147.00	145.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	250	195.00	195.00
9	—	1,050	114.00	114.00
64	—	914	119.00–130.00	123.40
22	—	964	105.00–119.75	114.31
29	—	322	169.00–195.00	184.07
34	—	378	172.00–200.00	182.69
147	—	427	172.00–191.00	181.85
149	—	1,017	103.00–114.00	111.33
168	—	878	118.75–136.75	123.34
242	—	478	161.50–181.00	173.27
273	—	526	155.50–175.50	166.45
344	—	575	152.00–171.00	162.23
363	—	678	141.25–155.25	147.45
365	—	776	131.00–148.75	139.76
383	—	733	135.75–148.50	143.20
410	—	621	145.00–166.00	156.81
487	—	828	121.50–142.50	133.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	910	121.00	121.00
20	—	872	121.00–128.00	124.20
26	—	674	131.00–138.50	137.52
142	—	635	141.00–149.00	147.18
50	—	781	120.00–136.00	129.48
13	—	379	158.00–184.00	170.07
7	—	436	147.50–155.00	152.22
6	—	324	167.50	167.50
16	—	823	115.00–129.00	121.40
48	—	520	146.00–161.00	156.06
27	—	721	127.00–138.00	132.86
37	—	475	140.00–173.00	161.03
45	—	573	138.00–159.00	151.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	623	146.50–151.00	149.70
36	—	520	160.00–163.00	162.10
15	—	573	151.00	151.00
13	—	673	137.50	137.50
9	—	442	169.00–171.00	170.12
5	—	497	162.00	162.00
3	—	360	177.00	177.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	664	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	68.00	68.00
19	—	1,422	57.00–64.00	59.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,277	49.00–56.50	51.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,114	38.00–48.00	43.93
19	—	1,078	20.00–37.00	30.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,659	68.00–85.00	77.84
2	—	1,303	56.00–61.00	58.02
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,325	100.00–109.00	106.42
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,155	103.00–106.00	104.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
274	—	1,440	110.00–117.00	112.94
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,234	101.00–110.00	107.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	1,336	110.00–118.00	113.84

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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