Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 90 priced lines covering 7,958 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,791 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 282 head.

Mon May 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,791Last week 7,289Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 282Last week 827Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers steady. Feeder steers, 400/799 lbs 1.00 to 10.00 higher, 750/999 lbs 3.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 400/549 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, 550/599 lbs 2.00 lower, 600 /699 lbs 1.00 to 1.50 higher, 700/799 lbs 1.00 lower, 800/899 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	502	178.00	178.00
5	—	278	211.00	211.00
101	—	490	174.50	174.50
43	—	654	145.25	145.25
20	—	367	182.50	182.50
17	—	619	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	574	150.50–161.00	152.92
16	—	537	163.00–165.00	164.62
9	—	462	171.50	171.50
7	—	444	168.00	168.00
3	—	372	180.00	180.00
32	—	642	140.50–153.00	144.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
731	—	821	123.60–136.75	130.85
708	—	722	140.00–154.00	147.86
616	—	623	149.00–166.00	156.27
229	—	772	131.00–142.75	138.35
182	—	972	115.75–118.75	117.05
163	—	859	123.00–132.50	129.77
108	—	937	120.00–125.75	121.71
92	—	386	184.00–210.00	198.00
42	—	424	172.00–203.50	182.64
13	—	311	197.50–206.00	203.03
2	—	243	195.00	195.00
347	—	577	156.75–171.00	163.87
308	—	523	168.00–181.75	176.32
282	—	486	174.00–192.00	184.21
204	—	668	144.00–157.00	150.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	388	160.00	160.00
26	—	475	166.00–169.00	167.90
19	—	788	119.00–129.00	125.46
56	—	531	150.00–158.00	157.15
40	—	675	134.00–139.00	136.13
39	—	628	136.00–148.25	145.08
29	—	584	140.00–154.50	148.13
18	—	718	124.50–136.50	132.62
9	—	864	110.50–114.00	112.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	561	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	427	191.50	191.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	628	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	542	135.00–147.00	142.37
6	—	453	149.50	149.50
5	—	665	125.00	125.00
4	—	290	160.00	160.00
3	—	382	163.00	163.00
3	—	630	125.00	125.00
8	—	573	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	823	127.00–134.50	132.07
20	—	880	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	822	112.00–120.50	117.11
68	—	882	117.00–118.25	118.16
12	—	972	104.00–110.00	108.27
272	—	769	117.00–130.00	120.93
254	—	724	120.00–134.25	126.67
224	—	482	140.50–164.00	152.75
150	—	426	149.00–181.00	160.40
65	—	375	161.00–188.00	170.27
16	—	338	175.00–179.00	176.28
5	—	926	95.00	95.00
3	—	1,012	106.00	106.00
374	—	523	141.50–157.75	150.03
349	—	625	131.00–140.75	136.99
324	—	671	126.00–138.00	131.59
230	—	579	133.25–154.00	141.60
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	663	125.00–126.00	125.91
26	—	443	144.00	144.00
18	—	357	165.00	165.00
17	—	609	133.75	133.75
16	—	489	154.00	154.00
6	—	542	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	469	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	383	151.00–160.00	153.82
13	—	675	118.50–122.50	120.40
10	—	455	148.00–151.00	149.81
4	—	721	123.50	123.50
80	—	524	134.00–145.50	140.02
69	—	574	123.00–136.50	130.94
42	—	433	143.00–157.00	146.70
34	—	614	119.00–130.00	122.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	128.00	128.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,301	105.50–109.50	107.82
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,157	107.00–109.00	108.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,420	110.00–115.00	112.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,291	101.50–108.00	102.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,258	110.00–114.50	111.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,220	41.00–49.00	44.72
5	—	978	30.00–39.00	33.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,576	60.00–66.00	62.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,388	50.00–59.50	55.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,906	81.00–85.50	83.76
2	—	2,208	92.50–93.00	92.75

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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