Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 92 priced lines covering 3,893 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,460 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 769 head.

Mon Jun 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,460Last week 7,646Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 769Last week 1,151Year ago 764

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 4.00 lower. Feeder steers, 400/899 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, 900/950 lbs 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 400/649 lbs steady to 8.00 lower, 650/799 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 800/899 lbs steady to 3.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	35.00–39.00	37.34
5	—	1,126	41.00–45.00	42.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,479	60.00–69.00	65.37
1	—	1,455	74.00	74.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,233	52.00–59.00	55.38
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,640	101.00–101.50	101.25
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,131	97.50–101.75	100.13
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	86.00–94.50	90.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	1,400	100.00–110.50	105.86
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,404	88.00–103.25	96.77
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,618	80.00–89.00	85.73
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,080	66.50–99.00	81.93
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,292	85.00–103.00	96.74
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,298	82.50–89.50	86.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,282	100.00–109.00	104.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,383	65.00–86.00	76.59
2	—	1,970	92.00	92.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	58.50	58.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,262	61.00–78.00	72.75
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,383	61.00–66.00	63.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,440	80.00–88.50	82.82
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	66.50	66.50
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,373	60.00–68.00	65.18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	132.00	132.00
3	—	390	165.00	165.00
13	—	614	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	154.00	154.00
13	—	601	120.75	120.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	740	117.00	117.00
12	—	528	134.00	134.00
23	—	845	111.50	111.50
12	—	591	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	664	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	445	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	844	114.10	114.10
65	—	850	114.25	114.25
242	—	669	120.50–141.50	133.45
196	—	524	130.00–157.00	147.48
172	—	720	113.00–134.75	131.27
129	—	572	134.00–147.00	139.86
111	—	616	124.00–139.00	132.57
87	—	469	137.00–155.00	149.19
51	—	429	144.00–160.00	150.99
49	—	778	110.50–127.25	124.35
11	—	378	163.00–164.00	163.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	436	137.00	137.00
11	—	550	128.50	128.50
3	—	461	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	818	105.00	105.00
14	—	624	111.00–120.00	116.99
16	—	380	137.00–150.00	145.11
17	—	568	121.00–133.50	127.96
45	—	537	133.00–136.00	134.15
25	—	674	116.00–126.00	120.24
23	—	470	126.00–133.00	130.04
21	—	429	130.00–139.00	135.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	490	132.00–155.00	144.70
37	—	510	136.00–148.00	140.27
14	—	590	144.00	144.00
10	—	868	114.00–116.00	114.59
8	—	660	129.00	129.00
7	—	627	135.00–139.00	136.72
4	—	436	168.00	168.00
4	—	389	150.75–153.50	151.45
3	—	327	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	729	150.75	150.75
59	—	803	136.75	136.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	933	120.50–121.85	121.60
5	—	322	172.00–179.00	173.46
3	—	357	170.00–176.00	173.98
285	—	686	140.00–152.00	146.92
262	—	625	144.00–158.00	149.48
223	—	778	121.00–139.50	136.82
153	—	566	143.50–172.00	160.51
147	—	730	128.00–140.00	137.77
122	—	523	161.50–174.00	168.27
73	—	827	121.50–129.00	127.06
59	—	475	164.00–176.00	169.96
41	—	434	170.00–180.00	175.62
14	—	879	120.00–124.50	121.93
7	—	1,005	110.00	110.00
4	—	978	106.50	106.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	497	138.00–166.00	148.69
6	—	565	150.00	150.00
2	—	430	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	536	150.00	150.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	900	123.00	123.00
12	—	512	152.00	152.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	504	159.50	159.50
13	—	598	154.75	154.75
7	—	726	133.75	133.75

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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