Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 80 priced lines covering 3,589 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,908 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,156 head.

Mon Jun 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,908Last week 3,460Year ago 3,124

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,156Last week 769Year ago 1,368

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, 400/749 lbs 2.00 lower to 7.00 higher, 750/950 lbs 4.00 lower to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 400/649 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 650/799 lbs 1.00 to 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
81	—	610	129.00–142.00	136.10
75	—	823	110.00–116.50	115.99
75	—	772	114.75–127.25	123.08
59	—	927	95.00–110.75	109.97
52	—	738	119.50–126.75	124.60
51	—	665	120.00–132.00	126.18
37	—	384	141.00–157.00	152.40
35	—	415	131.00–160.00	156.64
30	—	875	111.75	111.75
7	—	318	160.00	160.00
116	—	528	134.00–155.00	147.34
114	—	579	133.00–150.00	141.80
100	—	477	126.00–161.00	153.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	850	100.50	100.50
55	—	577	123.00–134.00	130.20
49	—	523	121.00–139.50	135.84
21	—	480	138.00–145.50	139.35
16	—	434	120.00–146.00	141.02
11	—	398	122.50–147.00	141.34
9	—	774	105.00–114.00	108.98
7	—	718	110.00–118.00	114.58
4	—	604	120.00–122.00	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	483	163.75	163.75
24	—	812	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	569	134.00–137.50	136.03
9	—	505	149.50	149.50
5	—	490	157.00	157.00
3	—	693	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	339	159.00	159.00
41	—	576	146.00–151.00	148.56
30	—	737	124.00–137.00	136.20
26	—	627	138.00–142.50	140.46
21	—	491	140.00–165.00	157.94
13	—	444	156.00–171.50	170.38
8	—	668	139.00	139.00
6	—	856	112.00	112.00
6	—	766	116.00–132.00	125.64
5	—	516	140.00–155.00	151.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	673	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	549	151.75–153.50	152.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
209	—	574	153.00–168.00	160.86
186	—	629	145.00–169.00	154.73
158	—	530	156.00–170.00	166.55
142	—	670	143.00–155.35	151.13
99	—	881	113.00–133.00	128.33
85	—	466	161.00–176.50	174.33
59	—	926	111.00–122.35	117.24
53	—	720	132.75–152.50	145.17
48	—	832	120.00–136.25	131.19
35	—	427	167.50–180.00	175.80
32	—	773	126.50–138.00	132.01
19	—	383	167.00–182.00	179.71
11	—	322	173.00–177.50	174.19
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	741	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	906	110.00	110.00
9	—	859	107.00	107.00
6	—	427	159.00–160.00	159.33
4	—	689	118.00	118.00
4	—	311	168.00–193.00	183.33
3	—	393	172.50	172.50
2	—	543	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,483	71.00–78.50	75.04
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,129	61.00–68.00	63.74
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,480	80.00–87.75	83.77
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,337	91.00–100.50	95.66
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,411	80.00–89.00	86.59
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	1,282	94.00–106.00	101.63
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,035	82.00–90.00	85.81
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,144	95.50	95.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,509	84.00–100.00	95.33
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,403	84.00–90.00	86.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
332	—	1,399	95.00–107.50	102.27
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	938	83.00–90.00	87.67
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,173	94.00–100.00	98.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,050	40.00–49.00	44.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,452	60.00–69.00	64.73
6	—	1,398	70.00–74.00	70.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,271	50.00–59.00	54.66
5	—	1,135	60.00–65.00	62.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,756	65.00–87.00	79.25

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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