Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 63 priced lines covering 3,156 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,267 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,303 head.

Mon Aug 24, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,267Last week 3,534Year ago 2,671

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,303Last week 2,504Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers , 500/950 lbs 3.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers, 400/850 lbs 4.00 to 16.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	821	130.50–143.00	140.37
84	—	671	151.00–157.75	155.29
55	—	919	128.85–130.25	128.95
36	—	633	153.75–164.00	157.37
36	—	573	157.50–161.50	159.32
25	—	1,003	121.25	121.25
22	—	531	156.00–158.00	156.69
3	—	410	161.00	161.00
237	—	790	137.00–149.50	142.48
221	—	871	132.00–141.50	137.27
120	—	727	144.25–158.75	147.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	730	135.00–142.50	136.92
29	—	628	142.50–149.00	144.27
23	—	689	143.50–145.25	144.87
20	—	534	143.00–153.00	145.66
14	—	768	131.00–133.50	132.40
11	—	830	126.00	126.00
10	—	893	123.00–128.00	126.01
3	—	493	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	723	129.50–130.75	130.26
17	—	826	110.00–114.50	111.82
16	—	659	129.00–134.00	132.37
9	—	476	125.00–137.00	129.06
5	—	558	124.00	124.00
5	—	302	139.00	139.00
3	—	443	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	782	133.75	133.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	687	137.00–146.00	141.23
117	—	777	120.00–128.85	127.29
113	—	624	134.00–141.75	140.32
83	—	582	137.25–150.50	142.35
69	—	835	120.00–129.00	122.22
64	—	726	135.00–146.25	142.88
42	—	1,011	111.50–115.00	114.55
37	—	530	139.00–151.00	143.43
20	—	909	121.00–127.00	125.63
19	—	857	124.50–127.25	126.81
12	—	468	142.00–153.00	146.98
8	—	1,058	97.75	97.75
5	—	960	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	814	135.50	135.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,177	102.00–104.00	102.65
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,350	99.00–104.50	102.31
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,151	85.00–110.00	103.18
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,402	90.00–98.00	93.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
369	—	1,364	104.00–109.75	107.11
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,309	83.00–91.00	85.40
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	74.00	74.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,281	70.00–79.00	74.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,404	91.50–98.50	95.93
50	—	1,346	87.00–100.00	91.90
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,282	99.00–104.00	102.16
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,003	88.00–107.00	98.45
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,221	90.00–97.00	92.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	1,267	104.50–109.00	106.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,101	48.00–58.00	53.96
3	—	1,032	41.00–45.00	42.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,401	66.00–72.00	69.46
17	—	1,398	72.00–77.00	74.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,347	57.00–66.00	62.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,761	72.00–98.00	86.49
5	—	1,478	69.00–75.00	72.55
2	—	1,488	99.00–101.00	99.91

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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