Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 126 priced lines covering 9,312 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,786 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,145 head.

Mon Aug 31, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,786Last week 2,267Year ago 7,909

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,145Last week 1,303Year ago 1,072

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers, 500/599 lbs 5.00 higher, 550/699 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, 700/799 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 800/899 lbs 2.00 lower, 900/1000 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 450/599 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher, 600/749 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, 750/899 lbs 1.00 to 12.00 higher, 900/950 lbs 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	635	136.00–138.00	137.51
4	—	384	156.00	156.00
27	—	834	120.00–125.75	123.02
12	—	424	131.00–151.00	143.98
3	—	492	132.00	132.00
6	—	958	105.00	105.00
57	—	737	118.25–128.00	122.84
17	—	669	129.00–130.00	129.71
18	—	874	117.00–124.00	121.32
21	—	525	130.00–140.00	133.28
35	—	766	125.50–127.00	126.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	785	126.50–139.50	134.96
478	—	675	124.00–145.10	139.51
103	—	482	143.00–158.00	151.79
18	—	369	140.00–182.00	165.92
171	—	923	109.25–124.35	122.94
124	—	811	127.00–138.00	134.54
108	—	953	118.75–120.60	119.64
387	—	723	127.00–142.25	138.23
387	—	626	134.00–152.00	140.22
302	—	579	136.00–150.00	143.79
113	—	527	137.00–150.00	146.17
16	—	1,074	101.00–102.50	101.56
36	—	425	141.00–168.00	157.45
101	—	875	121.00–130.00	127.75
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	725	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	628	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	568	146.25–151.00	147.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,068	118.00	118.00
33	—	463	153.00–194.00	180.03
104	—	524	150.00–174.00	161.68
145	—	874	124.50–141.75	135.49
174	—	622	149.00–161.50	156.38
181	—	583	152.50–165.00	157.27
323	—	922	126.25–139.50	132.88
473	—	776	136.00–153.00	145.03
480	—	721	137.00–158.50	151.92
541	—	674	137.00–161.00	154.58
613	—	826	130.00–143.00	138.47
27	—	424	175.00–195.00	183.15
8	—	969	120.00–121.00	120.38
52	—	1,007	126.50	126.50
18	—	367	180.00–191.25	186.03
4	—	1,505	95.25	95.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	448	168.00	168.00
4	—	880	129.00	129.00
25	—	573	140.00–151.00	147.10
58	—	686	130.00–140.00	136.73
78	—	624	136.00–145.00	143.54
13	—	936	122.00	122.00
18	—	966	119.50	119.50
26	—	533	147.00–157.00	155.86
17	—	835	125.50–128.00	127.14
57	—	723	137.00–143.00	140.02
68	—	792	131.50–141.85	140.36
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	73	100.00–120.00	111.03
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,053	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	768	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	564	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	878	125.00–128.50	127.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,027	84.00–98.00	86.73
27	—	820	105.00–106.50	105.50
128	—	882	94.50–105.50	101.23
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	810	90.00	90.00
3	—	985	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,115	89.00	89.00
4	—	1,038	84.00	84.00
10	—	711	80.00–85.00	81.98
12	—	621	92.00–95.00	94.24
17	—	317	120.00–123.00	122.40
25	—	367	110.00–115.00	112.62
26	—	284	130.00–132.50	130.70
26	—	780	80.00–96.00	87.55
41	—	570	100.00–114.00	107.83
48	—	524	100.00–115.50	111.70
91	—	416	107.50–117.50	114.28
69	—	479	110.00–113.00	110.96
60	—	676	88.00–100.00	96.27
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	166	100.00–155.00	114.98
30	—	228	110.00–125.00	114.57
14	—	435	60.00–90.00	73.84
10	—	266	80.00–85.00	83.35
10	—	137	70.00–85.00	78.82
6	—	318	80.00–85.00	82.52
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	468	75.00–95.00	86.92
28	—	671	65.00–80.00	71.60
23	—	523	70.00–85.00	75.62
16	—	367	105.00–107.50	105.94
13	—	622	70.00	70.00
10	—	882	75.00–84.00	78.33
10	—	219	145.00–160.00	155.27
9	—	571	75.00–81.00	78.68
8	—	273	115.00–120.00	117.96
3	—	935	71.00	71.00
3	—	748	70.00	70.00
3	—	345	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	731	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,446	80.00–91.00	86.70
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,046	80.00–86.00	84.21
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,293	72.00–78.50	77.14
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,446	90.00–99.00	92.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,315	90.00–102.50	95.87
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	85.00	85.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
647	—	1,384	98.00–108.75	104.63
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,625	97.00	97.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,192	89.50–99.50	93.42
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,208	102.00–114.50	107.53
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,075	90.00–104.50	99.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,222	91.00–102.50	97.74
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,012	73.00–104.00	88.81
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,161	90.00–98.75	94.06
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,145	99.50–111.50	103.12
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	94.50–95.00	94.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
471	—	1,279	98.75–108.85	104.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	57.00–66.00	62.16
2	—	1,900	101.00–102.00	101.53
38	—	1,776	72.00–98.00	86.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,260	54.00–62.00	58.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,616	70.00–78.00	72.59
53	—	1,373	62.00–69.00	66.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,036	24.00–43.00	36.84
29	—	1,081	44.00–54.00	49.39

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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