Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 82 priced lines covering 7,290 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,249 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,194 head.

Mon Sep 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,249Last week 8,786Year ago 7,444

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,194Last week 2,145Year ago 785

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers steady. Feeder steers, 400/499 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 500/599 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, 600/699 lbs 1.00 higher, 700/799 lbs 2.00 lower, 800/899 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower, 900/1075 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers, 400/599 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 higher, 600/699 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher, 700/825 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, 850/950 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
253	—	819	126.00–137.00	132.57
233	—	719	130.50–144.50	136.52
232	—	532	135.00–154.00	145.54
219	—	783	126.00–138.00	132.51
164	—	571	139.00–153.00	145.98
90	—	466	146.00–163.00	154.84
68	—	881	123.50–133.00	131.55
17	—	374	175.00–183.00	178.82
42	—	915	120.00–135.25	127.32
35	—	432	155.00–177.00	165.84
33	—	984	117.50–119.50	118.16
17	—	421	600.00–685.00	670.59
17	—	389	670.00–680.00	672.66
20	—	1,055	117.75	117.75
15	—	1,035	110.00–117.50	111.51
13	—	333	180.00–192.00	188.13
411	—	677	131.00–147.25	141.90
275	—	624	139.00–154.50	147.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	432	145.00–157.50	152.42
43	—	488	131.00–146.00	137.74
12	—	523	123.00–129.00	125.99
4	—	297	585.00	585.00
4	—	970	107.00	107.00
3	—	603	134.00	134.00
13	—	687	121.00–127.00	125.93
12	—	876	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	477	144.00–150.00	147.42
23	—	576	137.50–139.00	137.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	589	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	408	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	510.00	510.00
11	—	598	149.00	149.00
4	—	675	135.00	135.00
3	—	600	142.00	142.00
22	—	490	157.00–165.00	159.95
30	—	519	153.00–158.00	156.06
10	—	433	145.00–155.00	150.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	562	154.00–157.00	155.46
49	—	487	170.00–173.00	170.32
31	—	541	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	335	670.00–700.00	685.54
3	—	428	635.00	635.00
89	—	907	126.50–136.75	135.77
24	—	1,116	123.75	123.75
667	—	815	137.50–147.00	143.63
424	—	788	135.75–150.00	144.42
370	—	728	140.50–160.00	149.78
360	—	678	146.00–160.00	155.04
253	—	620	147.50–164.00	157.71
193	—	953	129.75–133.85	133.29
181	—	572	155.00–170.00	164.78
139	—	474	168.00–185.00	180.00
125	—	537	160.00–171.00	166.35
102	—	424	180.50–195.00	185.29
57	—	1,042	125.00–127.85	127.65
20	—	370	191.00–205.00	197.61
285	—	870	134.00–145.75	139.72
158	—	1,062	126.00–128.00	126.92
5	—	327	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	603	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	577	167.00–176.00	173.35
38	—	510	180.00	180.00
17	—	454	191.00	191.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,844	101.00–105.00	102.64
22	—	1,600	78.00–96.00	86.47
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,092	73.00–84.00	79.27
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,307	81.00–89.50	86.20
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,344	70.00–79.00	74.12
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,485	90.00–97.00	93.55
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	82.00–88.00	85.06
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,346	92.00–101.50	96.45
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,060	90.00–129.00	113.97
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
355	—	1,421	100.00–107.35	104.06
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,207	90.00–101.00	95.89
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,043	91.00–109.00	100.38
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	1,286	102.00–108.35	104.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,140	45.00–53.00	49.36
7	—	987	31.00–43.00	37.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,337	63.00–69.00	66.22
6	—	1,415	70.00–72.00	71.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,176	54.00–62.00	58.90

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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