Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 82 priced lines covering 5,107 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,431 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,156 head.

Mon Sep 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,431Last week 11,396Year ago 7,373

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,156Last week 2,776Year ago 505

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers 1.00 higher. Feeder steers, 400/499 lbs 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher, 500/599 lbs 1.00 lower to 6.00 higher, 600/699 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 lower, 700/899 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 900/999 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers, 400/449 lbs 9.00 higher, 450/549 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower, 550/749 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher, 750/999 lbs 1.00 to 7.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,123	46.00–53.00	49.58
9	—	1,171	20.00–43.00	37.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,447	60.00–69.00	65.14
17	—	1,715	69.00–73.00	70.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,262	53.00–62.00	57.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,795	69.00–98.00	87.08
4	—	1,494	61.00–65.00	63.43
1	—	2,085	100.00	100.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,257	96.00–111.00	101.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,381	87.00–102.00	97.54
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,063	77.00–116.00	99.47
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,543	74.50–94.00	86.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
638	—	1,416	95.00–108.75	105.63
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,191	86.00–106.00	95.12
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,740	93.00–97.00	95.46
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,009	87.00–95.00	93.74
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,665	80.00–85.00	81.75
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,633	71.00–77.00	74.75
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,188	97.00–106.50	100.47
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,302	92.00–95.00	94.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
495	—	1,287	97.00–108.75	105.20
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,234	90.00–102.00	98.68
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	983	72.50–120.50	98.03
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,630	93.00–96.00	94.27
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,320	80.00–89.00	83.41
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,186	79.00–87.50	82.51
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,524	73.00–79.50	75.65
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	1,480	91.00–98.25	94.81

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	812	130.00–139.00	135.45
25	—	526	135.00–158.00	149.39
20	—	629	135.00–140.00	136.74
9	—	797	134.00	134.00
5	—	881	129.00	129.00
47	—	569	149.00–166.00	155.50
12	—	485	160.00–167.00	162.35
4	—	1,032	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	189.00–196.00	192.48
62	—	676	145.00–158.00	149.24
59	—	991	121.00–129.75	129.08
328	—	861	136.50–146.85	144.66
327	—	733	144.50–157.00	152.05
267	—	775	138.00–155.35	151.87
195	—	626	143.00–160.00	149.81
118	—	922	128.00–139.10	137.23
88	—	839	137.50–150.25	146.68
46	—	514	163.00–180.00	173.90
13	—	585	155.50–183.00	162.67
49	—	438	182.00–186.50	185.87
30	—	485	174.50–175.50	175.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	296	600.00	600.00
15	—	344	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	513	142.50	142.50
9	—	639	125.00–133.00	129.47
15	—	822	125.00	125.00
9	—	927	100.00	100.00
7	—	459	130.00–137.00	134.06
4	—	362	159.00	159.00
5	—	771	123.50	123.50
16	—	560	123.00–135.00	127.91
12	—	674	124.50–130.00	125.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	585	147.50	147.50
47	—	422	164.00–170.00	168.10
22	—	1,032	119.00	119.00
22	—	370	170.00–175.00	173.49
126	—	660	134.50–148.25	145.63
36	—	846	123.00–125.00	123.31
15	—	970	105.00–121.50	117.05
7	—	915	120.00–123.50	122.50
348	—	714	124.50–147.25	142.26
242	—	879	110.00–132.75	126.53
223	—	774	125.00–138.10	134.30
113	—	633	128.00–148.50	142.07
82	—	521	132.00–150.00	144.52
17	—	492	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	294	520.00	520.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	851	117.50	117.50
7	—	787	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	527	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	491	155.50	155.50
3	—	538	147.00	147.00

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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