Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 75 priced lines covering 3,820 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,580 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,689 head.

Mon Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,580Last week 8,363Year ago 4,825

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,689Last week 2,109Year ago 1,314

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/699 lbs 1.00 to 15.00 lower, 700/899 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 950/999 lbs 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/799 lbs steady to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	896	127.25	127.25
153	—	727	130.00–145.00	141.79
20	—	535	135.00–143.00	138.19
78	—	778	127.50–139.00	134.09
4	—	350	182.00	182.00
31	—	577	130.00–144.00	139.17
54	—	615	133.00–146.75	140.19
68	—	677	130.00–143.00	133.07
8	—	845	135.50	135.50
13	—	977	115.50–118.00	117.03
9	—	901	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	624	124.00–134.00	128.34
5	—	807	120.00	120.00
3	—	537	120.00	120.00
8	—	763	121.00–125.00	122.03
6	—	713	125.00–127.00	126.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	517	145.50	145.50
7	—	352	173.00	173.00
18	—	412	162.00–164.00	162.33
34	—	472	137.00–152.00	148.22
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	727	133.50	133.50
3	—	632	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	707	145.75	145.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	887	128.50–130.50	129.51
13	—	812	130.00–139.50	133.09
21	—	768	127.50–140.00	134.26
16	—	733	130.00–134.00	131.24
9	—	659	136.00–137.00	136.45
22	—	630	135.50–143.00	138.40
4	—	575	144.00–147.00	145.54
5	—	453	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	563	151.00–163.00	159.40
14	—	499	170.00	170.00
7	—	625	148.00	148.00
11	—	430	182.00	182.00
4	—	385	190.00	190.00
18	—	509	165.00–165.50	165.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	577	144.00	144.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	810	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
487	—	827	142.00–154.00	149.02
51	—	545	156.00	156.00
154	—	727	144.00–153.00	151.93
106	—	633	146.50–156.75	155.57
101	—	671	139.00–154.75	147.32
16	—	468	169.50	169.50
270	—	773	134.00–151.50	147.04
32	—	572	145.00–159.00	154.40
20	—	431	166.00–180.00	176.00
66	—	890	138.00–145.75	145.04
132	—	964	123.25–133.75	132.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	537	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	611	124.00–129.00	126.49
5	—	480	131.00	131.00
4	—	884	90.00	90.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,268	93.00–99.00	96.48
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,135	96.00–118.25	108.74
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,771	91.00–100.50	96.14
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
475	—	1,416	103.50–111.00	107.55
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,343	98.00–104.00	102.19
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,211	102.00–103.25	102.91
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,160	94.50–100.00	99.02
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,066	82.00–111.50	98.20
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
416	—	1,311	103.50–110.00	107.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,261	96.00–104.25	102.02
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,375	96.50–99.50	98.36
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,296	80.00–89.50	85.26
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,466	90.00–99.00	91.87
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,273	71.00–79.00	76.57
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,071	79.00–89.00	84.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,294	42.00–51.00	47.45
27	—	1,087	20.00–44.00	32.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,437	59.25–68.00	62.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,313	50.00–59.00	54.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,785	71.00–90.00	79.60
6	—	1,302	50.00–67.00	59.09

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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