Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 96 priced lines covering 3,936 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,823 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,636 head.

Mon Oct 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,823Last week 2,580Year ago 4,934

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,636Last week 1,689Year ago 1,365

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold mixed on light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	421	156.00–160.00	158.21
30	—	535	156.00–165.00	161.10
10	—	787	128.00–137.00	132.43
4	—	818	127.00	127.00
12	—	574	142.00–144.00	142.97
13	—	478	142.00–154.00	148.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	617	142.00	142.00
12	—	430	179.00–184.00	181.12
8	—	398	185.00	185.00
125	—	530	166.00–182.50	173.25
54	—	467	180.50–188.50	185.59
73	—	569	149.00–171.00	160.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	807	135.00–144.50	141.52
39	—	520	175.00–183.00	180.27
3	—	300	197.50	197.50
25	—	435	180.00–192.50	185.57
68	—	906	141.60	141.60
92	—	876	125.00–142.75	137.17
58	—	478	170.00–190.00	183.14
8	—	979	121.75	121.75
7	—	365	186.00	186.00
296	—	770	146.25–150.60	147.98
137	—	729	134.00–149.75	146.03
114	—	671	141.00–154.25	148.83
108	—	581	150.00–164.00	155.32
56	—	622	140.00–154.50	151.33
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	665	141.25	141.25
26	—	544	152.00	152.00
15	—	637	139.50	139.50
6	—	494	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	436	166.00	166.00
12	—	533	153.00	153.00
6	—	654	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	531	128.50–138.00	133.76
14	—	624	133.00	133.00
6	—	484	131.00	131.00
9	—	579	130.00	130.00
3	—	377	137.50	137.50
17	—	736	122.50–126.00	124.60
11	—	776	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	372	151.00–181.00	170.55
12	—	610	135.00–138.00	136.48
16	—	418	155.00–160.00	157.70
70	—	519	141.00–156.50	153.49
82	—	478	142.00–156.00	153.22
22	—	573	134.00–138.50	134.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	603	132.50–145.75	141.91
37	—	681	133.00–138.50	136.12
35	—	716	122.00–130.00	127.51
15	—	935	111.75–116.00	114.04
60	—	434	145.00–170.00	154.34
53	—	472	139.00–155.00	146.25
8	—	766	131.75	131.75
5	—	981	100.00	100.00
25	—	833	119.00–127.00	122.88
47	—	567	137.00–146.50	139.74
37	—	515	140.50–152.00	146.59
21	—	370	156.00–178.00	163.67
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	919	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	468	140.00	140.00
4	—	519	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	650	125.00	125.00
12	—	580	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	675	148.60	148.60
79	—	762	140.75	140.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	115.00–130.00	122.45
3	—	747	111.00	111.00
2	—	515	117.00	117.00
3	—	577	129.00	129.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,240	60.00–65.00	63.03
20	—	1,736	70.00–94.00	83.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,164	25.00–43.00	37.17
31	—	1,248	42.00–51.00	47.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,678	72.00–73.00	72.46
24	—	1,487	60.00–69.00	63.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,360	52.00–59.00	55.14
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,255	70.00–76.00	74.53
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,528	95.00–99.00	95.88
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,429	90.50–99.00	93.61
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,438	82.00–89.50	87.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,234	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,401	76.00–99.00	94.09
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	73.00	73.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,084	72.00–110.00	92.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
399	—	1,304	98.00–111.50	106.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,264	98.50–103.00	101.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,262	86.50–93.50	90.13
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,210	95.00–105.75	100.34
Steers — Select · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,190	94.50–111.00	101.29
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,198	99.50–110.25	104.33
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,145	95.00–105.00	100.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,325	96.00–103.25	101.40
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,174	90.50–97.75	95.51
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,436	90.00–97.00	93.80
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
511	—	1,443	99.50–110.50	107.13
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,781	85.00–101.75	95.13

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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