Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 175 priced lines covering 9,589 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,951 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,531 head.

Mon Oct 26, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,951Last week 0Year ago 8,943

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,531Last week 1,962Year ago 1,394

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold1.00 lower. No feeder cattle reported last week for a price comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	574	123.00–131.00	125.54
3	—	333	145.00	145.00
76	—	732	111.00–116.00	111.57
20	—	472	126.00–136.00	128.89
40	—	431	133.00–152.50	144.89
4	—	394	153.00	153.00
14	—	641	126.50–127.00	126.68
24	—	759	110.00–116.00	110.77
13	—	800	106.50	106.50
3	—	942	115.00	115.00
14	—	531	127.00–129.00	128.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	496	139.00	139.00
3	—	520	525.00	525.00
8	—	324	480.00–590.00	549.78
5	—	541	135.00	135.00
14	—	554	144.00	144.00
26	—	375	550.00–630.00	605.65
9	—	277	375.00–380.00	378.45
33	—	603	138.25	138.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	966	106.00–124.10	122.12
131	—	718	124.00–136.50	130.04
80	—	922	110.00–125.50	123.00
178	—	467	125.00–164.00	151.28
5	—	1,217	101.00	101.00
265	—	532	134.50–145.50	141.40
9	—	1,064	103.00	103.00
7	—	1,170	97.00	97.00
70	—	432	139.00–161.50	152.52
188	—	826	122.00–134.00	129.53
194	—	632	127.00–139.25	136.22
237	—	578	129.00–145.00	135.65
16	—	367	149.00	149.00
189	—	865	108.00–126.10	121.04
60	—	757	122.25–132.75	125.14
78	—	669	125.00–135.00	131.77
66	—	1,034	95.00–120.10	117.85
28	—	334	167.50–174.00	170.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	596	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	665	141.50	141.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	791	105.00	105.00
38	—	435	127.00–131.00	127.73
19	—	512	117.50–127.50	119.04
9	—	557	117.50–121.00	118.68
8	—	717	104.00	104.00
6	—	1,114	92.50	92.50
3	—	195	107.50	107.50
8	—	382	129.00–137.50	133.40
18	—	347	120.00–126.00	125.33
14	—	817	100.00–105.00	101.81
18	—	908	97.00	97.00
13	—	285	122.50–145.00	129.57
7	—	614	110.00–117.00	113.99
6	—	99	215.00	215.00
5	—	1,266	97.50	97.50
4	—	460	131.00	131.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	481	107.00–107.50	107.14
10	—	375	123.00	123.00
4	—	1,202	78.00	78.00
15	—	583	95.00–97.00	96.21
23	—	430	121.00–122.50	121.90
8	—	871	81.00	81.00
8	—	979	85.00	85.00
16	—	507	102.50	102.50
12	—	844	80.00–85.00	81.23
21	—	713	93.00	93.00
14	—	606	99.00	99.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	895	94.50–96.25	96.06
3	—	1,140	83.00	83.00
6	—	1,341	84.00	84.00
17	—	929	91.00–93.00	91.52
36	—	846	90.00–99.00	98.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	618	75.00–89.00	82.93
3	—	657	83.00	83.00
28	—	272	125.00	125.00
20	—	320	107.50–117.00	112.89
14	—	466	95.00–97.50	96.42
23	—	379	105.00–116.00	113.91
5	—	868	71.00	71.00
11	—	575	85.00–89.00	86.42
20	—	184	100.00–115.00	105.62
15	—	539	87.50–91.00	88.40
6	—	820	78.00–79.00	78.51
5	—	240	115.00	115.00
17	—	758	80.00–82.00	81.30
51	—	414	100.00–117.00	109.43
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	704	70.00	70.00
16	—	331	82.00–105.00	92.02
33	—	272	70.00–110.00	78.35
9	—	575	77.50	77.50
3	—	125	60.00	60.00
3	—	235	67.50	67.50
21	—	466	70.00–82.50	76.10
8	—	762	56.00–62.50	59.30
5	—	664	67.50	67.50
28	—	192	80.00–100.00	85.25
15	—	441	80.00–85.00	83.71
8	—	512	69.00–70.00	69.51
24	—	382	76.00–96.00	85.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	671	132.00–134.00	132.62
15	—	511	164.00	164.00
6	—	707	134.00	134.00
3	—	501	600.00	600.00
4	—	272	520.00	520.00
6	—	365	500.00–680.00	591.23
11	—	588	145.00–151.00	148.24
12	—	322	600.00–610.00	605.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,107	104.50	104.50
4	—	1,065	111.00	111.00
294	—	563	144.00–163.50	158.79
210	—	470	153.00–182.25	172.86
527	—	774	130.00–145.10	138.87
267	—	723	127.00–147.00	138.91
133	—	929	120.00–130.75	128.08
254	—	619	135.75–157.00	145.54
211	—	688	134.00–150.00	143.41
19	—	342	166.00–194.00	180.01
64	—	427	169.00–185.00	177.33
556	—	866	121.00–148.00	135.77
90	—	524	148.00–160.00	153.43
46	—	383	158.00–190.00	175.62
303	—	830	127.00–148.00	137.65
291	—	968	120.00–133.75	128.08
51	—	1,011	117.75–123.00	121.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	626	126.00–130.50	127.86
14	—	558	142.00–143.50	142.75
7	—	441	154.00	154.00
11	—	682	125.50	125.50
26	—	477	142.00–155.50	146.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	788	125.00	125.00
24	—	868	113.00–122.50	114.63
11	—	963	107.00	107.00
48	—	584	137.00–145.00	140.99
111	—	842	114.00–133.00	119.18
49	—	741	105.00–110.00	108.78
63	—	476	148.00–157.00	155.39
29	—	525	142.00–149.00	145.48
38	—	430	155.00–168.00	159.47
52	—	678	129.50–135.00	133.48
68	—	612	125.00–136.00	129.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	666	156.25	156.25
46	—	610	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	130.00	130.00
3	—	511	730.00	730.00
4	—	405	660.00	660.00
9	—	563	788.00	788.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	613	121.00	121.00
4	—	704	112.00	112.00
3	—	683	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,461	60.00–69.50	62.75
9	—	1,513	70.00–87.00	77.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,331	50.00–59.00	55.29
4	—	1,500	45.00–49.50	47.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,233	42.00–51.00	47.29
18	—	1,194	21.00–41.00	33.63
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	90.50	90.50
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,180	96.50–100.00	97.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
700	—	1,455	97.00–108.00	103.29
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,167	92.50–117.25	107.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,747	81.00–99.50	94.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,415	90.00–99.50	96.15
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,423	85.00–102.50	99.44
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	1,419	80.00–89.00	86.52
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,163	72.00–88.00	78.62
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,192	71.00–79.00	76.01
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,483	90.00–98.50	92.60
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,158	98.50–105.00	100.18
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,374	74.00–99.50	93.47
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,282	92.00–103.75	100.44
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	82.00–90.00	86.52
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,009	74.00–113.00	99.23
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,121	85.50–94.00	89.44
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
543	—	1,311	95.25–108.00	103.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,781	70.00–90.00	78.42
7	—	1,586	65.00–68.00	66.34
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	82.00	82.00

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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