Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 66 priced lines covering 2,556 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,101 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 782 head.

Mon Nov 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,101Last week 7,951Year ago 6,608

Slaughter CattleReceipts 782Last week 2,531Year ago 1,061

Compared to last week, Choice steers 2.00 higher and choice heifers 1.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/950 lbs 2.00 to 13.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/899 lbs steady to 7.00 lower. Receipts light for the week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	569	110.00–111.00	110.32
2	—	445	128.00	128.00
3	—	547	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	554	130.00–135.00	133.02
1	—	395	173.00	173.00
2	—	488	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	894	116.00	116.00
16	—	440	154.00	154.00
5	—	479	147.00–148.50	147.59
15	—	575	125.00–131.00	129.06
11	—	628	130.00–131.00	130.46
4	—	290	161.00	161.00
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
15	—	531	125.00–138.50	131.92
8	—	683	121.00–130.50	128.08
7	—	363	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	955	124.50	124.50
66	—	480	153.50–179.00	161.52
157	—	619	137.00–147.00	141.88
47	—	756	124.50–135.00	132.25
223	—	580	135.00–155.00	146.39
11	—	820	116.00–132.00	124.65
19	—	425	173.00–181.00	175.47
5	—	364	190.00	190.00
6	—	323	187.50–200.00	193.93
23	—	911	114.50–125.00	122.61
103	—	530	143.00–158.00	150.50
124	—	713	129.35–143.00	136.69
141	—	670	132.00–148.00	141.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	948	108.00	108.00
7	—	380	151.00–162.00	160.20
7	—	824	111.50–121.50	116.34
91	—	524	126.00–149.00	138.66
74	—	475	135.00–158.00	144.15
25	—	784	120.00–127.75	126.41
51	—	722	123.50–134.25	130.92
4	—	345	154.00–159.00	157.77
80	—	421	146.00–166.25	159.31
123	—	617	122.50–136.00	130.23
48	—	677	120.00–135.00	130.03
116	—	563	124.00–139.00	133.63
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	743	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	136.00	136.00
2	—	338	145.00	145.00
7	—	644	118.50–121.00	118.85
9	—	688	116.00–118.50	118.23
13	—	373	130.00–144.00	137.53
11	—	574	116.00–125.00	121.34
6	—	529	111.00–115.00	113.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,338	70.00–79.00	73.74
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,056	81.00–85.00	82.81
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,486	91.00–95.00	92.89
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,265	80.00–89.00	84.52
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	94.00–96.00	94.62
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,194	79.00–85.00	83.40
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,276	93.00–104.00	102.32
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,170	90.50–95.00	92.51
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	1,303	97.00–106.00	104.28
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,555	97.00–100.00	98.98
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,030	97.00–121.00	108.41
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,150	75.50	75.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,459	88.00–104.50	102.54
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	95.50–98.00	97.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	1,451	98.00–111.00	105.20
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,329	101.25–111.00	103.35
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,454	83.50–99.00	96.59

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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