Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 114 priced lines covering 7,460 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,482 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,130 head.

Mon Nov 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,482Last week 2,101Year ago 6,577

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,130Last week 782Year ago 1,762

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 1.50 higher. Feeder steers 400/799 lbs 1.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450/749 lbs 2.00 to 9.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	737	134.50–150.00	136.94
96	—	470	137.00–156.00	149.57
10	—	336	170.00	170.00
4	—	865	115.00	115.00
62	—	835	117.00–124.75	122.13
275	—	672	124.50–143.25	132.06
14	—	379	150.00–170.00	163.56
27	—	776	120.50–130.00	126.96
16	—	939	109.00–111.00	110.51
380	—	579	130.00–148.50	139.75
82	—	422	147.00–166.00	157.31
212	—	615	124.50–148.50	139.06
238	—	516	137.50–151.00	143.80
3	—	468	650.00	650.00
9	—	315	450.00–600.00	545.51
4	—	431	575.00	575.00
3	—	388	560.00	560.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	623	117.00–138.00	128.40
118	—	578	130.00–143.00	134.83
14	—	430	147.00–156.00	151.51
78	—	529	139.00–149.50	144.18
5	—	373	149.00	149.00
69	—	468	139.50–150.50	147.70
8	—	682	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	681	110.00	110.00
8	—	794	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	726	120.00	120.00
7	—	635	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	709	145.60	145.60
143	—	774	140.35–143.75	142.03
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	670	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	740	123.00–128.75	127.31
15	—	669	110.00–125.00	118.30
4	—	386	137.00	137.00
9	—	761	115.00–123.00	117.87
26	—	590	117.00–125.50	124.13
21	—	534	123.00–135.00	128.70
73	—	486	121.00–143.00	134.05
23	—	618	120.00–125.00	123.67
3	—	428	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	574	115.00–129.00	122.26
9	—	631	116.00–120.00	117.83
17	—	531	124.00–132.00	125.85
11	—	487	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,002	123.50	123.50
322	—	826	133.00–150.85	143.94
72	—	423	168.00–183.00	176.41
313	—	580	143.00–161.00	152.85
392	—	622	142.00–161.50	151.05
96	—	469	154.50–179.00	167.69
257	—	524	151.00–164.25	160.21
424	—	673	132.50–152.25	144.02
154	—	775	125.00–142.50	136.33
12	—	955	112.00–120.00	118.67
3	—	315	525.00	525.00
34	—	862	126.00–137.50	132.39
24	—	379	163.00–180.00	170.18
240	—	729	125.00–146.25	140.10
6	—	377	630.00–670.00	649.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	526	145.00–168.00	158.33
3	—	305	195.00	195.00
8	—	355	180.00	180.00
115	—	586	136.50–153.00	145.91
109	—	628	128.50–146.00	134.79
68	—	678	131.25–146.00	135.28
64	—	482	149.00–168.00	163.41
13	—	422	153.00–160.00	156.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	668	136.00	136.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	740	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	620	138.00–145.50	142.66
6	—	390	156.00–164.00	159.97
29	—	519	138.00–149.50	144.16
23	—	661	116.00–135.00	127.35
43	—	475	140.00–162.50	153.91
7	—	745	135.00	135.00
6	—	431	132.50–164.00	153.24
49	—	581	122.50–149.75	143.31
4	—	804	128.00	128.00
38	—	794	123.50–125.00	124.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	678	122.00–132.00	126.69
16	—	545	137.00–143.00	138.09
12	—	388	149.00–160.00	157.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	830	104.00–112.00	107.55
2	—	673	116.00	116.00
6	—	516	132.00–137.50	134.68
2	—	555	105.00	105.00
10	—	627	118.00–129.00	124.58
2	—	765	109.00	109.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	53.00–56.00	54.39
10	—	1,789	65.00–80.00	73.91
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,268	73.00–80.50	77.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,099	20.00–35.00	27.60
10	—	1,305	38.00–46.00	43.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,581	60.00–69.00	64.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,411	48.00–59.00	53.61
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,751	70.00–76.00	71.80
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
456	—	1,328	100.00–110.00	105.69
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,318	80.00–95.00	91.62
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	71.00	71.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,004	75.50–110.00	85.83
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,260	95.00–104.00	100.33
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,715	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,078	87.00–96.00	91.06
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,042	101.00–111.00	106.24
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,536	95.00–103.00	101.30
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,409	71.00–79.00	75.39
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,534	90.00–95.00	91.83
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,402	80.00–89.00	87.47
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,335	86.50–97.00	94.27
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,223	103.50–111.50	107.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,459	92.00–104.00	101.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
696	—	1,461	102.00–111.75	106.93
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,271	96.00–101.25	100.95
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,066	81.00–124.50	105.25

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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