Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 111 priced lines covering 7,598 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,494 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 850 head.

Mon Nov 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,494Last week 10,827Year ago 9,827

Slaughter CattleReceipts 850Last week 4,233Year ago 769

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Feeder steers 300/599 lbs 5.00 higher to 6.00 lower, 600/949 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300/449 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower, 450/699 lbs 5.00 lower to 6.00 higher, 700/950 lbs 1.00 higher to 9.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,006	117.00–122.75	121.35
19	—	970	116.00–131.00	125.33
38	—	375	168.00–191.00	178.03
175	—	921	134.50–140.75	137.01
455	—	624	134.00–157.75	147.11
535	—	672	135.00–149.50	144.25
316	—	570	143.00–164.00	153.58
72	—	526	146.00–164.00	156.42
30	—	425	160.00–178.00	170.63
243	—	783	125.00–145.00	139.35
181	—	476	160.00–184.00	167.85
464	—	855	128.50–145.25	143.03
38	—	336	183.00–196.50	189.39
443	—	820	132.00–148.25	143.06
481	—	732	125.25–151.25	144.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	671	131.00–139.00	133.97
7	—	714	133.50	133.50
128	—	487	152.00–167.00	163.62
53	—	624	136.00–144.00	140.97
103	—	577	140.00–156.00	145.28
14	—	441	173.00–182.50	176.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	777	136.75	136.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	973	116.00	116.00
3	—	268	170.00	170.00
29	—	637	129.00–141.00	136.64
11	—	742	130.00–132.50	130.90
5	—	337	177.50	177.50
3	—	1,163	100.50	100.50
38	—	577	131.00–144.50	139.73
6	—	922	125.50	125.50
10	—	833	131.00–133.00	131.79
21	—	529	140.00–144.00	141.76
9	—	689	126.00–132.50	129.98
9	—	764	127.50–132.50	129.19
4	—	1,058	105.00	105.00
10	—	437	150.00–159.00	154.92
49	—	482	150.00–162.00	156.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	624	159.00–162.50	161.77
43	—	539	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	580	131.00–144.50	137.44
11	—	687	130.00–134.00	131.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	625	130.25	130.25
8	—	367	172.00–176.00	173.02
15	—	594	134.00–140.00	138.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	667	120.00–135.00	129.29
55	—	873	125.75	125.75
42	—	425	138.00–163.00	150.45
11	—	1,017	106.00–106.50	106.19
22	—	282	139.00–162.50	156.88
63	—	833	125.00–132.00	129.25
134	—	787	124.25–134.00	130.29
46	—	385	135.00–170.00	148.20
315	—	625	120.00–143.00	133.27
3	—	1,153	105.00	105.00
247	—	722	124.75–140.00	133.07
46	—	928	118.50–123.10	121.05
319	—	579	129.00–144.00	136.36
181	—	476	137.00–160.25	150.67
243	—	534	131.00–154.50	140.33
14	—	329	141.00–158.00	150.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	396	143.00	143.00
15	—	521	127.00–135.00	129.09
11	—	420	138.00	138.00
5	—	715	118.00	118.00
68	—	451	136.00–140.75	140.47
9	—	692	128.50	128.50
46	—	571	123.00–129.50	127.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	699	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	475	162.00–165.00	163.74
46	—	614	147.00	147.00
4	—	444	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	856	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	633	121.00–131.50	129.40
19	—	435	132.00–148.00	142.78
29	—	515	121.00–137.00	130.40
43	—	579	120.00–130.50	126.64
30	—	706	126.50–128.50	128.09
52	—	487	130.00–147.50	138.87
26	—	682	124.50–129.50	127.93
9	—	324	162.50	162.50
5	—	802	122.00	122.00
6	—	771	121.25	121.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	351	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	288	500.00	500.00
9	—	799	98.00	98.00
17	—	428	140.00–150.00	145.17
27	—	577	120.00–145.00	127.72
5	—	232	460.00	460.00
6	—	538	145.00	145.00
10	—	633	121.00–129.00	126.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	538	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,238	100.00–106.00	104.21
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,364	94.50–102.00	99.98
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,177	84.00–105.75	99.48
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,193	90.50–97.00	94.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
292	—	1,472	102.00–109.75	107.09
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,690	91.00–102.50	99.47
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	98.00–99.25	98.63
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,458	83.00–86.00	85.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,134	80.00–96.00	88.96
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
285	—	1,349	103.00–110.00	107.17
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,227	94.00–102.00	98.40
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	95.00–97.00	95.93
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,154	100.00–108.50	106.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,578	69.00–74.00	71.89
2	—	1,113	42.00–43.00	42.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,197	35.00–44.00	39.34
10	—	1,144	22.00–31.00	27.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,508	60.00–69.00	65.81
3	—	1,512	70.00–74.00	71.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,351	49.00–59.00	54.42

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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