Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 122 priced lines covering 10,058 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,836 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,609 head.

Mon Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,836Last week 15,622Year ago 9,625

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,609Last week 2,916Year ago 1,746

Compared to last week , Choice steers steady and choice heifers 1.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/599 lbs 3.00 to 10.00 higher, 600/699 lbs 1.00 lower to 1.00 higher, 700/999 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400/499 lbs 4.00 to10.00 higher, 500/549 lbs steady, 550/799 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher, 800/999lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	265	185.00	185.00
354	—	731	120.00–140.50	133.14
6	—	331	182.50	182.50
22	—	931	114.00–120.50	119.26
369	—	672	120.00–145.00	132.93
5	—	1,030	110.00	110.00
14	—	1,066	111.50	111.50
31	—	877	116.00–127.50	125.66
50	—	825	115.00–130.00	124.13
200	—	778	120.00–140.00	127.55
385	—	577	125.00–154.00	141.93
98	—	429	145.00–172.00	159.86
199	—	473	134.00–164.00	154.00
24	—	378	150.00–165.00	160.19
305	—	529	130.50–161.00	145.77
525	—	625	125.00–148.50	137.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	580	125.00–146.50	139.07
7	—	375	157.00	157.00
22	—	616	131.50–136.00	133.57
30	—	476	145.00–151.00	148.17
3	—	340	177.00	177.00
15	—	737	127.50	127.50
11	—	417	141.00–145.00	143.59
13	—	698	132.00	132.00
45	—	527	138.00–143.00	139.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	524	138.00–149.50	145.06
7	—	386	150.00–164.00	158.10
3	—	735	119.00	119.00
17	—	433	138.00–159.00	155.21
20	—	771	118.00–125.50	123.81
9	—	468	141.00–156.00	145.81
42	—	675	115.00–136.00	131.20
10	—	617	121.00–133.00	125.89
1	—	345	173.00	173.00
121	—	583	115.00–149.00	141.02
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	744	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	141.00	141.00
16	—	710	123.00–128.00	126.70
2	—	698	125.00	125.00
2	—	585	129.00–138.00	133.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	406	133.00	133.00
7	—	372	145.00	145.00
4	—	563	115.00	115.00
10	—	518	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
520	—	673	134.00–163.50	145.68
127	—	425	170.00–197.00	183.46
17	—	319	185.00–210.00	197.34
145	—	882	127.00–142.00	138.69
125	—	476	154.00–191.25	178.93
457	—	719	126.00–157.00	142.42
465	—	622	140.00–166.25	154.29
21	—	367	180.00–205.00	189.25
38	—	1,033	117.50–131.00	121.64
91	—	913	123.00–140.00	135.09
4	—	1,061	117.25	117.25
378	—	580	146.00–173.00	162.21
249	—	519	151.00–188.00	174.46
515	—	771	132.75–151.00	139.83
498	—	837	123.00–142.75	137.62
68	—	984	122.50–129.00	128.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	835	132.00	132.00
7	—	771	130.00	130.00
5	—	410	187.00	187.00
40	—	521	160.00–185.00	169.27
32	—	652	136.00–144.50	143.70
28	—	486	160.00–167.00	163.52
31	—	582	157.00–159.00	157.46
49	—	723	134.50–139.00	136.37
94	—	619	138.50–152.50	145.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	530	153.00	153.00
12	—	686	125.00–130.00	127.96
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	581	149.00	149.00
6	—	509	151.00–156.00	154.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	530	135.00–169.00	157.78
7	—	792	120.00–131.00	127.15
1	—	205	182.50	182.50
51	—	726	120.00–139.00	134.87
128	—	636	130.00–159.00	150.11
7	—	444	163.00	163.00
12	—	381	179.00–183.00	181.07
75	—	675	128.00–145.00	138.41
23	—	489	165.00–174.50	169.85
9	—	821	130.00	130.00
72	—	583	138.00–159.00	148.24
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	504	156.00	156.00
6	—	708	128.50	128.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	551	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	307	180.00	180.00
16	—	657	117.00	117.00
4	—	700	120.00	120.00
16	—	554	126.00–135.00	132.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	129.00	129.00
2	—	423	150.00	150.00
3	—	465	152.00	152.00
3	—	353	186.00	186.00
23	—	658	129.50–130.25	129.70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,424	51.00–61.00	57.23
12	—	1,949	64.00–74.00	69.02
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,178	81.00–112.00	103.31
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,243	80.00–101.00	94.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
560	—	1,337	101.00–107.85	105.02
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,297	91.00–102.50	100.25
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,055	91.50–95.00	93.54
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,186	99.50–107.00	103.39
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	1,209	87.00–116.00	103.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,461	94.00–102.00	99.56
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,288	91.00–101.00	97.98
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
870	—	1,476	101.50–108.00	104.84
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,442	90.00–98.50	95.29
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,217	91.00–97.75	95.66
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,682	77.00–101.25	97.71
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,213	100.00–110.25	104.83
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,486	87.00–95.25	89.96
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,414	80.00–89.50	86.01
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,313	65.00–79.00	70.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,131	21.00–36.00	31.09
24	—	1,240	38.00–45.00	42.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,459	46.00–57.00	51.39
4	—	1,538	42.00–45.00	42.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,095	54.00–56.00	54.68
9	—	1,657	58.00–62.00	59.45
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	84.00	84.00

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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