Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 70 priced lines covering 3,368 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,355 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 380 head.

Mon Dec 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,355Last week 8,836Year ago 3,126

Slaughter CattleReceipts 380Last week 2,609Year ago 277

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
335	—	814	134.75–144.50	141.87
262	—	674	143.50–156.75	152.19
102	—	623	154.00–163.50	159.57
21	—	477	171.00–181.00	177.42
178	—	714	131.00–153.75	147.42
53	—	867	134.00–144.60	142.88
122	—	569	149.00–177.00	166.06
8	—	973	121.00	121.00
20	—	376	185.00–195.00	191.49
12	—	424	175.00–179.00	176.37
91	—	533	158.50–181.00	174.42
14	—	914	136.00	136.00
252	—	771	117.50–145.00	140.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	587	153.50–161.00	156.95
66	—	478	172.00–175.25	174.01
4	—	696	130.00	130.00
4	—	396	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	436	164.00–180.00	169.32
13	—	886	128.50–130.00	129.43
28	—	623	135.00–151.00	143.63
16	—	674	139.00–147.50	142.08
8	—	544	158.50–161.00	159.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	472	145.00–171.00	160.10
102	—	569	125.00–161.00	148.05
8	—	813	126.00	126.00
208	—	679	128.00–136.50	133.91
170	—	766	130.00–133.30	131.44
4	—	341	158.00	158.00
49	—	421	145.00–174.00	160.11
154	—	719	131.50–138.00	135.58
89	—	526	134.00–160.50	145.93
10	—	1,052	112.00	112.00
9	—	889	124.50	124.50
123	—	628	133.00–141.50	137.84
4	—	269	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	718	124.50	124.50
13	—	499	152.00–157.00	153.15
8	—	383	160.00–168.00	162.78
3	—	525	142.00	142.00
45	—	584	120.00–144.00	135.86
7	—	604	123.00–130.00	125.99
3	—	407	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	462	147.00–160.00	156.94
12	—	627	126.00	126.00
6	—	414	148.00	148.00
28	—	564	131.00	131.00
11	—	549	137.00	137.00
4	—	360	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	620	148.00–148.50	148.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	674	117.00	117.00
11	—	478	140.00–145.00	141.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	611	118.00–130.00	122.73
3	—	578	126.00	126.00
9	—	431	153.00–155.00	154.16
3	—	673	119.00	119.00
7	—	539	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	148.00	148.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,797	95.00–100.75	98.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,508	103.75–109.35	107.22
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	989	85.00–93.00	89.86
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,291	96.50–102.00	99.76
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,421	103.00–108.75	107.10
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,120	98.00–102.00	101.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	56.00–64.00	59.27
4	—	1,631	66.00–81.00	73.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,838	69.00–70.00	69.50
10	—	1,544	59.00–68.00	63.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,172	30.00–35.00	31.94
8	—	1,250	38.00–45.00	42.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,394	46.00–57.00	52.31

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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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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