Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 42 priced lines covering 3,427 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 3,529 head.

Mon Dec 28, 2020

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

Receipts 3,529Last week 3,355Year ago 6,151

Compared to last week, No choice steers and heifers reported for a market test. Feeder steers 400/499 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 500/899 lbs steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/499 lbs 9.00 lower, 450/549 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher, 550/599 lbs 6.00 lower, 600/699Lbs 1.00 higher, 700/799lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	972	109.00	109.00
17	—	390	158.00–166.00	161.77
89	—	770	129.25–133.25	130.13
160	—	615	134.85–150.00	139.09
184	—	509	143.25–160.00	150.07
270	—	717	130.00–139.00	132.50
129	—	563	137.10–160.00	141.97
325	—	661	129.50–140.00	135.21
20	—	334	157.50–180.00	173.12
20	—	913	113.00–121.00	114.62
31	—	812	119.00–125.00	123.60
63	—	422	140.00–164.75	150.90
29	—	489	159.50–163.00	161.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	758	144.50	144.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	495	138.10	138.10
27	—	670	126.50	126.50
30	—	577	126.25–145.00	135.28
3	—	337	160.00	160.00
4	—	648	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	461	171.00–188.50	182.03
16	—	319	208.00	208.00
36	—	529	156.00–168.00	164.43
63	—	426	169.50–186.00	176.06
111	—	870	128.00–134.25	131.43
169	—	710	137.50–150.00	143.01
186	—	577	151.50–168.50	158.26
73	—	936	127.75–137.00	135.61
10	—	390	167.50	167.50
239	—	628	156.00–163.50	159.13
267	—	816	133.50–147.00	136.69
329	—	673	139.75–157.75	148.82
392	—	771	130.00–141.00	135.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	503	141.00	141.00
3	—	738	128.00	128.00
5	—	893	122.00	122.00
6	—	468	161.50–169.00	165.37
12	—	423	159.50–170.00	163.86
20	—	585	133.00–150.00	141.35
6	—	695	140.50–145.00	142.74
10	—	825	130.00	130.00
3	—	338	163.00	163.00
3	—	603	148.00	148.00

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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