Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 151 priced lines covering 25,221 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,829 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,364 head.

Mon Jan 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,829Last week 34,803Year ago 21,759

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,364Last week 1,996Year ago 1,041

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/899 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/999 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2,732	—	673	120.00–149.50	140.93
63	—	975	108.00–123.00	117.89
192	—	423	160.00–205.00	182.60
1,935	—	724	121.00–146.25	135.42
1,110	—	573	141.00–166.50	154.58
1,435	—	823	118.50–138.00	128.43
2	—	293	208.00	208.00
1,730	—	773	121.00–141.00	129.86
342	—	476	150.00–199.75	172.41
3	—	291	440.00	440.00
1,637	—	625	134.50–158.50	147.39
785	—	525	144.50–181.00	163.50
579	—	872	115.00–133.00	125.04
23	—	327	175.00–203.00	188.40
266	—	920	112.00–127.50	122.56
29	—	377	177.50–187.00	182.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	717	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	745	128.00–130.00	128.89
9	—	802	111.00	111.00
12	—	576	143.00–146.00	143.76
21	—	912	120.00	120.00
18	—	697	126.00	126.00
9	—	645	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	635	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	418	168.00–174.00	171.11
7	—	590	138.50	138.50
11	—	679	123.50	123.50
70	—	632	129.75–144.00	135.92
8	—	396	182.00	182.00
6	—	717	127.75	127.75
29	—	521	151.00–168.00	158.28
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	698	136.00	136.00
5	—	949	115.00	115.00
6	—	709	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	638	134.00	134.00
8	—	730	122.00	122.00
9	—	496	149.00	149.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,374	99.50	99.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	766	141.50	141.50
56	—	657	147.35–150.00	148.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	503	144.00	144.00
4	—	613	129.00	129.00
19	—	659	128.50–132.00	129.23
13	—	427	172.00–182.00	174.16
6	—	593	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	731	117.00–131.50	124.35
63	—	778	110.00–126.00	120.33
201	—	580	135.00–151.00	141.84
20	—	439	145.00–175.00	164.94
40	—	810	117.25–120.00	118.07
11	—	370	167.00–183.00	173.81
139	—	628	126.00–141.25	135.52
172	—	677	110.00–135.00	130.10
6	—	921	111.00	111.00
66	—	474	132.50–164.00	153.79
45	—	535	135.00–155.00	148.21
12	—	870	115.00–119.00	116.68
4	—	345	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	959	111.00–115.00	113.79
1,654	—	626	118.50–138.50	128.29
417	—	478	132.50–157.00	145.37
843	—	521	125.00–152.75	139.00
651	—	764	114.00–130.00	122.81
6	—	939	111.00–113.00	112.00
1,441	—	575	121.00–143.25	133.07
3	—	260	153.00	153.00
20	—	331	145.00–180.00	159.87
1,251	—	724	115.00–135.00	122.55
288	—	810	111.00–128.00	122.33
13	—	1,161	101.50	101.50
74	—	376	147.50–183.00	165.10
224	—	420	139.50–171.00	151.91
83	—	884	107.00–118.50	112.00
1,656	—	674	115.00–134.85	126.06
8	—	403	635.00–640.00	636.89
5	—	387	585.00	585.00
4	—	345	610.00	610.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	747	114.00	114.00
8	—	628	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	393	135.00	135.00
120	—	581	110.00–129.25	123.33
26	—	728	110.00–118.50	116.16
26	—	435	138.00–156.00	142.49
2	—	818	113.00	113.00
91	—	637	102.00–122.75	118.59
73	—	485	125.00–140.00	133.50
26	—	776	111.00–120.00	114.91
160	—	529	107.00–135.50	126.92
63	—	667	109.00–122.00	117.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	605	119.50	119.50
6	—	403	146.00	146.00
12	—	489	126.50	126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	592	134.00	134.00
15	—	818	124.00–125.00	124.40
15	—	753	142.00	142.00
27	—	695	130.00	130.00
155	—	727	130.00–142.00	135.34
13	—	640	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	435	139.00	139.00
8	—	637	122.00	122.00
45	—	536	119.50–137.50	125.03
8	—	331	150.00–158.00	153.84
9	—	487	130.00–132.00	130.87
48	—	580	117.00–131.00	122.56
15	—	674	110.00–120.00	113.42
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,032	112.00	112.00
14	—	998	115.75	115.75
13	—	673	127.25	127.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	561	139.00–142.00	140.58
14	—	472	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	581	116.00–120.00	118.56
14	—	478	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	732	115.00	115.00
4	—	496	149.00	149.00
3	—	750	112.50	112.50
4	—	609	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	421	170.00–173.00	171.74
17	—	554	131.50	131.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,357	102.00	102.00
27	—	1,686	91.00–97.00	95.53
266	—	1,469	100.00–110.50	106.33
11	—	1,288	90.00–100.00	95.00
29	—	1,453	102.00–105.00	104.02
9	—	1,631	102.50	102.50
41	—	1,511	90.00–101.00	97.67
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,176	95.00–98.00	96.07
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,478	80.00–89.00	84.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,379	97.50–104.00	100.08
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,186	81.50–108.00	96.80
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,247	100.00–105.00	103.46
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,510	86.00–90.00	87.37
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,473	81.00–85.50	83.77
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,120	64.00–79.50	73.52
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,345	70.00–75.00	70.54
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,428	52.00–63.00	59.76
18	—	1,796	65.00–81.00	73.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,300	92.50–104.50	98.54
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,524	95.00–100.00	98.45
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,285	102.50	102.50
245	—	1,368	100.50–110.50	107.01
20	—	1,321	96.00–101.00	99.16
20	—	1,460	95.00–100.00	95.88
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,146	90.50–96.00	94.03
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,155	97.00–106.00	99.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,197	22.00–34.00	29.50
17	—	1,326	39.00–46.00	43.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,457	47.00–58.50	51.92
3	—	1,493	42.00–45.00	42.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	74.00	74.00
21	—	1,641	60.00–66.00	62.41

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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