Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 99 priced lines covering 9,512 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,131 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,149 head.

Mon Jan 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,131Last week 22,923Year ago 17,398

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,149Last week 2,212Year ago 224

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 5.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/449 lbs 6.00 lower, 450/949 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400/599 lbs 1.00 to 10.00 higher, 600/949 lbs 2.00/3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
258	—	473	137.00–166.00	152.23
15	—	978	112.75	112.75
543	—	725	117.75–134.50	128.98
59	—	930	112.00–130.50	118.99
509	—	670	120.00–140.50	132.31
482	—	572	124.50–151.00	145.35
94	—	858	119.00–125.75	124.41
229	—	824	115.00–131.00	126.28
592	—	625	126.75–148.50	135.87
205	—	529	133.50–155.50	143.69
25	—	419	143.50–158.00	147.88
27	—	384	151.75–167.00	160.10
256	—	771	115.00–136.00	126.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	573	120.00–135.00	127.50
6	—	432	133.00–141.00	137.69
39	—	682	119.50–126.25	122.83
3	—	756	125.00	125.00
19	—	523	121.00–137.50	130.16
51	—	470	131.00–144.50	136.32
48	—	623	120.00–131.25	124.50
6	—	372	120.00–150.00	134.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	559	126.00–127.50	126.74
8	—	621	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	999	117.00	117.00
11	—	631	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,019	114.00	114.00
7	—	524	133.00	133.00
4	—	739	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	779	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	863	115.50	115.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	938	118.00–118.35	118.34
53	—	854	105.00–119.75	115.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
416	—	827	124.00–137.75	133.65
1,009	—	773	124.00–146.00	138.48
373	—	875	116.00–136.75	132.85
23	—	958	121.50	121.50
18	—	436	163.00–178.00	170.95
664	—	672	139.00–154.00	148.93
590	—	619	140.00–158.35	153.97
300	—	573	151.00–169.00	159.68
132	—	524	152.00–180.00	165.86
131	—	481	150.00–177.00	171.68
756	—	722	135.50–148.00	142.94
77	—	904	127.50–135.75	133.46
12	—	371	170.00–182.50	177.77
3	—	328	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	770	128.50	128.50
38	—	624	130.00–141.00	136.90
10	—	470	135.00–151.00	139.95
4	—	323	170.00	170.00
8	—	899	115.00–120.00	117.50
11	—	690	133.50	133.50
28	—	519	141.00–160.00	149.41
3	—	973	104.00	104.00
9	—	737	130.00	130.00
18	—	584	145.00–150.00	147.38
1	—	350	151.00	151.00
5	—	400	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	721	120.00	120.00
10	—	453	170.00	170.00
6	—	377	184.00	184.00
4	—	611	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	526	173.00	173.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	669	146.00	146.00
4	—	961	121.50	121.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	524	146.00	146.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,125	83.50	83.50
Dairy Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,114	74.00–78.00	74.56
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,681	94.00–98.50	95.14
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,698	87.00–88.00	87.62
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,339	83.00–90.50	86.14
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,511	92.00–98.00	94.56
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,322	70.00–80.00	73.43
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,289	91.00–95.00	92.65
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,224	102.00–109.50	107.35
155	—	1,453	110.00–115.75	113.57
66	—	1,424	102.00–115.00	109.02
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,608	101.00–112.50	107.69
14	—	1,802	103.00–109.50	107.64
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,408	96.00–109.00	102.36
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,107	101.00–108.00	105.29
163	—	1,367	110.00–118.00	113.71
94	—	1,316	101.00–112.75	108.40
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,466	103.00–109.00	104.86
4	—	1,668	102.00–108.50	106.31
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,304	91.50–95.00	93.26
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,287	96.00–109.50	105.93
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,012	103.00–109.00	107.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,063	31.00–43.00	38.18
8	—	1,100	44.00–52.00	48.46
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,633	80.00–86.00	81.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,411	72.00–78.00	74.11
40	—	1,400	62.00–71.00	66.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,239	53.00–61.00	57.84
10	—	1,122	62.00–67.00	64.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	64.00–70.00	67.26
2	—	1,695	102.00–103.00	102.48
14	—	1,581	76.00–97.00	85.54

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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