Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 98 priced lines covering 14,975 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,704 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 894 head.

Mon Feb 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,704Last week 9,131Year ago 13,342

Slaughter CattleReceipts 894Last week 1,149Year ago 1,168

Compared to last week : Choice steers and heifers steady. Feeder steers 400/599 lbs 1.00 to 11.00 higher, 600/949 lbs 1.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/449 lbs 4.00 higher, 450/499 lbs 4.00 lower, 500/549 lbs 3.00 higher, 550/749 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower, 750/799 lbs 2.00 higher, 800/949 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	479	130.00–154.50	141.00
40	—	421	127.00–160.00	142.61
14	—	378	135.00–146.00	143.72
105	—	530	122.00–141.00	128.50
27	—	729	115.50–120.75	117.28
54	—	677	117.00–125.00	120.53
17	—	787	118.50	118.50
108	—	627	116.00–131.00	122.91
15	—	323	133.00–160.00	145.73
110	—	575	115.00–132.50	125.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	372	146.00–176.50	159.52
69	—	872	114.00–127.00	119.83
1,108	—	676	120.50–137.00	130.10
5	—	322	168.00	168.00
29	—	916	111.00–122.75	117.84
115	—	474	137.00–170.00	147.52
103	—	819	114.50–125.75	121.72
527	—	773	120.00–133.50	128.53
87	—	429	136.00–167.00	152.29
512	—	532	132.00–155.75	146.80
543	—	722	113.50–138.50	128.14
840	—	627	122.00–144.50	134.57
903	—	576	128.50–148.00	138.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	757	135.00	135.00
73	—	715	135.00–158.00	147.39
48	—	684	140.00–143.00	141.13
20	—	608	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	748	119.50	119.50
4	—	499	136.00	136.00
4	—	320	173.00	173.00
4	—	443	146.50	146.50
6	—	638	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	645	134.00	134.00
15	—	713	133.35	133.35
111	—	673	136.00–139.50	138.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	126.00	126.00
6	—	462	124.00–130.00	126.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	474	165.00–188.00	174.17
8	—	981	111.50	111.50
90	—	928	114.50–130.00	124.17
5	—	302	189.00	189.00
1,660	—	725	130.00–150.75	141.27
1,301	—	774	129.50–144.10	137.85
306	—	528	159.00–188.50	170.58
1,351	—	674	136.50–157.00	146.87
30	—	371	178.00–198.00	189.69
91	—	422	170.50–193.50	182.17
928	—	622	140.50–163.75	151.67
767	—	827	120.00–136.85	132.38
570	—	575	146.00–176.25	160.50
542	—	869	120.00–135.30	130.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	638	135.00–143.00	137.14
4	—	471	152.50	152.50
4	—	511	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	434	152.00–170.00	158.96
114	—	583	131.00–159.50	145.39
63	—	523	142.00–166.50	152.58
3	—	398	169.00	169.00
26	—	880	116.00–119.75	117.57
55	—	631	120.00–147.00	135.83
5	—	304	165.00	165.00
39	—	777	115.50–129.25	123.97
4	—	904	119.50	119.50
108	—	684	129.00–142.00	136.28
9	—	824	119.50	119.50
20	—	475	151.00–171.00	156.50
45	—	730	120.00–135.75	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	185.00	185.00
3	—	282	203.00	203.00
17	—	566	153.25	153.25
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	790	117.00	117.00
10	—	596	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	555	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	572	152.00	152.00
13	—	755	125.00	125.00
5	—	539	140.50	140.50
4	—	486	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	66.00–68.00	67.32
12	—	1,788	71.00–87.00	77.59
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
235	—	1,480	107.35–116.75	113.60
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	94.00	94.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	81.50–85.50	83.51
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,185	104.00–111.50	107.35
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,686	102.00–109.00	106.34
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,346	100.00–109.00	104.53
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	79.00–88.00	82.70
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
326	—	1,392	105.25–117.10	113.44
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,276	91.00–95.00	93.89
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,347	81.50–86.00	82.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,206	102.00–109.75	106.63
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	80.00–88.00	84.02
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,183	100.00–108.75	104.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,128	21.00–38.00	30.86
9	—	1,253	39.00–49.00	43.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,378	70.00–76.00	72.92
30	—	1,459	60.00–69.00	63.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,365	51.00–59.00	56.25

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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