Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 97 priced lines covering 10,673 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,428 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,147 head.

Mon Feb 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,428Last week 15,704Year ago 19,574

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,147Last week 894Year ago 717

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/449 lbs 7.00 lower, 450/799 lbs steady to 1.00 lower, 800/949 lbs 2.00 to 3.00higher. Feeder heifers 400/449 lbs 4.00 lower, 450/499 lbs 1.00 higher, 500/849 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 850/899 lbs 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,062	107.00	107.00
3	—	530	125.00	125.00
15	—	1,006	95.00	95.00
5	—	687	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	819	103.50–127.00	119.01
494	—	726	118.00–132.75	126.43
31	—	374	148.00–175.00	160.31
418	—	771	120.00–132.50	127.16
150	—	474	137.00–157.00	148.92
638	—	679	117.50–140.00	129.52
65	—	860	116.50–124.00	122.40
57	—	427	137.00–162.00	147.93
12	—	333	151.00–169.00	160.38
589	—	629	124.00–141.50	132.61
573	—	574	128.50–145.00	137.11
328	—	524	130.00–150.00	142.92
3	—	385	590.00	590.00
5	—	326	520.00	520.00
6	—	982	116.00	116.00
4	—	914	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	588	116.00–126.00	123.00
16	—	522	121.00–133.00	128.48
14	—	758	118.00–120.00	118.72
9	—	371	133.00	133.00
18	—	714	115.00–116.00	115.77
5	—	490	135.00	135.00
21	—	632	115.00–128.00	123.89
35	—	674	115.00–120.00	118.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	614	125.00–126.00	125.79
13	—	514	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	621	140.50	140.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,035	—	728	132.00–148.75	141.22
344	—	871	122.00–136.25	130.97
900	—	674	134.00–153.75	147.09
466	—	569	148.50–169.50	160.39
3	—	291	475.00	475.00
16	—	368	171.00–177.00	173.08
236	—	526	146.00–178.50	170.04
36	—	419	165.00–187.00	174.70
5	—	334	170.00–181.00	174.42
590	—	825	127.75–140.10	134.68
670	—	776	124.00–145.50	135.52
205	—	986	119.50–126.50	125.23
614	—	627	140.00–158.60	150.66
54	—	1,004	125.50	125.50
188	—	476	154.50–185.25	174.46
4	—	353	550.00	550.00
135	—	910	110.50–129.75	126.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	433	161.00	161.00
41	—	769	120.00–129.00	125.86
9	—	479	157.00–161.00	158.27
91	—	586	137.25–150.50	145.11
3	—	358	160.00	160.00
38	—	627	127.00–138.00	133.73
13	—	877	100.00–121.00	104.91
18	—	809	124.00–126.00	124.68
14	—	527	131.00–155.00	147.14
36	—	680	125.00–138.00	132.52
3	—	707	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	164.00	164.00
8	—	505	159.00	159.00
12	—	584	147.00	147.00
18	—	674	132.50	132.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,018	108.00–113.00	110.75
5	—	816	116.75	116.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	488	159.00	159.00
5	—	665	125.00	125.00
3	—	643	122.00	122.00
6	—	760	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,814	79.00	79.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,673	98.00–101.00	100.20
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,437	90.00–96.00	92.73
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,506	96.00–109.00	98.79
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,168	64.00–88.00	78.30
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,735	92.00–95.50	93.11
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,540	82.00–83.00	82.66
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,047	94.00–106.00	100.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,155	101.00–109.00	106.36
20	—	1,495	105.00–113.00	109.16
26	—	1,308	105.00–112.00	109.24
231	—	1,350	110.50–118.85	115.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,200	105.00–112.75	110.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,768	69.00–99.00	89.57
1	—	1,360	74.00	74.00
3	—	1,808	94.00–110.00	101.86
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,628	103.00–114.75	113.33
2	—	1,430	109.00	109.00
46	—	1,398	106.50–115.50	111.95
283	—	1,450	110.00–118.85	116.30
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,282	101.00–112.50	109.63
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,060	101.00–109.00	105.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	990	30.00–44.00	35.61
14	—	1,228	41.00–59.00	52.70
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	81.00	81.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,491	70.00–85.00	77.29
37	—	1,526	61.00–79.00	73.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,287	54.00–69.00	64.37

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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