Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 91 priced lines covering 10,299 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,848 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,518 head.

Mon Feb 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,848Last week 10,428Year ago 14,248

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,518Last week 1,147Year ago 873

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 1.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/499 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher, 500/549 lbs 1.00 lower, 550/599 lbs 1.00 higher, 600/799 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher, 800/949 lbs 2.00to 4.00 higher, 950/999 lbs 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/499 lbs 8.00 higher, 450/799 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 800/899 lbs 4.00 to5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	920	125.00–133.40	131.15
398	—	627	146.00–164.85	156.81
678	—	672	144.00–160.50	153.30
228	—	576	150.00–176.00	161.61
786	—	730	135.50–153.75	147.26
194	—	532	151.00–177.00	169.14
983	—	775	132.00–150.75	142.55
47	—	429	162.00–191.00	176.95
50	—	970	120.00–127.00	124.06
15	—	384	175.00–193.00	189.13
3	—	340	197.00	197.00
768	—	821	124.00–142.00	136.85
382	—	878	120.00–137.25	133.62
78	—	479	160.00–182.50	175.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	761	127.00–128.00	127.33
17	—	682	121.00–140.00	137.44
43	—	626	136.00–150.00	144.24
3	—	408	151.00	151.00
17	—	477	152.00–161.00	157.75
5	—	860	116.00	116.00
17	—	534	120.00–156.00	149.08
13	—	584	131.00–156.00	141.55
1	—	335	153.00	153.00
14	—	835	121.00–124.00	122.95
14	—	742	122.00–134.00	131.72
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	681	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	528	181.00	181.00
23	—	554	173.75	173.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
579	—	622	127.00–148.25	138.21
386	—	576	133.00–150.50	141.78
85	—	477	142.00–164.50	152.39
178	—	522	131.00–154.25	146.58
399	—	772	121.00–134.25	129.31
15	—	923	114.75–117.50	115.62
805	—	725	122.00–134.85	130.17
239	—	873	118.00–136.75	127.08
507	—	680	124.00–140.00	132.72
58	—	428	148.00–162.00	156.00
163	—	828	120.25–126.75	123.82
20	—	369	144.00–170.00	161.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	698	1,025.00	1,025.00
15	—	861	1,250.00	1,250.00
14	—	910	1,150.00	1,150.00
11	—	788	1,075.00	1,075.00
40	—	785	138.00	138.00
35	—	808	130.00–132.50	131.01
10	—	714	1,025.00	1,025.00
38	—	624	152.00–154.00	153.58
55	—	703	134.75–149.00	143.01
18	—	682	145.25	145.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	773	119.50–125.00	120.82
32	—	527	125.00–141.00	137.96
36	—	677	124.00–130.00	126.93
3	—	395	137.00	137.00
6	—	853	119.00	119.00
6	—	491	127.50–136.00	133.67
34	—	580	120.00–133.00	128.44
1	—	310	131.00	131.00
45	—	625	121.00–136.50	128.05
10	—	421	142.50–152.50	147.76
8	—	725	116.00–120.00	118.53
2	—	828	102.00–110.00	106.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
308	—	1,360	112.00–122.25	116.17
53	—	1,443	105.00–115.50	112.60
25	—	1,344	109.00–114.00	112.93
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,302	103.00–112.50	109.22
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,048	97.00–117.75	105.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,885	106.00–110.00	107.47
10	—	1,581	79.00–94.00	86.79
5	—	1,459	60.00–74.00	69.73
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,103	75.00–101.50	84.50
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,194	72.50–101.00	78.90
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,609	81.00	81.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,668	94.00–99.00	97.96
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,280	87.00–97.00	89.77
Dairy Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,516	100.25–103.00	100.92
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,409	91.00–104.00	96.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,288	108.00–111.50	109.80
194	—	1,436	112.00–120.60	117.32
45	—	1,450	101.00–114.50	110.86
52	—	1,540	100.00–116.25	112.07
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,184	105.00–113.00	109.12
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,787	100.00–103.00	100.91
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,138	107.25–113.25	110.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,214	50.00–59.00	55.42
13	—	1,031	32.00–48.00	41.59
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,464	90.00–106.00	95.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,443	70.00–82.00	75.56
15	—	1,349	83.00–87.00	84.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,280	70.00–72.00	71.14
131	—	1,385	60.00–71.00	66.06

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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