Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 123 priced lines covering 17,249 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,526 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,186 head.

Mon Mar 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,526Last week 21,267Year ago 6,684

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,186Last week 2,284Year ago 1,372

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady. Feeder steers 400/499 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, 500/599 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher, 600/999 lbs 1.00 lower to 1.00 higher, Feeder heifers 400/599 lbs steady to 4.00 higher, 600/799 lbs steady to to firm, 800/949 lbs steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,128	—	675	136.50–159.00	150.57
1,638	—	725	131.00–154.50	144.89
361	—	527	150.00–183.00	171.45
56	—	426	166.00–190.00	181.29
68	—	373	173.00–197.50	185.74
1,101	—	767	124.00–149.00	141.36
1,325	—	827	123.25–139.00	134.24
27	—	332	170.00–202.00	181.05
574	—	873	118.50–138.00	130.71
451	—	577	149.00–170.25	163.72
381	—	914	116.50–134.00	127.08
250	—	478	150.00–196.00	174.17
202	—	964	115.50–132.00	124.32
1,045	—	623	140.00–165.00	155.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	679	135.00–137.50	136.81
28	—	575	155.50–164.00	156.96
5	—	535	159.00	159.00
18	—	643	148.50–149.00	148.83
12	—	718	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	592	143.00	143.00
8	—	498	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	473	132.00–173.00	160.19
54	—	769	116.00–132.00	130.44
15	—	883	116.00–123.50	123.02
17	—	434	140.00–173.00	164.08
64	—	681	131.00–144.50	138.47
1	—	830	119.00	119.00
5	—	376	168.00	168.00
8	—	311	137.50–163.00	159.23
53	—	732	129.00–138.00	133.00
68	—	533	130.00–160.00	154.33
150	—	623	139.00–149.25	145.75
58	—	582	144.00–154.00	149.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	551	176.00	176.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,020	121.00	121.00
5	—	1,061	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
876	—	676	120.00–141.00	135.09
4	—	276	147.00	147.00
400	—	530	130.00–156.00	148.36
17	—	324	151.00–185.00	172.59
54	—	370	140.00–173.00	152.95
155	—	875	110.00–124.00	120.11
853	—	578	126.00–149.50	142.27
2	—	955	110.00–116.00	113.00
55	—	924	110.00–118.00	115.67
740	—	719	122.00–138.00	130.02
470	—	768	119.50–133.50	127.06
179	—	425	140.00–167.00	154.17
200	—	479	136.00–160.00	149.64
1,163	—	623	121.00–146.00	138.36
151	—	816	118.25–124.85	123.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	557	140.00–145.00	142.09
15	—	631	125.00	125.00
19	—	489	149.00–159.00	153.65
6	—	510	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	774	116.00–120.00	118.53
53	—	688	115.00–127.25	125.96
64	—	584	119.00–134.00	126.42
58	—	529	121.00–141.50	137.33
63	—	475	120.00–144.50	136.63
15	—	372	130.00–148.50	140.48
1	—	850	110.00	110.00
29	—	727	114.50–120.75	117.32
53	—	430	128.00–146.00	141.51
8	—	340	144.00–155.00	149.43
75	—	630	115.00–132.00	126.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	786	137.25	137.25
30	—	839	124.00–126.50	125.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	431	165.00	165.00
7	—	516	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,033	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	545	133.00	133.00
8	—	474	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,030	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	438	147.50–174.00	168.71
1	—	590	126.00	126.00
1	—	815	118.00	118.00
2	—	383	178.00	178.00
8	—	668	122.00–126.00	122.97
17	—	512	138.00–149.50	144.98
11	—	772	118.00–124.00	121.28
5	—	468	132.50–152.00	145.25
1	—	725	125.00	125.00
2	—	978	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	119.00	119.00
2	—	673	116.00	116.00
4	—	759	110.00–116.00	113.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,477	90.00–108.00	95.74
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,425	70.50–78.00	72.82
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,766	90.00–100.00	95.01
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,417	79.00–91.00	86.57
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,014	67.00–81.00	71.56
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,768	81.00–88.00	85.26
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	92.00	92.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,255	103.00–105.00	104.44
500	—	1,444	108.25–118.75	114.62
33	—	1,414	100.00–114.00	105.91
75	—	1,557	100.00–114.00	109.74
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,320	103.00–112.00	109.20
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,165	85.00–112.00	105.53
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,259	110.50–114.00	112.30
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	103.00	103.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,730	101.50–109.00	104.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,491	74.00–79.00	75.54
5	—	2,176	103.00–108.00	106.10
30	—	1,834	79.00–97.00	87.61
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,215	80.50–87.50	86.34
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,474	80.00–86.00	81.10
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,260	98.50–112.25	110.27
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,077	76.00–122.50	97.97
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
337	—	1,346	110.00–118.25	114.48
42	—	1,297	101.00–112.00	105.12
72	—	1,464	103.00–113.00	108.92
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,020	91.50–101.50	98.36
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	104.50	104.50
3	—	1,685	104.00–110.00	108.02
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,079	106.25–114.00	110.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,348	50.00–69.00	61.08
6	—	1,647	53.00–56.00	55.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,487	60.00–78.00	68.43
3	—	1,298	81.00–86.00	83.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,154	35.00–49.00	43.28
42	—	1,247	43.00–59.00	53.34

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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