Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 123 priced lines covering 10,703 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,605 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,142 head.

Mon Mar 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,605Last week 16,526Year ago 8,606

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,142Last week 2,186Year ago 1,103

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady. Feeder steers 400/599 lbs steady to 4.00 higher, 600/799 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower, 800/999 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/699 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 700/949 lbs 2.00 higher to 1.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	437	155.00–174.00	167.91
3	—	838	124.00	124.00
9	—	879	115.00	115.00
28	—	568	144.00–156.50	150.88
21	—	689	130.00–140.00	134.99
24	—	538	151.00–169.50	160.07
7	—	721	120.00–130.00	125.67
13	—	632	135.00–145.00	139.38
28	—	765	125.00–133.00	128.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	632	144.00	144.00
18	—	555	153.00–155.00	154.65
4	—	508	167.00	167.00
10	—	462	157.00–164.00	158.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	253	400.00	400.00
152	—	578	152.00–175.00	164.04
11	—	337	190.00–198.00	194.23
177	—	523	164.00–185.00	176.68
14	—	1,072	105.00	105.00
869	—	816	120.00–138.85	134.89
451	—	723	130.00–148.00	141.35
56	—	425	173.00–189.00	184.11
77	—	976	117.00–125.00	119.61
661	—	773	120.00–147.00	138.91
286	—	625	140.00–161.50	154.83
45	—	479	160.00–187.00	178.64
11	—	375	164.00–179.00	173.06
768	—	879	119.00–132.75	129.95
454	—	672	136.25–156.50	145.62
17	—	1,029	118.50	118.50
211	—	919	123.00–131.25	128.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	649	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	657	150.25	150.25
148	—	703	153.10	153.10
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,014	124.00	124.00
9	—	1,072	114.50	114.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	710	134.00	134.00
6	—	474	166.50	166.50
12	—	598	135.00	135.00
12	—	951	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
334	—	675	122.00–140.00	132.60
16	—	989	114.00	114.00
5	—	346	160.00	160.00
442	—	622	132.00–145.00	138.53
28	—	914	113.00–115.00	114.17
322	—	817	119.00–128.00	125.52
161	—	526	138.00–152.00	146.79
293	—	575	131.00–149.00	142.49
383	—	770	117.00–130.50	125.38
969	—	721	122.50–137.85	131.95
167	—	881	120.50–125.50	122.21
80	—	484	138.00–151.75	145.98
67	—	430	143.00–167.00	154.06
19	—	356	148.00–167.50	162.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	332	146.00–150.00	147.90
3	—	555	129.00	129.00
46	—	529	128.00–140.00	136.61
27	—	639	129.00–130.00	129.71
8	—	375	140.50–145.00	142.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	137.00	137.00
4	—	330	385.00	385.00
3	—	918	109.00	109.00
13	—	818	110.75–118.00	114.12
12	—	618	127.00–129.00	128.35
69	—	571	128.00–142.00	137.44
4	—	377	425.00	425.00
4	—	459	138.00	138.00
3	—	423	130.00–135.00	132.03
12	—	870	110.00	110.00
19	—	385	128.00–150.00	142.01
3	—	725	113.00	113.00
17	—	533	134.00–138.00	136.45
31	—	696	125.00–127.75	125.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	769	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	889	114.25	114.25
9	—	727	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	720	134.00–135.50	135.17
6	—	567	152.00	152.00
323	—	660	143.00–144.10	144.05
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,075	107.00	107.00
5	—	1,038	103.00	103.00
14	—	406	141.00–146.00	143.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	832	114.00	114.00
11	—	632	129.50	129.50
10	—	527	134.00	134.00
17	—	1,029	101.00	101.00
8	—	900	100.00	100.00
7	—	723	121.25–121.50	121.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	617	123.00–141.00	132.93
3	—	487	151.00–156.00	152.59
4	—	848	100.00	100.00
1	—	550	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	614	137.50	137.50
4	—	700	118.00	118.00
2	—	400	175.00	175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	87.00–88.00	87.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,217	100.00–110.50	107.88
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,027	79.00–106.00	95.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,293	90.00–108.50	104.17
61	—	1,457	100.00–115.25	110.01
448	—	1,337	105.00–118.50	114.01
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,194	103.00–111.50	108.37
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,113	94.00–101.50	98.54
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,336	82.00–90.00	87.37
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,513	90.00–103.00	95.31
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,119	80.50–82.50	81.86
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,293	72.00–77.00	74.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	101.00	101.00
38	—	1,880	73.00–98.00	86.10
6	—	1,397	41.00–77.00	67.09
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	90.00–100.00	95.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,507	60.00–75.00	66.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,152	23.00–49.00	34.79
59	—	1,221	40.00–59.00	50.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,410	52.00–67.00	60.79
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,262	101.00–110.00	107.60
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,546	111.00–115.25	113.17
77	—	1,451	102.00–113.75	107.10
492	—	1,428	105.25–117.85	114.07
28	—	1,591	103.00–109.50	107.70
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,146	92.00–108.50	103.14
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	98.00	98.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,270	100.00–110.75	107.82
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,890	100.00	100.00

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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