Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 110 priced lines covering 9,326 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,714 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,216 head.

Mon Mar 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,714Last week 9,605Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,216Last week 2,142Year ago 439

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/499 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 500/599 lbs steady to 1.00 lower, 600/799 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 800/949 lbs 1.00 higher to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400/549 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher, 550/799 lbs 4.00 higher to 2.00 lower, 800/899 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 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	855	137.00	137.00
10	—	804	129.00	129.00
8	—	711	139.50	139.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
222	—	477	145.00–164.25	153.51
64	—	415	146.00–167.00	158.14
208	—	767	117.00–140.50	129.46
355	—	531	135.00–162.00	149.53
4	—	910	116.00	116.00
20	—	337	155.50–172.50	166.02
210	—	585	130.00–149.50	141.41
463	—	626	125.50–143.50	136.04
3	—	282	184.00–190.00	186.09
463	—	674	124.50–138.00	135.01
60	—	378	155.50–176.00	165.58
433	—	724	123.00–138.00	130.68
122	—	816	118.00–126.50	124.48
40	—	858	115.00–122.50	117.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	488	137.00–144.00	141.24
16	—	533	128.00–134.00	130.55
3	—	400	151.00	151.00
11	—	583	127.00–131.00	129.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	190	209.00	209.00
7	—	382	165.00	165.00
24	—	508	134.00–143.50	141.13
14	—	612	121.00–122.00	121.35
15	—	423	147.00–156.50	152.69
14	—	470	140.00–159.50	152.16
11	—	342	160.50	160.50
6	—	240	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	473	147.00–149.50	148.54
8	—	746	120.00	120.00
6	—	406	167.00	167.00
18	—	559	140.00	140.00
14	—	629	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	811	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	520	173.00	173.00
7	—	257	207.00	207.00
18	—	608	139.50	139.50
9	—	468	157.00–161.00	160.07
7	—	331	185.50	185.50
6	—	704	136.50	136.50
3	—	380	174.00	174.00
13	—	423	158.00–193.00	179.28
21	—	571	150.00–154.50	153.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
385	—	630	146.00–159.50	155.54
5	—	975	123.00	123.00
474	—	727	136.50–151.85	145.24
537	—	828	123.00–136.00	132.13
60	—	378	178.00–204.00	194.12
324	—	529	165.50–183.50	176.34
155	—	914	115.50–129.00	126.83
16	—	335	178.00–202.00	190.24
77	—	429	176.00–198.00	188.03
145	—	476	174.00–193.00	184.87
547	—	861	125.25–135.85	131.73
1,142	—	776	130.00–146.00	141.09
625	—	674	140.50–157.50	151.36
334	—	577	149.00–179.00	162.62
6	—	282	180.00–195.00	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	449	159.00	159.00
5	—	504	150.00	150.00
3	—	483	157.00	157.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	530	168.00	168.00
8	—	668	134.00	134.00
23	—	860	122.60	122.60
31	—	796	125.00–130.00	129.19
30	—	615	144.00–144.50	144.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	652	162.00	162.00
33	—	636	165.00–168.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	522	140.50–167.50	152.75
3	—	373	174.00	174.00
11	—	790	130.00	130.00
23	—	588	150.00–161.50	155.37
27	—	662	131.00–140.50	134.30
4	—	627	136.00–141.00	138.55
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	542	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	469	155.00–165.00	159.40
4	—	771	112.00	112.00
6	—	323	200.00	200.00
10	—	614	135.00–143.00	141.42
4	—	381	180.00	180.00
6	—	435	157.50	157.50
4	—	673	127.00	127.00
11	—	562	149.00–150.00	149.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,860	99.00–103.00	101.17
27	—	1,729	76.00–98.00	86.67
4	—	1,438	60.00–75.00	70.47
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,010	77.00–80.50	79.60
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,146	66.00–76.00	73.97
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,465	94.50–103.00	99.48
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,265	80.00–89.00	83.26
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,287	91.00–97.00	94.81
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,152	101.50–112.25	110.61
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,188	105.50	105.50
10	—	1,279	100.00–113.25	110.15
34	—	1,474	101.00–114.50	110.96
239	—	1,328	112.00–118.75	115.70
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,029	97.50–110.50	104.52
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,403	105.00–111.00	109.85
4	—	1,183	107.00	107.00
59	—	1,546	101.00–117.25	111.11
236	—	1,405	112.50–119.00	115.71
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,082	91.00–109.00	104.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,234	106.00–112.25	110.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,088	22.00–43.00	36.91
16	—	1,170	42.00–59.00	50.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,405	50.00–69.00	62.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,500	74.00–86.00	80.19
84	—	1,486	60.00–77.00	71.28
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	93.00	93.00

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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