Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 119 priced lines covering 9,136 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,619 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,533 head.

Mon Mar 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,619Last week 6,224Year ago 6,071

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,533Last week 1,790Year ago 547

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/449 lbs 5.00 lower, 450/499 lbs 8.00 higher, 500/599 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 600/999 lbs 1.00 higher to 3.00 lower mostly steady. Feeder heifers 400/899 lbs steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	141.00	141.00
6	—	466	173.00–178.00	176.39
12	—	559	168.50	168.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	149.00	149.00
9	—	684	134.00–146.00	139.22
4	—	821	113.00	113.00
6	—	576	160.00	160.00
2	—	430	177.00	177.00
2	—	465	165.00–174.00	169.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
228	—	874	122.50–138.35	133.73
602	—	722	140.00–163.75	153.04
590	—	674	145.50–167.00	159.23
264	—	580	161.00–181.00	170.20
4	—	281	193.00	193.00
181	—	475	179.00–197.00	189.77
609	—	630	152.50–169.50	163.54
257	—	527	167.00–193.00	180.38
542	—	819	131.00–144.00	140.66
35	—	382	180.00–202.00	194.42
210	—	923	117.00–134.75	131.96
35	—	427	182.00–212.50	193.50
8	—	333	152.50–190.00	180.63
519	—	781	134.00–151.75	145.57
10	—	998	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	148.00	148.00
40	—	433	180.00–205.00	198.77
27	—	476	170.00–208.00	189.15
10	—	708	140.75	140.75
67	—	536	169.00–184.25	178.74
52	—	562	150.00–179.00	169.57
3	—	153	170.00	170.00
3	—	683	134.00	134.00
21	—	382	188.00–201.00	195.70
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	730	138.50	138.50
73	—	1,045	107.25–118.25	112.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	679	135.00–148.00	143.01
12	—	730	120.00–138.00	130.70
18	—	472	156.00–178.00	171.15
21	—	529	159.00–168.00	163.82
12	—	431	170.00–181.00	173.30
57	—	589	153.00–171.00	158.94
30	—	383	170.00–176.00	172.21
4	—	644	146.50	146.50
3	—	776	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	422	170.00–177.50	176.38
5	—	663	139.00	139.00
6	—	365	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	727	143.00–143.50	143.27
13	—	652	161.00	161.00
79	—	781	142.50–153.00	149.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
275	—	579	131.00–153.75	145.55
212	—	766	120.00–142.00	131.26
15	—	334	151.50–177.00	168.54
3	—	225	182.50–185.00	184.20
14	—	823	116.00–141.00	128.78
5	—	955	117.50	117.50
277	—	525	136.00–162.75	150.42
113	—	478	140.00–166.00	154.83
2	—	265	175.00	175.00
421	—	627	126.00–152.00	144.42
47	—	376	152.00–175.00	161.64
5	—	913	110.00–119.50	112.54
373	—	721	120.00–141.00	132.99
478	—	674	127.00–145.50	137.15
142	—	433	144.00–178.75	163.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	537	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	783	118.00–120.00	119.23
32	—	672	115.00–129.00	122.16
6	—	401	161.00	161.00
53	—	576	115.00–137.00	133.54
24	—	475	130.00–150.00	140.03
27	—	732	115.00–126.00	119.84
4	—	825	111.00–117.00	113.24
31	—	534	120.00–146.00	134.94
52	—	626	122.00–137.00	133.35
4	—	868	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	140.00	140.00
2	—	385	171.00	171.00
63	—	427	146.50–184.00	161.93
30	—	571	128.00–150.00	136.48
3	—	327	173.00	173.00
29	—	470	135.00–171.00	156.41
41	—	527	132.50–169.00	150.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	837	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	612	154.00–154.25	154.13
32	—	652	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	150.00	150.00
14	—	525	146.00–151.00	147.45
6	—	590	133.00	133.00
4	—	671	120.00	120.00
11	—	605	130.50	130.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	77.50	77.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,386	90.00–105.00	97.31
34	—	1,410	101.00–107.00	104.38
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,330	80.00–93.50	86.24
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,160	70.00–100.50	77.62
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,626	103.50–110.00	104.89
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	116.00	116.00
55	—	1,430	107.00–123.50	117.82
267	—	1,442	116.00–124.75	120.18
35	—	1,552	111.00–122.50	118.51
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,124	104.00–113.00	107.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,339	108.00–116.50	114.52
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,727	106.00–112.50	109.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,166	102.00–108.00	106.97
46	—	1,293	102.00–117.00	112.24
209	—	1,337	115.50–124.00	119.93
54	—	1,459	115.75–119.00	116.99
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,113	83.00–111.00	103.81
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,388	110.00–115.50	112.45
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,564	103.00–121.00	115.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,428	67.00–77.00	74.15
5	—	2,064	100.00–105.00	102.34
33	—	1,713	78.00–99.00	88.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	80.00	80.00
123	—	1,469	66.00–79.00	72.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,289	56.00–69.00	65.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	990	30.00–49.00	40.03
44	—	1,043	47.00–62.00	56.19

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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