Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 130 priced lines covering 11,110 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,898 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,036 head.

Mon Apr 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,898Last week 12,255Year ago 3,095

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,036Last week 1,620Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to 2.50 higher. Feeder steers under 550 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower, 550/699 lbs steady to 6.00 higher, over 700 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, 500/599 lbs 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher, 600/749 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, over 750 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	377	192.50–218.00	211.00
91	—	918	130.60–145.00	132.74
219	—	482	168.00–196.50	181.95
10	—	314	200.00–220.00	207.79
531	—	667	150.00–172.00	165.84
464	—	577	158.00–182.00	173.70
689	—	767	138.00–158.00	152.52
272	—	522	171.00–195.00	183.06
7	—	293	190.00–207.50	194.95
423	—	732	142.50–164.00	154.79
354	—	627	156.75–175.50	166.25
508	—	868	130.00–149.85	140.97
84	—	423	177.00–210.00	194.14
626	—	833	131.00–150.00	144.08
5	—	951	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	650	149.00	149.00
17	—	545	161.00–165.00	162.62
7	—	615	144.00–151.00	147.99
14	—	1,003	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	493	194.00	194.00
5	—	566	181.75	181.75
31	—	652	164.75	164.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	485	173.00	173.00
4	—	759	135.00	135.00
13	—	506	173.75	173.75
7	—	611	152.00	152.00
11	—	393	203.00	203.00
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	429	192.00	192.00
3	—	648	162.50	162.50
8	—	541	184.25	184.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,103	109.50	109.50
7	—	1,202	114.75	114.75
27	—	854	138.50	138.50
49	—	1,023	116.00–126.00	125.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	626	148.00–149.50	148.76
19	—	516	168.00–170.00	169.68
5	—	559	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	533	166.00–175.00	172.28
10	—	376	185.00–197.00	192.49
24	—	621	140.00–155.00	146.73
84	—	676	140.00–154.00	148.51
4	—	976	120.25	120.25
21	—	484	169.00–176.00	172.32
7	—	808	128.00–136.00	132.55
58	—	780	120.00–141.75	137.03
45	—	732	139.25–146.00	140.85
21	—	431	152.00–186.50	180.17
21	—	561	155.00–163.00	156.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	461	195.00–197.00	195.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	818	126.25–144.00	133.36
443	—	679	133.00–149.50	143.28
360	—	524	138.00–163.50	153.87
197	—	432	153.00–169.00	161.15
2	—	248	174.00	174.00
96	—	875	123.50–130.35	127.88
590	—	727	127.00–148.00	139.43
46	—	382	162.00–174.00	168.37
513	—	627	132.00–156.00	148.74
14	—	911	124.50	124.50
15	—	281	170.00–187.50	179.33
15	—	323	175.00–178.00	177.81
399	—	575	134.00–157.50	147.41
320	—	772	128.00–146.60	135.67
256	—	475	145.50–167.00	158.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	893	153.00	153.00
43	—	766	140.25	140.25
8	—	743	155.00	155.00
135	—	816	140.00–159.00	151.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	634	125.00–130.00	128.82
8	—	764	120.00	120.00
6	—	693	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	478	131.00–145.00	138.50
3	—	423	149.00	149.00
5	—	797	124.50	124.50
58	—	516	131.00–146.00	141.99
21	—	723	126.00–139.00	129.30
3	—	340	141.00	141.00
106	—	669	116.50–132.00	128.97
4	—	399	135.00	135.00
39	—	565	125.00–142.00	131.28
55	—	628	121.00–138.50	133.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	489	145.00–156.50	154.43
3	—	723	122.00	122.00
11	—	380	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	571	170.00–182.00	173.11
18	—	412	191.00	191.00
5	—	846	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	615	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	445	159.50	159.50
4	—	560	141.00	141.00
9	—	1,103	94.00	94.00
3	—	762	115.50	115.50
6	—	600	121.00	121.00
7	—	1,076	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	483	150.00–164.00	158.11
6	—	573	147.50–150.00	149.16
6	—	420	159.00–175.00	167.13
16	—	626	130.00–143.00	135.44
4	—	763	127.00	127.00
9	—	540	153.00–167.50	156.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,408	83.00–99.00	92.81
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	1,503	100.00–110.00	102.76
70	—	1,477	93.00–109.00	103.59
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,413	68.50–78.00	73.27
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,346	98.00–122.75	117.49
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,166	101.00–116.00	110.01
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,292	115.00–123.00	117.35
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	100.00–110.50	105.47
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,550	117.00–126.75	121.80
340	—	1,426	116.00–130.25	126.01
64	—	1,445	117.00–124.25	121.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,940	101.00–107.00	103.83
4	—	1,350	66.00–76.00	73.36
23	—	1,796	80.00–99.00	88.35
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,242	117.00–126.00	123.44
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,548	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,525	115.00–123.50	117.93
425	—	1,332	119.50–132.50	126.52
72	—	1,324	116.00–122.50	120.08
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,282	102.00–122.50	117.47
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,204	91.00–110.50	98.29
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,128	106.00–113.50	111.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,237	43.00–65.00	58.77
16	—	1,000	31.00–54.00	44.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,492	79.00–87.00	81.68
88	—	1,464	69.00–79.00	74.86
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,305	56.00–74.00	69.02

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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