Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 155 priced lines covering 7,367 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,246 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,771 head.

Mon Apr 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,246Last week 9,898Year ago 5,486

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,771Last week 2,036Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers 450 to 499 lbs steady to 6.00 higher, 500 to 649 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 650 to 949 lbs 8.00 to 16.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400 to 549 lbs 4.00 to 11.00 higher, 550 to 749 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 lower. 750 to 849 lbs 10.00 to 12.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	905	112.00	112.00
19	—	684	116.00–126.50	122.68
3	—	858	105.00	105.00
30	—	576	134.00–134.50	134.40
3	—	315	151.00	151.00
3	—	788	111.00	111.00
23	—	521	140.50–147.00	143.58
7	—	811	115.00	115.00
8	—	363	150.00	150.00
7	—	280	151.00–152.00	151.42
4	—	728	120.50	120.50
22	—	490	131.00–149.00	141.51
27	—	431	141.00–161.00	151.38
27	—	628	118.00–130.00	126.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	475	153.00–167.00	163.50
11	—	377	155.00	155.00
491	—	733	125.00–136.00	132.82
254	—	873	119.10–122.00	120.42
112	—	816	119.00–125.00	123.85
27	—	335	179.00–183.00	181.32
98	—	523	152.00–163.25	157.57
44	—	773	117.50–130.50	123.46
221	—	619	131.50–143.00	140.42
150	—	674	127.00–139.00	135.04
4	—	948	111.00	111.00
137	—	423	157.00–180.00	172.00
122	—	574	137.50–151.00	145.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	378	110.00–114.00	111.89
7	—	571	120.00	120.00
11	—	679	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	484	168.50	168.50
23	—	642	147.00	147.00
37	—	705	142.00–144.00	143.02
30	—	695	145.00	145.00
77	—	797	151.00–159.00	158.49
4	—	953	132.00	132.00
19	—	907	138.00–148.00	144.33
73	—	828	142.00–161.00	147.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	456	161.25	161.25
28	—	579	151.50	151.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	688	117.00	117.00
12	—	1,018	111.00	111.00
5	—	648	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
384	—	737	143.25–153.00	147.29
101	—	926	115.00–125.00	119.91
22	—	295	235.00	235.00
142	—	950	124.50	124.50
127	—	441	181.00–212.00	194.19
223	—	827	131.25–136.00	133.40
216	—	675	146.50–159.75	153.29
280	—	885	124.00–132.50	129.56
38	—	375	187.00–216.00	200.45
136	—	615	158.00–172.50	162.61
100	—	768	126.00–140.50	135.80
117	—	529	166.50–191.00	177.18
3	—	323	217.00	217.00
149	—	574	159.00–190.00	169.76
62	—	468	178.00–200.00	188.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	177.00	177.00
3	—	340	180.00	180.00
87	—	570	147.00–158.00	153.28
44	—	666	130.00–140.50	135.98
27	—	491	157.50–185.00	163.71
35	—	716	121.50–138.00	130.17
19	—	773	120.00–125.50	121.15
10	—	881	108.00–121.00	113.29
8	—	953	115.00	115.00
59	—	518	160.00–181.00	166.93
104	—	634	132.00–154.75	150.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	583	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	127.50	127.50
36	—	759	82.50–96.00	87.64
7	—	908	100.00	100.00
4	—	310	160.00	160.00
3	—	1,110	85.00	85.00
4	—	877	84.00	84.00
26	—	508	95.00–140.00	108.35
18	—	834	80.00–89.25	87.19
22	—	190	207.50–215.00	210.92
19	—	405	110.00–135.00	114.07
43	—	578	82.00–116.00	107.84
30	—	683	91.00–125.00	103.80
34	—	496	113.00–120.00	116.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	480	167.50–185.00	171.92
8	—	511	181.00	181.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	691	132.00–136.00	133.58
61	—	1,012	110.00–120.00	119.03
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	607	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	754	123.00	123.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	439	67.50	67.50
6	—	288	67.50	67.50
3	—	642	67.50	67.50
5	—	374	62.50–72.50	66.29
1	—	465	77.50	77.50
2	—	585	67.50	67.50
9	—	349	82.50	82.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	489	92.00	92.00
32	—	370	82.50–126.00	109.70
22	—	434	90.00–95.00	90.22
19	—	344	95.00–115.00	102.30
31	—	618	72.50–82.00	79.50
5	—	738	66.00	66.00
15	—	225	125.00–130.00	129.10
40	—	507	82.50–87.00	86.38
42	—	277	100.00–130.00	116.51
9	—	186	105.00–110.00	107.68
4	—	920	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	245	67.50–82.50	71.10
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,065	70.50	70.50
33	—	1,123	76.50	76.50
18	—	1,163	70.00–76.00	73.86
6	—	1,024	70.00	70.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	796	88.50	88.50
17	—	497	113.00	113.00
4	—	825	88.00	88.00
17	—	711	81.00–84.00	82.59
15	—	539	101.00	101.00
8	—	610	90.00–95.00	94.36
12	—	921	79.00–81.00	80.01
52	—	871	90.25	90.25
23	—	971	78.00–79.00	78.59
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	770	80.00	80.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	712	68.00	68.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,218	95.00–97.00	95.82
1	—	950	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,331	121.50–127.75	124.70
6	—	1,145	115.50	115.50
7	—	1,529	112.00–113.00	112.27
87	—	1,319	116.00–121.10	120.73
28	—	1,425	117.00–119.50	118.53
23	—	1,242	111.00–112.00	111.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,276	105.00–121.75	116.77
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	904	130.50	130.50
10	—	1,043	87.00–115.00	105.13
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,437	100.00–102.00	100.72
100	—	1,486	90.00–108.75	99.67
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,531	72.00–73.00	72.55
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	979	100.00–108.00	103.05
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,347	80.00–99.00	86.73
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,244	115.00–116.00	115.76
51	—	1,655	112.00–122.25	117.91
83	—	1,436	112.00–122.25	117.28
300	—	1,435	121.00–127.50	125.05
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,089	91.00–113.00	103.94
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,263	100.00–121.25	113.10
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,304	90.00–97.00	91.27
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,741	115.75–117.25	116.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,295	64.00–76.50	72.97
22	—	1,696	78.00–97.00	87.38
5	—	1,634	100.00–106.00	101.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	981	25.00–48.00	38.44
42	—	1,145	45.00–62.00	55.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,371	55.00–69.00	65.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,660	80.00–94.00	83.55
111	—	1,493	69.00–79.00	73.14

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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