Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 142 priced lines covering 10,359 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,897 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,811 head.

Mon Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,897Last week 6,246Year ago 8,224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,811Last week 1,771Year ago 184

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers 400 lbs to 749 lbs 5.00to 12.00 lower, 750 lbs to 799 lbs steady, 800 lbs to 849 lbs 3.00 lower, 850 lbs to 949 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 lbs to 749 lbs 4.0 to 12.00 lower, 750 lbs 849 lbs steady to 4.00 higher, 850 lbs to 899 lbs 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	142.50–159.50	149.80
4	—	745	107.00	107.00
1	—	585	125.00	125.00
1	—	675	130.00	130.00
3	—	797	100.00	100.00
6	—	332	172.00–179.00	175.46
7	—	527	130.00–142.00	133.51
8	—	464	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	160.00	160.00
4	—	454	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	693	120.00	120.00
10	—	981	102.00	102.00
5	—	627	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	287	170.00	170.00
15	—	624	120.00–121.00	120.39
22	—	685	108.00–122.00	114.46
64	—	534	120.00–143.00	134.91
68	—	732	111.00–122.50	120.66
82	—	477	120.00–146.00	140.26
13	—	324	137.50–155.00	151.39
63	—	573	115.00–130.00	126.27
46	—	430	122.50–157.50	145.32
17	—	945	109.50	109.50
3	—	846	108.00	108.00
33	—	378	125.00–153.00	146.42
28	—	774	106.00–120.00	116.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
456	—	629	121.00–143.75	134.02
385	—	572	124.00–147.50	138.09
358	—	825	113.50–149.00	128.44
7	—	330	165.00	165.00
314	—	779	114.50–131.00	122.59
15	—	279	180.00	180.00
127	—	874	109.00–127.00	117.90
82	—	431	141.00–180.00	161.85
328	—	524	131.50–158.00	144.80
251	—	672	124.75–135.75	128.65
515	—	718	120.00–138.00	129.38
190	—	471	133.00–165.00	152.65
74	—	377	143.00–175.00	163.36
17	—	987	100.00–117.00	108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	567	136.00	136.00
10	—	482	151.00	151.00
21	—	620	121.00	121.00
4	—	654	128.00	128.00
6	—	398	141.50	141.50
15	—	431	158.00	158.00
8	—	541	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	915	128.00	128.00
9	—	1,024	116.00	116.00
12	—	793	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	955	105.00	105.00
5	—	1,159	92.00	92.00
37	—	682	121.00–123.00	122.23
8	—	1,052	89.00	89.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	147.50	147.50
5	—	468	135.00	135.00
5	—	434	144.00	144.00
7	—	513	136.00	136.00
7	—	572	124.00–129.00	126.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	921	115.00	115.00
5	—	363	164.00–165.00	164.42
45	—	478	140.00–168.00	157.16
13	—	268	169.00–172.50	170.16
18	—	431	160.00–166.00	163.06
57	—	530	120.00–162.00	151.77
5	—	888	112.50–118.00	113.68
7	—	810	119.00	119.00
12	—	724	113.00–128.50	126.59
103	—	586	132.00–158.50	151.91
29	—	690	115.00–139.50	133.36
8	—	341	165.00–175.00	168.77
45	—	629	120.00–138.00	135.24
38	—	770	115.00–131.25	127.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
353	—	676	135.00–158.25	147.10
9	—	328	170.00–200.00	189.63
155	—	480	158.00–190.00	175.90
310	—	573	147.00–179.00	162.84
224	—	826	122.00–137.00	130.59
4	—	248	335.00	335.00
638	—	778	125.00–144.10	136.44
425	—	523	155.00–181.00	172.22
382	—	920	117.50–127.25	125.03
492	—	626	135.00–160.00	150.99
398	—	723	125.00–150.00	140.25
112	—	432	165.00–194.00	181.03
74	—	964	110.00–121.50	120.46
513	—	870	106.00–149.00	129.74
87	—	378	168.00–200.00	184.46
4	—	345	460.00	460.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	583	129.50–150.50	139.73
3	—	438	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	590	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	734	129.00	129.00
19	—	512	171.00–174.00	172.87
5	—	324	195.00	195.00
29	—	632	141.00–150.50	145.86
8	—	669	145.00	145.00
9	—	463	162.00	162.00
23	—	575	153.50–157.00	155.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,045	109.50	109.50
4	—	741	130.00	130.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	161.00	161.00
8	—	674	141.50	141.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,013	112.00–123.50	122.20
53	—	1,064	120.50	120.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,100	108.50	108.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,076	91.00–109.00	104.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,367	105.00–107.00	105.74
10	—	1,575	103.00–108.00	103.52
6	—	1,536	112.00–114.00	113.02
9	—	1,334	114.00–117.50	116.33
362	—	1,315	116.00–126.00	121.89
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,188	110.00–120.00	113.53
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,214	108.50–119.50	116.53
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	106.50	106.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,555	102.50	102.50
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,250	74.00–77.00	75.72
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,349	88.00–96.75	95.13
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,617	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,508	94.00–109.00	102.18
7	—	1,460	91.25	91.25
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,428	87.00–99.25	92.86
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,111	83.00–87.00	84.36
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	994	73.00–77.00	73.98
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,300	71.00–81.00	75.57
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,119	88.00–109.00	100.30
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	977	104.50–120.00	116.27
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,556	119.50–124.75	122.66
9	—	1,418	107.00–114.00	110.10
19	—	1,435	117.50–124.50	120.56
261	—	1,448	115.50–126.00	121.13
23	—	1,565	109.00–117.00	114.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
213	—	1,341	91.00–118.50	116.07
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,186	107.50–113.50	111.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	2,015	101.00–110.00	104.29
19	—	1,500	72.00–99.00	90.28
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,529	69.00–79.00	73.29
3	—	1,702	85.00–88.00	86.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,348	56.00–69.00	65.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,179	47.00–62.00	57.20
9	—	953	34.00–49.00	41.77

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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