Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 125 priced lines covering 5,097 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,378 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,364 head.

Mon May 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,378Last week 9,897Year ago 10,372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,364Last week 1,811Year ago 246

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers 400 lbs to 699 lbs 3.00to 6.00 lower, 700 lbs to 849 lbs 1.00 higher, 850 lbs to 899 lbs 1.00 lower, 900 lbs to 949 lbs 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 lbs to 899 lbs 3.00 to 16.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	578	126.00–140.00	131.97
11	—	359	140.00–144.00	141.71
108	—	430	140.00–159.00	145.85
13	—	928	101.50–105.00	102.81
3	—	327	142.00–145.00	144.08
94	—	826	101.00–122.75	116.28
142	—	619	120.00–139.50	131.43
176	—	732	115.00–126.60	125.47
209	—	669	116.00–125.75	123.16
156	—	526	123.00–146.50	133.85
77	—	472	130.00–150.00	138.77
124	—	773	114.50–123.75	119.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	615	115.75	115.75
12	—	676	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	487	117.00–134.00	128.11
12	—	441	138.00	138.00
7	—	534	133.00	133.00
4	—	786	110.00	110.00
42	—	556	121.00–126.00	125.23
3	—	360	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	447	131.00	131.00
28	—	578	100.00–119.25	114.59
3	—	685	115.00	115.00
3	—	383	138.00	138.00
4	—	486	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	492	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	569	125.00–133.00	128.18
19	—	462	139.00–143.50	142.23
17	—	526	125.00–138.00	132.15
4	—	600	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	777	120.00–133.00	125.08
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	441	127.00–130.00	128.09
5	—	556	125.00	125.00
9	—	907	111.00	111.00
2	—	275	145.00	145.00
2	—	698	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	642	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	778	124.00–143.50	137.22
153	—	720	130.50–147.75	141.44
109	—	480	163.50–177.00	169.74
16	—	373	167.00–169.00	167.93
6	—	324	170.00	170.00
247	—	633	145.00–162.00	153.86
153	—	812	124.25–143.50	132.07
197	—	674	134.50–155.75	144.55
169	—	579	154.00–177.00	161.21
207	—	526	153.00–177.00	166.75
72	—	927	125.00–129.75	126.03
189	—	867	117.25–131.50	128.67
31	—	420	170.00–186.00	177.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	720	125.00–128.00	127.01
3	—	868	112.00	112.00
3	—	290	168.00–170.00	169.37
19	—	592	145.00–155.00	149.38
14	—	376	158.00–168.00	161.72
5	—	439	152.00	152.00
8	—	339	158.00–165.00	159.61
10	—	631	134.00–143.00	138.44
16	—	527	141.00–152.00	145.96
20	—	483	140.00–156.50	147.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	143.00	143.00
3	—	556	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	588	148.00	148.00
19	—	533	152.50–156.00	153.88
23	—	632	134.00–141.00	138.05
11	—	471	161.00	161.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	135.00	135.00
8	—	726	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,036	103.25	103.25
14	—	592	155.00	155.00
13	—	723	128.00	128.00
25	—	848	121.75	121.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,024	119.50	119.50
15	—	508	146.50–150.00	149.05
7	—	483	158.00	158.00
7	—	631	137.00–142.00	140.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	677	153.00	153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	111.00	111.00
2	—	810	94.00	94.00
8	—	741	112.25	112.25
5	—	466	158.00	158.00
9	—	558	138.00–146.00	139.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,284	104.00	104.00
57	—	1,360	112.00–116.75	113.55
5	—	1,616	104.00–109.00	107.86
51	—	1,434	104.00–109.00	106.48
206	—	1,413	110.50–125.50	118.85
10	—	1,565	111.50–116.75	116.15
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,097	102.00–106.00	104.26
16	—	1,101	83.00–112.50	104.86
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,188	107.00–107.25	107.12
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	101.00	101.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,683	95.00	95.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,323	105.50–118.00	114.94
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,401	114.25–117.75	117.42
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,725	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,523	91.00–107.25	97.90
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,734	92.00–100.50	96.80
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,297	81.00–88.00	84.79
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,425	85.00–99.00	91.37
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,185	111.50	111.50
19	—	1,360	112.50–115.75	114.31
4	—	1,334	104.00–108.00	107.06
14	—	1,437	112.00–114.00	113.56
136	—	1,294	113.50–125.00	118.90
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,311	97.00–105.50	101.17
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,274	108.00–118.00	112.16
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,032	83.00–110.00	100.22
12	—	1,159	110.00–111.50	110.75
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,286	114.50	114.50
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,258	115.10	115.10
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	95.00	95.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,390	42.00–78.00	67.97
23	—	1,729	77.00–98.00	88.45
12	—	1,194	81.50–90.00	86.19
9	—	2,031	100.00–109.00	104.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,298	59.00–69.00	65.04
2	—	1,460	53.00–54.00	53.58
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	85.00–86.00	85.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,431	68.00–79.00	73.43
13	—	1,576	79.00–83.00	79.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,051	46.00–62.00	56.20
4	—	1,014	35.00–45.00	41.58
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	83.50	83.50
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,076	63.00–67.00	64.92

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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