Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 117 priced lines covering 7,960 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,540 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,132 head.

Mon May 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,540Last week 4,378Year ago 7,614

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,132Last week 1,364Year ago 354

Compared to last week: Choice steers 4.00 higher and choice heifers 1.00 higher. Feeder steers 400 lbs to 899 lbs steady to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 lbs to 849 lbs 8.00 to 15.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	688	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	523	140.00–155.00	144.92
6	—	644	130.00	130.00
28	—	442	161.00–163.00	162.30
4	—	479	140.00	140.00
5	—	358	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	709	140.35–142.50	140.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	913	113.75–117.00	115.85
50	—	438	142.00–167.50	158.76
182	—	531	127.75–161.10	148.60
3	—	1,006	107.00	107.00
37	—	889	131.00–139.50	136.95
56	—	379	150.00–180.00	162.22
7	—	955	113.50–114.00	113.71
170	—	479	138.00–162.00	152.32
341	—	571	120.00–154.00	141.30
512	—	686	130.00–141.75	138.22
264	—	776	113.50–140.00	129.42
650	—	719	123.75–141.85	134.27
196	—	822	110.00–144.50	127.98
459	—	623	127.00–144.35	139.61
8	—	324	154.00–171.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	440	140.00–145.00	141.81
50	—	571	122.00–137.00	131.85
68	—	526	120.00–145.00	131.62
28	—	719	122.50–127.25	123.99
11	—	679	119.00–128.00	123.09
35	—	617	119.00–129.25	125.65
14	—	484	133.00–145.00	137.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	792	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	579	125.75	125.75
6	—	644	104.00	104.00
6	—	718	108.00	108.00
15	—	469	134.50–137.00	135.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,051	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	541	134.25	134.25
7	—	400	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
361	—	775	130.00–151.50	143.03
112	—	477	170.00–190.00	176.19
96	—	932	115.25–126.00	123.37
355	—	577	150.00–180.00	163.02
398	—	682	128.00–159.00	149.43
342	—	625	142.00–168.00	158.01
235	—	885	124.00–131.75	130.44
248	—	529	152.50–180.00	170.14
232	—	822	132.50–143.50	139.95
3	—	318	188.00	188.00
244	—	719	122.50–154.00	147.35
126	—	432	168.00–192.00	177.49
31	—	380	178.00–195.00	185.61
97	—	968	120.00–127.25	125.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	678	135.00–149.00	139.06
14	—	631	115.00–146.00	130.84
42	—	774	122.50–132.50	130.55
1	—	320	170.00	170.00
6	—	841	126.00	126.00
60	—	720	134.50–145.00	136.03
27	—	589	131.00–153.00	140.02
3	—	386	159.00–169.00	165.76
6	—	446	161.00	161.00
11	—	483	155.00–169.00	162.92
62	—	537	140.00–163.00	153.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	140.00	140.00
5	—	666	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	389	181.00–187.50	184.73
53	—	577	154.00–159.00	156.54
26	—	615	148.00–150.00	149.07
71	—	526	156.00–179.00	168.03
20	—	499	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	713	132.00	132.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	897	114.00	114.00
17	—	1,050	119.50	119.50
18	—	615	136.00–137.00	136.22
13	—	768	118.25–132.00	121.48
4	—	1,025	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	152.50	152.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,075	91.00–102.50	97.29
Heifers — Choice · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,167	107.00	107.00
13	—	1,258	102.00–109.00	106.47
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,344	100.50–118.50	109.06
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,532	107.00	107.00
1	—	1,615	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,186	106.50–114.00	110.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,512	112.00–113.00	112.18
67	—	1,291	110.00–117.50	113.24
79	—	1,267	111.00–127.00	119.93
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,150	80.00–110.50	91.74
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,471	89.50–94.00	93.14
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,196	100.00–102.50	101.66
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,361	108.50–115.25	114.31
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,507	84.50–95.00	88.97
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,278	105.00–111.00	108.04
21	—	1,415	98.00–119.00	108.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,342	106.00–114.00	109.78
30	—	1,406	111.50–117.00	114.64
225	—	1,456	112.00–128.00	122.55
33	—	1,540	117.00–124.00	119.71
5	—	1,529	110.00–113.00	111.39
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,156	88.00–112.00	105.89
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,651	113.75–115.00	114.24
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,253	65.00–79.00	71.03
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,697	96.50–106.00	101.57
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,517	84.00–89.00	85.07
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,456	91.00–99.50	96.61
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,042	71.00	71.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,730	73.00–92.00	83.34
1	—	1,370	87.50	87.50
1	—	2,145	108.00	108.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,329	84.00–90.00	87.81
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,439	93.00–94.50	93.51
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,264	67.00–79.00	71.43
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,291	80.00–82.00	81.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,122	45.00–54.00	49.78
10	—	1,071	23.00–41.00	33.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,379	56.00–68.50	63.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,541	69.00–78.50	72.02

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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