Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 124 priced lines covering 9,348 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,930 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,419 head.

Mon May 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,930Last week 7,540Year ago 7,289

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,419Last week 1,132Year ago 827

Compared to last week: Choice steers 1.00 lower and choice heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers 400 lbs to 699 lbs 2.00 to 9.00 higher, 700 bs to 899 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 900 lbs to 999 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 lbs to 549 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 550 lbs to 949 lbs steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	425	151.00–175.00	160.47
28	—	925	110.50–117.25	114.12
168	—	824	120.00–133.50	128.32
395	—	731	120.00–138.75	131.70
30	—	975	110.50–114.00	112.64
253	—	474	142.00–159.00	152.34
261	—	570	129.00–150.00	140.01
384	—	528	137.50–158.00	148.73
19	—	340	151.00–165.50	160.26
68	—	866	111.00–123.50	120.24
242	—	625	127.00–144.00	138.88
294	—	678	127.00–140.00	134.92
43	—	376	150.00–167.00	159.73
5	—	275	156.00–165.00	158.26
134	—	769	117.00–135.00	126.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	534	120.00–139.00	133.41
11	—	715	122.00–123.00	122.46
19	—	771	114.00–121.00	118.09
30	—	690	121.00–125.50	124.24
36	—	469	135.00–139.50	135.89
22	—	633	124.00–130.50	128.17
6	—	296	150.00	150.00
25	—	578	121.00–131.00	126.30
21	—	385	148.00–163.00	148.77
18	—	438	126.00–150.00	146.12
14	—	828	105.00–118.00	115.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	380	142.00–146.00	144.66
8	—	416	151.50–157.50	155.16
5	—	594	132.00	132.00
3	—	610	120.00	120.00
28	—	463	141.00–153.50	150.66
64	—	528	129.00–140.00	135.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	550	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	572	131.00	131.00
9	—	746	122.00	122.00
22	—	685	124.50–125.00	124.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	762	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	145.00	145.00
18	—	707	120.50	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	689	134.00	134.00
31	—	486	161.00–174.00	168.86
72	—	587	149.50–166.25	158.95
16	—	506	164.00–172.00	170.43
15	—	414	180.00–185.00	183.56
7	—	629	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	421	160.00–197.00	184.62
304	—	525	164.00–186.50	177.06
189	—	869	120.00–140.00	131.30
271	—	613	152.00–175.75	165.59
238	—	786	132.50–145.00	137.47
308	—	722	138.00–154.00	145.13
40	—	380	180.00–205.00	187.83
3	—	1,065	113.00	113.00
524	—	577	155.00–183.50	172.34
99	—	979	119.50–128.85	124.83
446	—	671	144.00–162.00	153.82
543	—	823	123.00–143.00	139.54
274	—	1,014	119.00–125.75	125.22
235	—	476	169.00–188.00	178.17
5	—	337	196.00–204.00	199.40
263	—	912	121.00–130.00	127.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	137.50–145.00	140.40
20	—	485	154.00–162.50	158.09
6	—	370	179.00	179.00
3	—	788	121.00	121.00
13	—	940	119.00–120.00	119.78
8	—	433	157.50–172.00	170.14
48	—	680	120.00–145.00	139.80
1	—	800	113.00	113.00
27	—	632	137.50–155.00	146.11
2	—	705	120.00–124.00	122.00
2	—	878	116.00	116.00
30	—	588	135.00–163.00	155.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	780	129.00	129.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	503	145.00	145.00
5	—	830	121.50	121.50
12	—	369	178.00–182.00	180.33
4	—	484	128.00–136.00	131.07
6	—	688	115.00–121.00	118.83
1	—	560	138.00	138.00
7	—	728	120.00	120.00
2	—	408	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	101.00	101.00
2	—	653	107.00	107.00
1	—	810	107.50	107.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	75.50	75.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,013	99.00–108.00	105.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	1,309	114.25–126.50	120.83
29	—	1,452	115.50–120.50	117.84
118	—	1,355	116.00–121.25	119.08
7	—	1,405	110.40–114.00	112.87
18	—	1,283	112.00–114.00	112.61
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,505	84.50	84.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	1,249	103.50–119.50	116.04
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,079	79.00–112.50	98.14
18	—	1,170	94.00–106.00	102.50
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,592	112.75–113.85	113.63
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,157	111.50–115.25	114.04
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,257	80.00–89.00	85.20
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,529	106.00–109.00	107.71
112	—	1,461	100.00–109.00	103.34
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,397	89.00–99.50	97.12
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,132	71.00–92.00	82.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,719	100.00–107.00	104.84
5	—	1,435	51.00–70.00	63.46
23	—	1,875	75.00–98.00	88.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,264	105.00–106.00	105.68
26	—	1,572	107.00–114.50	112.22
41	—	1,418	103.00–114.00	108.29
71	—	1,396	110.00–118.50	115.37
430	—	1,446	111.00–126.25	121.12
37	—	1,457	116.00–120.00	117.87
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,738	106.00–115.00	109.93
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,186	100.00–108.50	104.38
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,330	111.00–119.50	116.67
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,097	84.00–111.00	101.63
8	—	1,264	81.00–101.00	97.92
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,289	110.50–118.00	116.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,508	68.00–79.00	72.88
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,374	82.00–97.00	88.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,110	44.00–62.00	54.93
19	—	1,007	26.00–46.00	37.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	1,298	55.00–69.00	64.61
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,276	72.00–100.00	86.44

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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