Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 149 priced lines covering 6,449 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,575 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,731 head.

Mon May 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,575Last week 7,930Year ago 8,791

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,731Last week 2,419Year ago 282

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to weak, Feeder steers 400/449 lbs 7.00 lower, 450/549 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher,550/649 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower, 650/999 lbs steady to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400/449 lbs 2.00 lower,450/649 lbs, steady to 4.00 higher, 650/699 lbs 1.00 lower, 700/849 lbs 5.00 to7.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	734	144.00–154.85	152.32
272	—	624	155.00–168.00	162.87
22	—	481	180.00	180.00
462	—	829	136.00–146.00	142.45
121	—	673	143.50–160.50	153.19
61	—	430	167.50–198.00	177.11
4	—	387	200.00	200.00
58	—	964	132.00	132.00
193	—	522	169.00–186.00	179.89
425	—	770	145.00–153.50	150.07
34	—	929	129.75	129.75
155	—	569	156.50–178.50	171.03
130	—	886	134.25–138.85	136.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	489	154.00–169.00	162.15
29	—	535	157.00–163.50	158.91
3	—	803	127.00	127.00
7	—	607	152.00	152.00
12	—	693	135.00	135.00
7	—	725	138.00	138.00
36	—	586	147.50–158.00	150.16
48	—	763	129.00–137.25	135.40
7	—	428	157.00–180.00	169.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	545	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	563	100.00–110.00	104.69
10	—	859	105.00	105.00
6	—	946	102.50	102.50
3	—	468	115.00	115.00
12	—	412	124.00–146.00	138.43
10	—	260	165.00	165.00
2	—	343	150.00	150.00
6	—	828	105.00	105.00
22	—	508	105.00–122.50	109.86
4	—	225	165.00–197.50	188.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	331	115.00	115.00
12	—	434	112.50	112.50
17	—	376	92.50–125.00	110.20
11	—	554	85.00–86.00	85.82
3	—	848	80.00	80.00
2	—	643	82.50	82.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	553	157.00	157.00
39	—	640	155.00–162.75	160.23
28	—	476	166.00–185.00	173.34
11	—	536	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,103	124.25	124.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	428	157.00–159.00	157.74
64	—	821	116.00–126.00	121.88
134	—	762	129.50–134.25	133.49
104	—	565	138.00–152.25	144.49
9	—	363	165.00	165.00
196	—	531	142.00–166.50	150.78
154	—	621	134.00–148.00	139.33
71	—	668	131.50–135.25	133.52
240	—	719	126.50–141.50	136.43
98	—	474	145.00–160.00	153.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	578	128.00–139.00	134.73
40	—	433	136.00–150.00	144.23
10	—	672	121.00–124.00	122.91
27	—	530	130.00–149.50	141.64
5	—	341	157.00	157.00
14	—	739	114.00–122.00	116.30
29	—	372	147.00–150.50	149.99
26	—	627	129.00–130.00	129.89
6	—	782	118.00–123.00	120.50
4	—	259	152.50	152.50
23	—	466	137.00–143.00	141.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	491	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	126.00	126.00
10	—	516	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	509	144.00	144.00
20	—	465	143.50–149.00	145.39
30	—	614	132.00–134.25	133.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	646	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	711	139.85	139.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	152.50–165.00	157.30
25	—	678	129.00–129.50	129.24
6	—	727	132.00	132.00
12	—	782	119.00–123.00	122.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	675	48.00	48.00
28	—	829	51.00	51.00
5	—	723	55.00	55.00
13	—	932	58.00	58.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	702	79.00	79.00
10	—	493	83.00	83.00
3	—	355	92.50	92.50
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	590	66.00	66.00
10	—	728	62.50–67.50	65.05
8	—	486	80.00	80.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	878	84.00	84.00
23	—	617	82.00–84.00	83.37
3	—	688	86.00	86.00
12	—	568	120.00	120.00
23	—	928	84.00	84.00
28	—	1,029	80.00	80.00
34	—	769	82.00–88.00	83.40
15	—	1,075	72.00	72.00
120	—	843	81.00–87.00	81.44
19	—	1,121	76.00	76.00
4	—	1,261	85.00	85.00
9	—	531	126.00	126.00
18	—	986	76.00	76.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	490	97.50–100.00	98.35
28	—	529	85.00–95.00	91.85
15	—	352	100.00–117.50	102.44
25	—	338	97.50–107.50	103.40
19	—	711	71.00–76.00	74.90
78	—	440	100.00–120.00	102.08
8	—	226	140.00	140.00
27	—	616	75.00–79.00	77.58
36	—	566	80.00–94.00	90.89
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	275	85.00–125.00	117.75
6	—	578	76.00	76.00
4	—	377	70.00–85.00	81.12
10	—	434	85.00–91.00	90.42
9	—	472	67.50–70.00	68.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,138	85.00–112.00	103.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
396	—	1,402	112.25–125.50	120.47
3	—	1,352	124.00	124.00
5	—	1,391	118.00–118.75	118.60
29	—	1,485	119.00–123.50	122.75
12	—	1,394	105.00–115.50	108.41
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,250	108.00–116.00	113.14
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,361	97.00–119.50	116.86
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,626	121.00–123.00	122.50
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,107	74.00–75.00	74.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,557	101.50–106.00	101.78
59	—	1,476	100.00–107.50	103.13
6	—	1,415	84.50–87.50	86.07
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,178	85.00–96.00	90.77
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,412	90.50–99.00	96.78
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	75.00–79.00	77.07
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,294	111.00–123.75	120.81
11	—	1,459	123.50	123.50
27	—	1,369	116.00–121.50	119.35
22	—	1,340	100.00–112.00	107.33
7	—	1,417	116.25–118.75	117.66
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,229	110.00–119.50	116.46
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,051	97.00–107.50	100.91
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,111	78.50–109.00	100.43
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,188	108.75–117.50	114.22
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	105.75	105.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,966	100.00–108.00	103.67
16	—	1,653	77.00–98.00	88.57
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	76.00	76.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,444	91.00–103.00	100.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,314	55.00–69.00	64.65
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,602	79.00–82.00	80.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,134	45.00–62.00	55.21
7	—	1,179	24.00–43.00	32.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,498	67.00–77.00	72.53

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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