Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 112 priced lines covering 7,857 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,487 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,126 head.

Mon May 31, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,487Last week 5,575Year ago 7,646

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,126Last week 1,731Year ago 1,151

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers 400/749 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 higher, 750/849 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, 850/949 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400/ 499 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 500/699 lbs 1.00 to 8.00 higher, 700/749 lbs 2.00 lower, 750/849 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,544	100.00–109.00	104.40
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,246	75.00–85.00	80.37
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,205	73.00–85.00	79.69
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,432	89.00–99.00	96.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,356	113.00–118.00	114.90
30	—	1,434	120.00–131.50	128.45
9	—	1,663	113.00–114.00	113.21
6	—	1,220	110.50–122.00	115.48
212	—	1,440	119.00–125.75	122.88
24	—	1,581	126.00–131.00	128.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,296	112.00–118.50	116.89
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	91.00–106.50	98.98
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,758	110.00–112.00	111.79
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,458	114.00–115.00	114.59
87	—	1,265	119.00–125.00	121.50
6	—	1,167	115.00–121.00	116.95
15	—	1,452	122.50–123.50	122.70
13	—	1,322	116.00–124.00	118.99
29	—	1,299	121.00–131.00	127.20
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,289	110.00–118.75	116.85
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,091	105.00–106.00	105.39
15	—	1,032	88.00–111.00	98.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,237	102.00–109.00	107.16
2	—	1,555	57.00–59.00	57.92
3	—	1,525	90.00–97.00	92.35
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,354	102.50–104.50	103.33
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,401	102.00–104.50	103.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,402	70.00–79.00	75.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,481	80.00–84.00	81.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	32.00–35.00	33.55
8	—	1,209	50.00–64.00	60.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,262	74.00–79.00	75.60
27	—	1,429	64.00–70.00	67.49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	439	142.00	142.00
6	—	512	128.00	128.00
5	—	636	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	878	133.50	133.50
5	—	913	114.50	114.50
6	—	383	165.00	165.00
106	—	476	140.00–155.00	149.38
211	—	754	127.00–140.50	135.46
306	—	616	137.00–154.50	144.67
348	—	675	135.00–146.00	142.22
98	—	805	119.00–130.00	127.83
349	—	528	140.00–159.75	151.56
23	—	960	111.00–114.75	114.24
65	—	426	150.00–160.00	154.60
304	—	732	128.50–139.75	134.24
391	—	576	139.00–158.00	149.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	437	141.00–150.00	146.87
111	—	621	122.00–139.00	134.45
23	—	533	132.00–142.00	135.31
4	—	768	119.00	119.00
12	—	392	141.00–144.00	142.25
37	—	672	123.00–132.00	127.51
62	—	584	129.00–143.00	135.68
17	—	702	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	431	145.00–147.00	145.45
7	—	740	126.50	126.50
50	—	652	137.00	137.00
18	—	608	134.00–142.00	137.99
4	—	473	141.00	141.00
27	—	550	144.00	144.00
14	—	520	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,052	100.00	100.00
42	—	1,013	104.75–108.00	105.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	647	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	673	121.00	121.00
4	—	823	121.50	121.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	875	103.00	103.00
2	—	510	149.00	149.00
4	—	743	120.00	120.00
4	—	453	182.00	182.00
7	—	684	111.00–125.00	118.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	532	173.50–189.00	183.00
291	—	718	147.00–162.25	155.01
4	—	275	202.50	202.50
220	—	883	130.00–144.50	136.88
180	—	484	175.00–191.00	182.19
50	—	431	174.00–187.50	179.05
17	—	390	177.00–185.00	181.84
152	—	963	124.00–130.25	128.13
353	—	571	165.00–181.00	172.98
590	—	823	135.00–145.00	141.58
8	—	348	197.00	197.00
455	—	772	138.75–152.50	148.04
363	—	625	159.00–173.50	167.31
207	—	930	128.75–137.00	133.76
354	—	669	154.50–170.00	161.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	435	192.00	192.00
38	—	576	167.50–175.50	168.98
48	—	710	136.00–150.50	148.63
54	—	531	163.00–179.75	177.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	775	132.00	132.00
20	—	661	147.50	147.50
23	—	1,065	106.50–118.75	112.89
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,035	115.00	115.00
4	—	530	157.00	157.00
4	—	800	134.50	134.50
6	—	716	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	783	130.25–136.00	133.17
69	—	685	138.00–153.25	145.34
7	—	358	178.00	178.00
16	—	821	122.00–125.00	123.51
22	—	534	159.00–166.00	163.80
61	—	583	148.00–164.00	157.43
24	—	432	165.00–168.00	167.00
100	—	733	135.00–146.00	142.23
9	—	294	186.00	186.00
80	—	627	143.50–155.50	151.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	580	151.00–162.00	156.47
9	—	641	154.50	154.50

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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