Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 76 priced lines covering 4,521 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,498 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,483 head.

Mon Jul 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,498Last week 0Year ago 2,699

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,483Last week 1,743Year ago 2,043

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers mostly steady. No feeder cattle receipts reported last week for a price comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	765	140.00–153.00	149.43
71	—	826	140.00–147.00	141.53
183	—	685	141.00–154.00	150.76
55	—	1,022	125.60	125.60
30	—	423	156.00–167.00	159.78
55	—	923	132.60	132.60
249	—	722	140.00–152.25	148.94
57	—	899	131.25	131.25
52	—	477	146.50–165.00	159.40
63	—	528	145.25–160.00	151.09
104	—	578	142.50–162.00	155.60
99	—	970	125.75–131.85	128.79
220	—	628	141.00–161.00	153.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	532	146.00–150.00	147.76
8	—	682	134.00–136.00	135.02
23	—	583	136.00–144.00	140.12
4	—	361	152.00	152.00
27	—	612	130.00–139.00	135.26
4	—	338	149.00	149.00
7	—	985	110.00	110.00
9	—	441	145.00	145.00
4	—	475	135.00	135.00
3	—	717	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	742	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	616	184.00	184.00
80	—	559	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	771	144.00–161.50	156.30
15	—	921	129.00–134.00	130.80
136	—	872	145.00–152.75	150.49
204	—	621	148.50–176.25	170.61
208	—	678	157.00–168.50	166.02
184	—	723	153.00–164.25	157.44
12	—	960	127.50–131.00	128.37
148	—	581	166.00–183.25	177.95
42	—	513	176.00–196.50	188.71
167	—	824	141.00–154.25	147.73
9	—	401	191.00	191.00
45	—	467	186.00–202.50	195.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	543	165.00–176.50	174.45
15	—	882	130.00–131.00	130.47
18	—	436	168.00–179.50	170.47
46	—	764	139.00–144.00	141.34
8	—	478	164.00–167.50	166.59
35	—	635	140.50–157.25	151.64
7	—	361	153.00	153.00
3	—	653	151.00	151.00
4	—	569	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	156.00	156.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	798	149.75	149.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	582	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	183.00	183.00
5	—	473	175.00	175.00
6	—	1,162	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,286	115.00–123.50	121.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,128	92.00–119.25	112.60
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,267	117.50–127.60	123.26
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	106.00	106.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
494	—	1,379	119.50–132.00	127.44
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	958	70.00–115.00	96.41
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,677	81.50–88.00	82.03
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,163	115.00–126.75	123.27
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,198	116.00–123.50	120.97
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
351	—	1,269	118.25–132.00	127.61
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	71.00–76.00	73.79
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,304	90.00–97.00	94.16
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,467	107.00–113.50	109.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,667	100.00–110.00	104.28
26	—	1,626	80.00–99.00	93.23
6	—	1,435	65.00–77.00	72.05
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	102.00	102.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,285	49.00–62.00	57.51
12	—	1,042	30.00–48.00	39.92
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,539	82.00–97.00	87.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,311	63.00–71.00	67.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,451	72.00–79.50	75.53
27	—	1,480	80.00–84.00	81.24

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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