Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 121 priced lines covering 3,934 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,503 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,893 head.

Mon Jul 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,503Last week 3,498Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,893Last week 1,483Year ago 2,135

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers 500 to 899 lbs steady to 10.00 lower, mostly 1.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers 450 to 549 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. 550 to 849 lbs steady to 7.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	444	140.00	140.00
12	—	525	135.00–139.00	137.67
5	—	731	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	124.00	124.00
3	—	743	106.00	106.00
6	—	667	111.50	111.50
7	—	484	125.00	125.00
28	—	623	123.00–125.00	123.22
7	—	535	120.00–127.50	123.20
13	—	319	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	514	137.00	137.00
3	—	413	145.00	145.00
9	—	462	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	623	144.00–149.75	148.11
27	—	479	151.00–165.00	159.41
113	—	769	132.00–145.10	141.77
65	—	593	143.50–147.50	143.94
334	—	693	135.00–152.25	148.23
11	—	848	135.75	135.75
122	—	865	141.60	141.60
38	—	508	146.00–161.50	152.47
97	—	709	142.00–150.50	148.77
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	730	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	793	127.00	127.00
4	—	591	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	385	154.00	154.00
9	—	537	142.00	142.00
27	—	459	137.00–153.00	146.56
13	—	277	157.50–180.00	162.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	545	130.00	130.00
5	—	370	132.50	132.50
6	—	667	115.00	115.00
6	—	580	132.00	132.00
3	—	1,095	106.00	106.00
4	—	270	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	887	135.00–145.00	139.95
19	—	789	153.35	153.35
23	—	624	156.00–165.00	161.36
64	—	722	150.00–158.50	157.46
34	—	561	164.00–178.00	174.11
180	—	810	155.30–157.00	155.88
131	—	675	156.50–169.00	162.46
11	—	510	187.50	187.50
3	—	481	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	571	147.00–160.00	155.96
10	—	610	140.00–155.00	149.05
20	—	530	165.00–167.50	166.10
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	844	135.35	135.35
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	475	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	837	117.00	117.00
3	—	635	125.00–130.00	128.39
1	—	552	139.00	139.00
3	—	536	135.00	135.00
10	—	765	123.00	123.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	506	100.00	100.00
10	—	401	102.50	102.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	763	55.00	55.00
3	—	718	50.00	50.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	540	106.00–115.00	110.95
15	—	857	106.50	106.50
18	—	289	112.50	112.50
9	—	403	114.00–115.00	114.45
64	—	706	111.00–117.50	115.66
53	—	391	108.00	108.00
76	—	632	115.00	115.00
7	—	594	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	510	82.50	82.50
5	—	273	95.00	95.00
34	—	1,032	99.00	99.00
4	—	723	89.00	89.00
7	—	566	93.00	93.00
6	—	658	92.00	92.00
3	—	300	90.00	90.00
20	—	429	95.00	95.00
18	—	207	100.00	100.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	322	65.00	65.00
3	—	455	77.50	77.50
7	—	191	90.00	90.00
3	—	748	60.00	60.00
3	—	263	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	143	40.00	40.00
9	—	721	57.00	57.00
5	—	634	46.00	46.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,502	103.50–114.50	110.72
32	—	1,571	112.00–117.00	114.56
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,408	91.00–101.00	96.60
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,364	68.00–75.00	73.47
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,235	91.00–94.00	91.59
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,424	105.00–113.00	108.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,699	62.00–71.00	66.65
3	—	1,845	103.00–106.00	105.03
27	—	1,719	79.00–99.00	90.92
1	—	1,345	87.00	87.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,146	89.00–101.00	96.32
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	81.00	81.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,290	115.50	115.50
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,116	70.00–83.00	74.67
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,369	107.00–115.50	109.84
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,580	81.00–86.00	81.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
299	—	1,254	117.00–130.25	124.82
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,247	98.00–121.75	116.06
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,573	94.00–95.00	94.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,137	102.00–110.00	106.82
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,015	87.00–116.25	108.14
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,145	112.00–123.75	118.92
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,338	124.10	124.10
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,103	85.00–115.00	102.70
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,133	99.00–107.00	104.93
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,294	106.75–122.00	118.84
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	124.50	124.50
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,235	112.00–123.50	118.18
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	112.00	112.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
743	—	1,388	113.00–130.00	124.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	992	30.00–46.00	40.71
27	—	1,175	50.00–62.00	57.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,315	62.00–71.00	66.81
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,573	89.00–94.00	90.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,398	72.00–79.00	75.60
39	—	1,557	80.00–87.00	82.90

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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