Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 52 priced lines covering 2,224 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,518 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,031 head.

Mon Jul 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,518Last week 2,503Year ago 1,777

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,031Last week 1,893Year ago 1,569

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers .50 to 1.50 higher. Feeder steers 600 to 899 lbs steady to 14.00 higher on limited offering. Feeder heifers 500 to 699 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher, 700 to 799 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	100.00–105.00	102.37
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,402	91.00–93.00	91.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,171	116.50–123.00	120.80
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,051	82.00–115.75	99.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,254	116.50–129.50	125.33
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,133	111.00–120.00	117.10
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,134	106.50–113.00	110.75
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,092	80.00–123.25	108.39
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,196	114.25–124.50	119.16
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,272	112.50–123.75	120.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
286	—	1,374	116.00–131.25	125.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,431	72.00–79.00	76.62
44	—	1,512	80.00–85.00	82.04
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,621	86.00–91.00	87.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,027	21.00–49.00	36.93
27	—	1,218	51.00–64.00	59.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,260	63.00–71.00	67.36
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,304	85.00–101.00	96.18
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,520	105.00–118.00	110.96
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	81.00	81.00
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	90.50–93.50	91.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	62.00	62.00
7	—	1,846	100.00–106.00	103.75
21	—	1,563	77.50–99.00	90.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	628	152.00–157.00	155.96
3	—	971	133.00	133.00
20	—	527	157.00–163.00	161.00
53	—	768	136.50–140.50	136.81
181	—	840	136.75–142.00	137.76
20	—	661	149.00–158.00	152.12
7	—	1,072	130.00	130.00
4	—	371	164.00	164.00
11	—	913	135.50–142.50	140.60
101	—	860	136.75–140.50	138.12
175	—	741	135.00–145.00	140.89
6	—	458	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	613	141.00–147.00	145.13
4	—	432	159.00	159.00
8	—	779	112.00–117.00	113.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	492	183.00	183.00
68	—	866	145.00–156.00	153.88
24	—	1,029	130.00–131.00	130.63
262	—	766	154.50–165.00	161.76
3	—	738	161.00	161.00
35	—	673	159.00–168.50	162.96
24	—	912	142.00–146.00	144.51
34	—	604	168.00–178.00	175.85
10	—	505	178.00–181.00	178.91
186	—	833	157.00–157.50	157.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	780	147.00	147.00
3	—	708	136.00	136.00

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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