Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 75 priced lines covering 7,929 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,159 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,276 head.

Mon Aug 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,159Last week 1,518Year ago 1,624

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,276Last week 1,031Year ago 1,018

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to firm. Feeder steers 500to 549 lbs 8.00 higher, 600 to 649 lbs 3.00 lower, 650 to 949 lbs 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450 to 849 lbs steady to 12.00 higher, 850 to 949 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	925	137.75–139.00	137.95
7	—	369	180.00	180.00
14	—	965	132.00–133.00	132.57
15	—	416	173.00–177.00	175.37
151	—	519	161.00–175.00	172.04
207	—	824	139.50–147.50	144.89
203	—	770	144.50–157.00	149.26
20	—	1,021	136.50–137.50	136.95
73	—	467	168.50–170.50	169.61
446	—	721	145.00–155.75	152.96
17	—	627	166.00–170.00	168.60
415	—	681	151.00–165.50	154.01
14	—	888	136.00–137.50	136.32
306	—	566	160.00–176.00	165.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	415	150.00–151.00	150.57
8	—	654	135.00–145.50	141.54
22	—	628	151.50	151.50
4	—	730	140.00	140.00
3	—	348	171.00	171.00
4	—	573	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	164.00	164.00
4	—	449	171.00	171.00
4	—	526	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	734	144.00–153.00	150.15
44	—	587	166.00–169.00	168.27
159	—	887	129.00–145.50	141.89
15	—	511	163.00–173.00	169.38
8	—	475	176.00	176.00
14	—	430	182.00–186.00	183.90
3	—	615	163.00	163.00
3	—	945	138.00	138.00
7	—	782	145.00–154.00	148.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	569	172.50–188.75	182.90
179	—	524	178.25–192.50	187.15
397	—	766	162.25–168.85	164.46
962	—	818	153.00–164.50	161.68
156	—	968	135.00–144.50	142.18
529	—	919	145.00–153.00	150.85
131	—	613	165.00–179.00	173.21
198	—	864	148.50–160.75	156.08
375	—	725	158.00–171.00	167.77
13	—	1,038	137.00	137.00
80	—	488	182.00–199.00	189.18
265	—	668	164.00–176.00	172.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	425	197.00–201.50	198.99
22	—	368	196.00–218.00	211.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,228	114.00–124.00	120.79
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,068	102.00–111.00	106.14
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,081	103.00–118.25	112.34
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
381	—	1,272	114.50–130.25	126.18
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,213	106.00–123.50	120.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,278	63.00–73.00	69.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,126	27.50–49.00	39.93
27	—	1,244	50.00–64.00	58.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,358	73.00–79.00	76.43
27	—	1,403	80.00–84.00	81.81
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,463	84.00–91.00	86.27
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,453	108.00–116.00	113.45
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,365	106.00–115.00	108.85
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,701	97.00–105.00	98.68
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,503	110.00–121.00	113.64
20	—	1,480	105.00–115.50	111.16
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,234	86.00–102.00	95.54
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,245	91.00–101.00	95.05
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,392	105.00–114.00	110.18
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,154	81.00–101.00	90.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,152	61.00–73.00	69.35
32	—	1,506	78.00–109.00	90.53
9	—	1,918	102.00–112.00	106.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,311	107.00–123.75	121.16
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,233	113.00–123.00	119.17
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	86.00	86.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
757	—	1,400	115.00–131.50	126.64
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,131	90.00–131.75	117.88
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,222	100.00–105.00	104.29

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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