Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 67 priced lines covering 4,127 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,261 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 207 head.

Mon Aug 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,261Last week 6,159Year ago 6,615

Slaughter CattleReceipts 207Last week 2,276Year ago 335

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers 450 to 499 lbs 5.00 higher, 500 to 899 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, 900 to 999 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 to 449 lbs 5.00 higher, 500 to 649 lbs 1.00 to 8.00 lower, 650 to 699 lbs 1.00 higher, 700 to799 lbs 3.00 lower, 800 to 899 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, 900to 949 lbs 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	800	130.00	130.00
3	—	710	135.00	135.00
4	—	887	128.50	128.50
6	—	655	146.00	146.00
38	—	520	125.00–157.00	150.33
52	—	591	128.00–155.00	150.20
20	—	616	139.00–151.00	144.75
7	—	489	151.00	151.00
3	—	382	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
266	—	581	153.50–168.75	161.17
261	—	665	142.25–159.50	155.46
11	—	1,215	125.50	125.50
157	—	717	140.00–151.00	149.24
26	—	621	155.00–164.00	160.70
170	—	818	134.00–148.50	145.17
10	—	411	174.00–184.00	180.86
4	—	966	128.00	128.00
192	—	781	137.00–149.00	145.85
32	—	531	159.00–176.00	171.03
155	—	930	128.50–140.50	134.96
96	—	888	134.25–140.75	137.41
7	—	351	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	526	161.00	161.00
5	—	433	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	524	147.50–161.00	157.21
6	—	683	146.50	146.50
23	—	636	150.00–156.50	153.21
5	—	815	141.00	141.00
13	—	739	154.50–155.00	154.73
63	—	789	140.00–149.50	148.05
16	—	865	138.00	138.00
9	—	341	187.00	187.00
4	—	571	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	483	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
513	—	827	151.50–164.50	159.75
40	—	478	184.00–197.00	194.57
277	—	775	154.50–165.50	162.02
106	—	915	151.35–152.00	151.63
68	—	622	165.00–176.75	170.39
32	—	438	188.00–197.00	190.59
341	—	732	159.00–171.00	167.60
158	—	981	141.50–149.25	146.72
342	—	674	161.25–177.00	170.04
99	—	579	167.50–183.50	179.56
3	—	1,063	137.00	137.00
36	—	529	181.00–186.00	182.99
147	—	884	151.50–152.60	151.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	652	159.00	159.00
3	—	561	179.00	179.00
3	—	420	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,119	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	524	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	708	128.00–130.00	128.38
12	—	772	129.00–132.00	130.01
7	—	571	131.00–132.50	131.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,522	90.00–95.00	93.03
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,193	106.00–113.00	109.71
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,074	121.00–124.75	122.64
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,458	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,251	84.00–95.00	92.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,268	122.00–127.80	126.55
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,371	117.00–128.00	125.59
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	109.00	109.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,220	118.50–131.00	123.36
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	107.50	107.50

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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