Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 92 priced lines covering 6,618 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,583 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,487 head.

Mon Aug 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,583Last week 1,201Year ago 2,267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,487Last week 1,147Year ago 1,303

Compared to last week: Choice steers 1.00 higher and choice heifers 2.00 higher. Feeder steers 650 to 699 lbs 5.00 lower, 700 to 799 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 800 to949 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers to few receipts last week for a market test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	729	144.50–165.00	157.71
21	—	521	160.00–174.00	167.04
5	—	868	139.00–146.50	144.96
4	—	584	165.00	165.00
10	—	977	137.50–141.00	139.28
5	—	430	160.00	160.00
12	—	622	131.00–165.00	145.09
15	—	779	135.00–152.00	144.75
4	—	480	163.00–166.00	164.47
10	—	815	132.00–148.00	141.58
27	—	677	154.00–162.00	158.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
415	—	674	155.50–177.75	171.26
632	—	784	157.00–172.50	164.69
477	—	827	154.00–166.25	161.61
362	—	728	156.00–174.00	165.33
68	—	1,042	130.00–140.00	138.72
14	—	1,139	130.50	130.50
6	—	250	575.00	575.00
85	—	934	144.00–155.75	150.29
83	—	525	166.00–199.70	179.14
15	—	341	225.00	225.00
13	—	430	180.00–203.00	194.68
123	—	625	164.00–181.50	174.78
129	—	572	161.00–189.00	177.03
246	—	966	132.25–154.00	149.21
538	—	867	147.00–161.50	155.85
53	—	483	175.00–186.00	183.75
21	—	393	185.00–207.00	202.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	798	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	168.00	168.00
4	—	411	181.00	181.00
8	—	530	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	775	144.50–153.75	149.32
267	—	725	139.00–156.50	151.71
168	—	810	138.50–152.25	147.98
202	—	624	146.00–163.50	154.28
150	—	679	144.00–157.00	151.65
8	—	363	202.50	202.50
13	—	331	185.00	185.00
277	—	871	137.00–151.85	144.44
76	—	920	130.00–145.00	137.37
94	—	970	134.75–144.75	141.94
5	—	1,004	128.50–132.50	130.90
5	—	264	500.00	500.00
110	—	535	153.00–169.00	161.74
75	—	575	154.00–169.00	160.36
3	—	439	165.00–189.00	181.35
33	—	467	160.00–173.50	168.81
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,032	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	709	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	922	143.50	143.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	512	131.00–156.00	147.76
17	—	612	138.00–142.50	140.67
21	—	719	133.00–140.50	138.00
9	—	828	133.50–136.00	134.83
26	—	876	131.00–134.00	131.88
6	—	373	144.00–152.50	148.48
27	—	477	138.00–157.00	151.34
21	—	798	136.00	136.00
15	—	420	151.00–156.00	153.52
16	—	594	149.00–155.00	152.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	151.00	151.00
7	—	399	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	452	178.00	178.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
488	—	1,405	116.00–136.25	129.59
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,323	104.00–129.50	125.19
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,259	105.00–114.00	107.42
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,107	107.00–127.50	121.66
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,272	118.00–125.00	122.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
275	—	1,306	120.00–136.25	129.98
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,195	109.00–129.50	124.60
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,085	95.00–124.50	114.55
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,225	115.00–124.00	119.43
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,250	101.00–109.00	105.88
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,542	106.00–107.00	106.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,096	24.00–47.00	37.31
18	—	1,231	50.00–61.00	55.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,596	80.00–86.00	81.12
52	—	1,458	72.00–79.00	75.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,356	62.00–71.00	67.12
1	—	1,260	53.00	53.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,268	93.00	93.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,410	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,378	111.00–116.00	111.80
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,248	102.00–108.50	106.14
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,476	111.50–117.00	112.10
25	—	1,509	113.50–118.50	115.98
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,418	82.00–112.00	100.49
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,312	105.00–115.75	108.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,775	74.00–95.00	83.52
6	—	1,325	56.00–72.00	66.08

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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