Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 97 priced lines covering 7,811 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,444 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,142 head.

Mon Aug 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,444Last week 5,583Year ago 8,786

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,142Last week 1,487Year ago 2,145

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 350 to 549 lbs 2.00 to 12.00 hgr, 550 to 699 lbs steady to 5.00 lower , 700 to 749 lbs 2.00 higher, 750 to 799 lbs 1.00 lower, 800 to 999 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 to 549 lbs 1.00 higher to 5.00 lower, 550 to 699 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 700 to 999 steady to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	975	129.00	129.00
15	—	486	160.50–174.00	164.01
32	—	617	146.00–172.50	159.13
28	—	784	130.00–137.00	132.83
46	—	531	164.00–180.00	174.75
8	—	885	139.00–148.00	145.83
29	—	935	130.00–142.00	132.86
6	—	718	146.00–148.00	146.33
17	—	421	148.00–175.00	159.15
23	—	678	143.00–156.00	146.70
49	—	571	158.50–170.00	161.58
2	—	828	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	890	136.50–163.25	159.33
126	—	426	181.00–212.00	200.48
126	—	928	139.50–158.50	153.19
144	—	576	169.00–189.00	176.61
288	—	780	157.50–166.10	163.17
327	—	529	171.00–196.25	188.24
223	—	723	160.00–171.35	167.90
7	—	374	685.00–700.00	693.90
4	—	407	675.00	675.00
18	—	340	200.00–216.00	207.27
20	—	1,194	128.75	128.75
204	—	675	154.00–175.00	166.21
148	—	965	142.50–151.00	147.15
31	—	389	190.00–219.00	204.54
119	—	618	164.00–177.50	169.21
581	—	816	155.50–165.00	162.45
110	—	474	179.00–205.00	196.21
3	—	488	750.00	750.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	153.00	153.00
6	—	1,049	129.50	129.50
5	—	766	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,084	120.00	120.00
8	—	561	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	207.00	207.00
4	—	293	660.00	660.00
13	—	540	187.50	187.50
11	—	698	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	765	170.35	170.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	676	139.00	139.00
6	—	518	162.00	162.00
4	—	333	620.00	620.00
8	—	267	585.00	585.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	674	126.00–151.00	145.52
15	—	882	130.50–141.50	133.67
12	—	587	134.00–151.00	141.35
64	—	723	131.50–144.50	139.62
12	—	411	145.00–152.00	149.66
40	—	537	135.00–155.50	150.15
112	—	775	120.00–144.00	138.77
9	—	340	161.00	161.00
84	—	487	142.00–158.00	152.80
77	—	630	137.00–153.50	151.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	340	170.00	170.00
116	—	632	150.00–165.00	158.01
360	—	672	144.00–159.00	155.58
15	—	384	600.00–670.00	641.65
220	—	525	145.50–169.00	156.34
4	—	342	635.00	635.00
82	—	1,034	126.50–138.50	134.99
85	—	417	160.00–182.00	176.46
13	—	1,185	127.25	127.25
113	—	467	161.00–176.00	169.85
75	—	819	133.00–153.50	143.29
183	—	783	142.50–151.00	147.58
22	—	369	170.00–184.00	176.42
70	—	923	130.00–142.00	135.29
313	—	578	145.50–166.25	162.23
216	—	867	135.50–148.00	144.80
241	—	728	139.00–158.50	149.31
136	—	963	135.00–137.10	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	415	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,041	94.00–124.00	114.26
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,035	106.50–115.00	112.02
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
504	—	1,288	120.00–135.00	129.49
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	1,222	107.50–127.75	124.37
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,159	117.00–135.75	123.81
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	86.50	86.50
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	118.00	118.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,520	85.00–86.00	85.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,085	20.00–49.00	37.83
32	—	1,235	50.00–60.00	55.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,577	80.00–83.00	81.44
49	—	1,463	70.00–79.00	74.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,304	59.00–70.00	64.55
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,600	110.25–119.00	114.89
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,435	101.00–109.00	106.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
448	—	1,415	117.50–135.25	130.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	1,292	112.00–127.75	125.63
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,147	97.00–127.25	116.05
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,273	115.50–128.75	121.12
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,114	105.00–108.00	107.08
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	95.50	95.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,649	57.00–71.00	66.59
38	—	1,713	73.00–97.00	84.72

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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