Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 122 priced lines covering 12,053 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,423 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,603 head.

Mon Sep 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,423Last week 4,023Year ago 3,431

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,603Last week 2,139Year ago 2,156

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers 400 to 649 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 lower, 650 to 699 lbs 2.00 higher, 700 to 849 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 850 to 999 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 to 449 lbs 2.00 higher, 450 to 799 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 800 to 849 lbs 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	619	150.00–163.00	155.06
44	—	825	140.00–145.00	143.15
37	—	516	155.00–170.00	159.51
24	—	427	181.00–187.00	184.46
63	—	673	149.00–150.00	149.69
69	—	724	138.00–152.00	147.87
62	—	587	137.00–163.00	159.32
16	—	486	160.00–176.50	171.76
7	—	886	138.00	138.00
4	—	923	134.00	134.00
3	—	966	100.00	100.00
78	—	774	140.00–151.00	144.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,206	113.00	113.00
3	—	1,110	126.00	126.00
793	—	727	152.00–170.00	161.82
4	—	193	201.00	201.00
544	—	632	153.00–169.00	163.99
21	—	343	195.00–211.00	200.24
278	—	675	157.00–166.25	162.58
38	—	373	193.00–215.00	202.51
317	—	869	147.00–159.75	153.02
1,581	—	827	145.00–164.60	158.48
145	—	969	133.00–147.75	144.08
131	—	480	174.50–193.00	182.13
460	—	568	150.00–185.00	171.13
583	—	767	147.00–168.10	159.48
168	—	428	190.00–209.00	203.48
389	—	910	140.25–154.50	151.62
6	—	1,158	128.00	128.00
7	—	281	485.00–600.00	550.81
4	—	356	450.00	450.00
407	—	529	161.00–188.00	180.83
25	—	1,036	125.00–134.00	128.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	353	186.00	186.00
10	—	278	184.00	184.00
5	—	688	144.00	144.00
13	—	591	145.00	145.00
31	—	474	164.00–177.00	169.42
13	—	441	176.00–187.00	182.03
11	—	611	150.00	150.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	602	152.00	152.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	616	146.00	146.00
5	—	521	162.00	162.00
5	—	802	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	419	199.00–210.00	202.23
11	—	459	181.00–202.00	194.46
67	—	522	162.00–185.25	175.43
67	—	578	145.00–173.00	155.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	875	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	454	208.50	208.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	310	570.00–575.00	573.38
4	—	369	630.00	630.00
18	—	283	365.00–560.00	527.88
23	—	325	161.00–205.00	186.64
703	—	722	138.00–152.00	147.75
74	—	958	136.25–138.00	137.06
229	—	475	150.00–175.00	162.48
8	—	1,129	116.00	116.00
102	—	425	155.00–186.00	173.74
132	—	816	134.00–144.75	141.75
260	—	577	147.00–166.00	156.28
435	—	620	146.00–158.50	152.90
3	—	1,055	121.00	121.00
84	—	879	137.50–147.50	139.78
3	—	1,007	131.00	131.00
88	—	378	160.00–186.00	173.37
631	—	676	141.00–156.00	151.45
223	—	524	147.00–177.00	159.75
96	—	910	135.00–139.10	137.79
119	—	763	139.00–149.00	144.24
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,009	130.85–133.35	132.39
32	—	764	134.50–139.50	136.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	468	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	583	134.00–147.00	142.76
25	—	658	133.00–140.50	137.73
6	—	321	270.00	270.00
21	—	532	133.00–146.00	141.26
3	—	425	165.00	165.00
11	—	826	124.00–129.00	126.25
45	—	722	131.50–140.25	136.67
28	—	625	140.00–142.00	140.73
7	—	1,042	103.00	103.00
37	—	777	125.00–136.00	128.11
14	—	382	140.00–155.00	150.92
44	—	478	135.00–158.00	147.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	784	140.00	140.00
7	—	849	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	391	180.00	180.00
48	—	521	140.50–156.50	146.69
16	—	589	131.00–145.00	138.38
3	—	312	220.00	220.00
13	—	411	164.00–175.00	171.51
7	—	615	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	165.00	165.00
4	—	555	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	141.00	141.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,751	73.00–99.00	86.18
2	—	1,375	60.00–71.00	66.78
1	—	1,915	100.00	100.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,455	70.00–79.00	73.42
6	—	1,565	80.00–81.00	80.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,174	49.00–59.00	55.02
23	—	1,045	20.00–49.00	39.45
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	92.00–95.00	93.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,299	60.00–69.00	65.59
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,257	114.50–123.00	120.94
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,149	100.00–117.00	110.94
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,202	107.50–112.00	109.20
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
498	—	1,421	114.50–131.00	124.37
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	93.00	93.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,297	100.50–121.50	115.53
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,138	70.00–98.00	78.70
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,502	110.00–116.00	112.93
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,436	100.00–109.00	104.54
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,044	100.00–109.50	106.15
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,074	112.00–126.50	117.78
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,064	80.00–119.00	106.73
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,196	113.00–121.50	118.19
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
404	—	1,285	112.50–130.00	123.61
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,557	106.50–108.50	108.26

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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