Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 74 priced lines covering 2,981 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,927 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,610 head.

Mon Sep 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,927Last week 11,423Year ago 8,363

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,610Last week 1,603Year ago 2,109

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to $1 lower. Feeder cattle, too few receipts for an accurate market test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	927	139.50	139.50
132	—	724	138.50–148.50	144.95
112	—	867	135.10–145.75	140.93
90	—	769	140.00–147.25	145.26
19	—	819	135.00–138.25	137.44
8	—	528	148.00	148.00
73	—	686	145.50–150.50	147.40
33	—	629	148.00–152.75	149.96
4	—	994	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	488	137.50	137.50
5	—	404	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	644	140.00–141.00	140.51
4	—	460	145.50	145.50
5	—	809	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	860	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	943	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	923	139.00–141.25	140.68
174	—	724	150.00–167.00	158.22
150	—	821	148.25–158.85	157.72
60	—	969	146.00	146.00
30	—	666	154.00–167.75	160.41
38	—	874	140.50–145.00	143.01
40	—	634	155.50–159.50	156.96
21	—	467	171.00–179.00	172.93
9	—	566	167.00	167.00
250	—	787	156.00–161.50	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	980	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	153.00	153.00
12	—	726	141.50–144.00	142.97
12	—	629	141.00–152.00	145.91
16	—	844	132.00–141.50	136.69
25	—	697	148.00	148.00
10	—	788	139.00–145.00	141.36
18	—	869	137.00	137.00
17	—	463	160.00–165.50	164.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	483	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	145.00	145.00
4	—	314	179.00	179.00
3	—	395	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	161.00	161.00
3	—	992	96.00	96.00
5	—	476	154.00–161.00	158.09
14	—	555	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,565	61.00–71.00	68.02
16	—	1,759	74.00–97.00	83.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,173	50.00–61.00	55.70
16	—	1,047	31.00–49.00	40.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,295	62.00–70.00	65.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,481	70.00–79.00	76.14
25	—	1,585	80.00–85.00	81.81
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
375	—	1,323	114.00–128.75	122.37
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,108	88.00–120.00	111.58
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,248	100.00–120.75	114.43
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,154	110.00–122.50	117.59
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,161	98.00–102.00	99.40
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,584	85.00–90.00	87.18
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	90.00–90.50	90.25
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,237	112.50–125.00	119.77
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,085	96.00–122.25	112.42
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,870	109.00–113.00	110.94
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,208	100.00–107.00	102.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,370	103.00–120.50	112.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,415	90.00–99.00	93.98
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
388	—	1,436	114.00–129.25	123.03
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,438	111.00–117.50	113.90
79	—	1,480	105.00–114.00	109.18
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,340	103.00–109.00	107.17
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	81.00–99.00	90.54
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,263	104.00	104.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,126	78.00–88.00	82.49
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,287	99.00–100.50	99.71

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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