Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 128 priced lines covering 7,758 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,077 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,521 head.

Mon Oct 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,077Last week 1,927Year ago 2,580

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,521Last week 1,610Year ago 1,689

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers .50 lower to 2.75 higher. Feeder cattle, too few receipts last week for a good market test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	741	138.00	138.00
3	—	960	125.00	125.00
9	—	537	140.00–142.00	140.87
24	—	626	137.00–144.00	141.31
49	—	473	140.00–153.00	146.59
9	—	887	130.75	130.75
8	—	437	147.00–151.00	148.45
13	—	365	130.00	130.00
15	—	572	135.00–144.00	141.65
6	—	827	129.00	129.00
31	—	675	135.75–138.00	136.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	715	132.50–150.75	144.71
208	—	775	135.25–153.00	145.66
166	—	658	136.00–150.00	144.33
80	—	862	143.50–144.00	143.74
92	—	926	117.00–142.00	139.39
13	—	328	169.00–178.00	173.41
124	—	475	155.00–169.00	164.48
52	—	423	155.00–176.00	169.26
137	—	618	140.00–149.00	144.83
80	—	1,023	130.50–134.50	134.24
127	—	519	140.00–166.00	154.19
164	—	578	140.00–157.25	149.66
27	—	368	163.00–180.00	172.43
82	—	824	130.00–144.00	141.19
117	—	974	139.25–140.25	139.76
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	680	131.00	131.00
56	—	1,041	138.25	138.25
4	—	1,125	96.00	96.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	602	140.00	140.00
33	—	522	138.00–157.00	151.50
44	—	372	156.50–176.00	172.18
38	—	573	140.00–154.00	147.97
23	—	325	175.00–191.00	179.35
64	—	419	158.00–169.50	166.40
74	—	466	154.00–170.50	161.72
7	—	252	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	451	145.00	145.00
28	—	564	139.00–140.00	139.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	570	173.00–176.00	175.59
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	495	146.00	146.00
13	—	364	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	130.00	130.00
3	—	478	162.00	162.00
12	—	430	120.00–157.00	142.52
8	—	363	150.00	150.00
3	—	562	141.00	141.00
3	—	657	132.00	132.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	456	168.00	168.00
4	—	635	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	267	219.00	219.00
569	—	778	151.50–166.50	161.54
119	—	481	179.00–191.00	186.66
150	—	915	134.50–148.25	146.14
207	—	971	130.25–146.50	143.81
255	—	728	146.00–166.00	161.55
244	—	634	154.00–172.50	164.13
17	—	425	187.00–198.00	192.33
3	—	320	205.00	205.00
566	—	863	149.00–162.00	157.64
7	—	1,196	123.50	123.50
4	—	1,256	120.00	120.00
244	—	670	154.75–169.75	165.87
551	—	819	144.00–165.00	158.33
38	—	378	190.00–215.00	202.95
127	—	522	155.00–186.50	174.88
165	—	577	154.00–180.00	167.78
24	—	1,014	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	192.50	192.50
53	—	674	144.50–152.00	149.24
36	—	528	143.00–168.00	161.64
7	—	846	146.00	146.00
41	—	713	135.00–150.00	147.73
28	—	578	147.00–159.00	154.07
23	—	877	142.25–146.00	142.89
44	—	771	139.00–147.25	144.64
6	—	611	153.00	153.00
31	—	466	150.00–172.00	158.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	648	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	430	186.00–204.00	195.55
73	—	493	184.75–189.50	185.67
86	—	519	154.00–186.50	176.85
29	—	340	197.50–202.50	201.63
32	—	628	148.00–165.00	158.50
10	—	289	207.50	207.50
17	—	582	165.50–167.00	166.30
8	—	387	190.00–195.00	192.49
3	—	855	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	570	151.00	151.00
10	—	470	157.50	157.50
15	—	420	166.00–184.00	169.65
13	—	540	160.00	160.00
20	—	663	141.00–149.00	147.76
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	547	153.00	153.00
11	—	421	150.00–152.50	151.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,352	62.00–73.00	67.58
18	—	1,504	71.00–95.00	83.59
5	—	1,543	100.00–104.00	101.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,387	55.00–61.00	58.09
36	—	1,342	61.00–70.00	65.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,594	80.00–85.00	81.27
35	—	1,529	70.00–79.00	75.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,142	20.00–48.00	37.16
20	—	1,301	49.00–61.00	54.42
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,238	101.00–121.50	117.09
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,542	88.50–92.00	89.65
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,082	73.00–115.50	91.17
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,209	110.00–124.75	119.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
369	—	1,308	118.00–130.00	123.58
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,507	118.75–119.75	119.25
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,524	113.00–117.00	114.40
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	86.00	86.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,337	108.00–110.00	109.13
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,221	74.00–77.00	76.70
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	101.00	101.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,172	94.00–110.00	106.45
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,466	109.00–117.50	112.22
24	—	1,492	113.00–118.50	115.23
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,474	95.00–111.00	106.43
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,326	104.50–112.75	109.54
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,127	75.00–122.00	101.81
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	104.00–110.00	107.24
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
488	—	1,450	115.00–135.00	124.57
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,442	126.75	126.75
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,264	115.50–123.50	119.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,268	110.00–121.50	118.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	86.50–88.50	87.48

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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