Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 117 priced lines covering 2,678 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,795 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,221 head.

Mon Oct 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,795Last week 7,077Year ago 2,823

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,221Last week 1,521Year ago 1,636

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 1.50 lower. Feeder Cattle , too few receipts this past week for market test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	659	136.00	136.00
4	—	266	160.00	160.00
17	—	560	136.00–144.00	141.48
23	—	365	153.00–162.50	155.78
10	—	631	137.75	137.75
53	—	471	147.00–161.50	153.12
68	—	522	146.00–157.50	154.04
8	—	412	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	316	140.00	140.00
14	—	653	119.00	119.00
11	—	428	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	696	157.35	157.35
77	—	709	157.35	157.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	718	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	465	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	724	92.50	92.50
3	—	600	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	811	143.25	143.25
6	—	739	136.50	136.50
10	—	573	137.00–144.75	139.27
7	—	366	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,023	115.50	115.50
10	—	695	128.00	128.00
8	—	416	137.50	137.50
4	—	749	127.00	127.00
7	—	294	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	515	169.50–171.50	170.67
12	—	565	166.00–171.00	166.83
27	—	671	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	697	130.00–138.00	136.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	626	117.50	117.50
5	—	367	110.00	110.00
16	—	573	120.00–127.00	122.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	416	182.50	182.50
63	—	625	156.00–168.75	163.73
92	—	466	176.00–188.50	185.45
21	—	358	182.00–182.50	182.43
134	—	536	166.50–186.50	182.63
3	—	278	191.00	191.00
12	—	660	154.50	154.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	84.00	84.00
9	—	438	77.50	77.50
5	—	1,318	91.00	91.00
9	—	351	72.50	72.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	830	49.00	49.00
16	—	669	44.00–45.00	44.25
28	—	515	40.00–47.00	42.86
5	—	706	45.00	45.00
24	—	774	43.00–55.00	48.63
9	—	574	40.00	40.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	192	45.00	45.00
19	—	732	62.50	62.50
23	—	240	45.00	45.00
25	—	276	50.00–65.00	54.73
3	—	755	52.00	52.00
3	—	567	62.50	62.50
5	—	372	60.00	60.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	501	145.00	145.00
6	—	391	160.00	160.00
5	—	583	141.00	141.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	817	92.50	92.50
22	—	607	91.00–95.00	92.98
3	—	460	95.00	95.00
19	—	573	85.00–97.50	94.05
8	—	228	90.00–110.00	96.59
10	—	187	90.00–95.00	93.50
14	—	389	95.00–110.00	101.23
6	—	316	95.00	95.00
11	—	534	85.00	85.00
21	—	1,344	98.50	98.50
10	—	967	82.50–90.00	85.52
28	—	432	105.00–115.00	112.13
19	—	1,084	90.00	90.00
5	—	271	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	296	85.00	85.00
8	—	143	75.00	75.00
4	—	236	75.00	75.00
5	—	933	64.00	64.00
4	—	443	60.00	60.00
5	—	308	55.00	55.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	520	115.00–120.00	117.99
24	—	475	120.00–122.50	120.82
24	—	183	125.00	125.00
10	—	262	117.50	117.50
18	—	333	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	50.00	50.00
4	—	226	65.00	65.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,866	74.00–87.00	81.62
4	—	1,326	63.00–71.00	69.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,341	61.00–69.00	64.20
4	—	1,416	50.00–56.00	52.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,142	20.00–44.00	36.37
17	—	1,189	50.00–59.00	53.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,576	70.00–79.00	74.60
2	—	1,670	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
308	—	1,351	113.00–130.00	122.28
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,620	113.75	113.75
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,033	89.00–113.00	100.22
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,122	100.00–110.00	103.54
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,402	90.00–98.00	94.97
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,310	99.00–121.50	117.56
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,216	115.00–123.00	118.62
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,381	99.00–101.00	100.68
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,398	88.00–90.00	89.83
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,411	106.00–112.00	107.16
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,477	91.00–95.00	93.61
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,442	100.00–104.00	100.93
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,640	112.00–113.50	112.86
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,123	90.00–101.00	94.39
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,193	79.00–84.00	82.12
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,439	75.00–81.00	77.92
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,525	87.00–96.00	90.26
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,266	114.00–123.50	122.37
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,102	84.00–94.00	86.98
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,380	107.00–121.75	115.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
336	—	1,469	113.00–130.00	123.10
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,251	101.00–111.00	108.00

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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