Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 124 priced lines covering 9,601 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,521 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,048 head.

Mon Oct 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,521Last week 1,795Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,048Last week 1,221Year ago 1,962

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 5.00 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
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
982	—	871	148.00–166.10	159.02
756	—	784	151.00–166.25	161.50
7	—	307	200.00	200.00
87	—	428	171.00–195.00	186.93
4	—	159	320.00	320.00
92	—	472	173.00–194.00	182.64
8	—	256	215.00	215.00
5	—	254	222.50	222.50
353	—	680	159.75–172.50	168.22
3	—	1,007	139.00	139.00
179	—	518	166.00–192.00	182.78
212	—	960	144.50–153.50	149.96
422	—	570	152.00–178.25	169.89
273	—	630	154.00–173.50	163.52
59	—	381	192.75–209.00	206.59
485	—	728	151.00–169.00	162.46
945	—	826	150.00–165.85	162.76
242	—	938	141.50–156.00	153.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	857	137.00–146.50	142.26
17	—	721	143.00–151.00	146.03
63	—	620	142.00–155.00	149.09
29	—	774	144.00–153.00	148.55
77	—	518	151.00–172.00	160.07
4	—	381	180.00	180.00
40	—	488	153.00–167.00	159.24
66	—	579	145.00–158.00	154.02
175	—	674	131.00–155.00	144.02
13	—	906	140.00–142.00	140.47
21	—	438	161.00–180.00	172.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	748	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	699	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	446	180.00–183.00	181.77
65	—	575	155.00–171.50	167.21
14	—	621	158.00–159.00	158.36
8	—	340	210.00	210.00
29	—	477	169.00–184.00	177.76
10	—	366	191.00–195.00	193.83
49	—	527	171.00–185.50	180.56
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,022	145.50	145.50
7	—	772	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	469	156.00–169.00	163.50
12	—	642	147.00	147.00
7	—	675	140.00	140.00
7	—	736	136.00	136.00
3	—	543	157.00	157.00
5	—	446	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	393	158.00	158.00
30	—	578	138.00–153.00	143.53
5	—	331	175.00	175.00
4	—	228	207.50	207.50
18	—	416	164.00–172.00	169.03
19	—	533	138.50–155.50	150.02
46	—	478	146.00–160.00	151.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	156.50	156.50
6	—	548	136.00	136.00
5	—	494	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,039	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
449	—	674	138.00–162.60	155.06
114	—	471	149.00–163.00	156.68
143	—	815	137.00–152.00	146.49
60	—	860	136.00–149.25	143.08
75	—	974	125.00–143.85	141.36
53	—	374	157.00–172.00	163.53
225	—	921	134.50–144.35	142.10
236	—	626	140.00–161.50	149.33
74	—	726	147.00–156.60	151.49
21	—	322	170.00–177.50	173.02
57	—	1,056	139.35	139.35
107	—	566	137.00–154.00	147.47
3	—	178	275.00	275.00
3	—	235	400.00	400.00
117	—	768	140.00–150.00	145.68
167	—	519	140.00–166.00	158.65
186	—	432	157.00–178.00	169.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	709	133.50–140.00	137.70
16	—	964	117.00–125.50	119.94
5	—	300	155.00	155.00
12	—	813	132.50–135.00	133.53
30	—	626	129.00–142.00	134.54
46	—	516	138.00–151.00	143.58
64	—	489	131.00–155.50	145.88
29	—	665	121.00–139.50	131.58
24	—	580	130.00–145.00	139.54
4	—	779	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	374	190.00	190.00
64	—	704	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	630	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	644	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	421	150.00–189.00	177.02
2	—	757	121.00	121.00
8	—	464	152.00–165.00	156.83
4	—	612	115.00	115.00
6	—	553	148.00–153.00	151.31
8	—	501	171.00	171.00
4	—	664	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	529	146.00	146.00
5	—	652	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	592	139.00	139.00
2	—	428	161.00	161.00
2	—	388	168.00	168.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,431	112.50–117.50	114.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
256	—	1,304	118.75–133.75	128.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,245	114.50–123.50	118.83
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,076	106.00–110.00	108.65
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,055	82.00–117.00	99.28
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,139	112.00–120.00	116.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,079	20.00–44.00	34.06
32	—	1,190	45.00–54.00	49.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,649	66.00–78.00	71.21
2	—	1,755	80.00–82.00	81.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,313	54.00–68.00	59.36
7	—	1,341	50.00–54.00	51.76
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,347	125.00	125.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,369	107.50–123.85	120.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
309	—	1,459	120.50–134.00	128.57
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,131	109.00–116.75	113.70
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,259	117.00–123.50	121.37
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	108.50	108.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,349	110.00–118.00	112.38
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	106.00–109.50	108.17
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,181	82.00–112.00	102.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,418	47.00–71.00	62.34
1	—	2,095	113.00	113.00
24	—	1,737	51.00–91.00	79.45

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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