Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 98 priced lines covering 4,099 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,614 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,051 head.

Mon Oct 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,614Last week 9,521Year ago 7,951

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,051Last week 1,048Year ago 2,531

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers steady to 1.25 higher. Feeder cattle, too few receipts this week for a good market test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	717	154.50	154.50
3	—	870	144.00	144.00
24	—	676	158.50–160.75	159.71
3	—	603	141.00	141.00
2	—	808	145.00	145.00
28	—	573	147.00–171.00	155.89
17	—	489	174.00–182.00	178.14
6	—	425	182.00	182.00
9	—	362	184.00–190.00	187.44
4	—	930	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	341	280.00	280.00
6	—	401	500.00–650.00	575.00
95	—	466	177.00–190.25	186.89
128	—	528	163.00–181.50	174.42
9	—	268	260.00–650.00	464.43
28	—	730	153.00–161.50	157.71
257	—	937	155.50–158.00	157.33
31	—	338	195.00–210.00	205.38
21	—	419	189.00–195.00	190.11
56	—	561	169.50–176.00	173.54
3	—	866	149.00	149.00
78	—	813	146.00–156.00	153.93
96	—	625	153.50–164.50	160.13
44	—	391	197.50–213.00	210.27
11	—	663	153.00–154.00	153.64
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	596	155.50–156.50	156.09
17	—	719	147.00–155.00	150.80
4	—	685	140.00	140.00
2	—	840	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	154.00	154.00
7	—	782	133.00	133.00
3	—	455	166.00	166.00
15	—	437	169.00	169.00
4	—	396	183.00	183.00
7	—	599	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	578	162.00–169.00	167.09
42	—	633	149.00–158.50	155.24
39	—	656	170.00	170.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	132.00	132.00
6	—	695	130.00	130.00
4	—	640	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	987	138.75–143.10	141.14
49	—	781	151.50–154.00	152.39
10	—	695	153.50	153.50
14	—	279	370.00–500.00	422.62
19	—	324	169.00–176.00	175.27
17	—	625	147.25–148.00	147.51
26	—	829	144.50–150.25	147.18
10	—	336	610.00–640.00	628.47
42	—	390	173.50–174.00	173.56
72	—	939	144.00–146.25	144.27
64	—	1,027	126.00–140.00	138.17
69	—	584	141.00–162.00	150.33
15	—	714	147.00–147.50	147.14
6	—	540	168.00	168.00
40	—	436	160.00–164.50	161.95
122	—	475	154.00–177.00	161.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	524	130.00–150.00	144.00
7	—	713	144.00	144.00
2	—	337	147.50	147.50
14	—	678	142.00–143.00	142.35
8	—	407	132.00–150.00	142.72
8	—	607	130.00–133.00	130.39
70	—	569	138.00–148.25	144.53
4	—	390	141.00	141.00
33	—	482	150.00–151.50	150.82
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	572	139.00	139.00
62	—	1,026	134.50–140.10	139.73
8	—	471	136.00–141.00	139.07
46	—	753	147.00	147.00
2	—	883	133.00	133.00
32	—	634	135.00–144.00	140.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,119	91.00–116.00	108.98
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,240	117.25–127.50	122.03
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
462	—	1,348	117.00–134.50	129.15
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	94.00	94.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,153	115.00–124.25	121.66
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,540	112.00–116.00	114.98
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	81.00	81.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,188	104.00–112.50	109.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,493	51.00–57.00	53.98
87	—	1,330	56.00–68.00	63.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,256	47.00–57.00	52.23
47	—	1,139	20.00–47.00	38.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	81.00–82.00	81.48
55	—	1,509	69.00–78.00	73.02
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,327	111.00–124.50	122.04
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
685	—	1,457	116.50–136.50	130.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,154	100.00–105.00	101.75
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,158	107.00–119.50	114.81
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,790	110.00	110.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,303	114.50–126.00	122.80
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,378	111.00–114.50	111.86
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,369	100.00–110.00	106.94
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,223	92.00–105.00	98.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,685	71.00–99.00	81.10
10	—	1,522	40.00–72.00	61.36

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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