Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 111 priced lines covering 7,590 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,480 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,140 head.

Mon Nov 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,480Last week 2,614Year ago 2,101

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,140Last week 2,051Year ago 782

Compared to last week: Choice steers and heifers 2.00 to 7.00 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	374	144.00–159.00	151.16
84	—	728	130.00–149.00	143.80
130	—	479	140.00–170.25	151.21
72	—	812	138.50–150.25	146.63
68	—	672	140.00–147.50	143.81
8	—	327	165.00–172.50	166.90
109	—	770	135.00–149.00	144.42
53	—	428	141.00–169.50	156.11
176	—	531	131.00–159.50	148.45
25	—	862	125.00–141.00	131.37
237	—	573	135.00–161.50	149.45
10	—	1,107	131.25	131.25
7	—	950	131.50	131.50
223	—	620	137.00–155.00	147.38
122	—	924	146.60–147.35	146.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	717	125.00–137.25	133.22
25	—	626	130.00–135.00	134.53
37	—	524	121.00–142.00	130.20
11	—	374	123.00–152.00	136.85
25	—	573	129.00–142.00	134.82
1	—	775	123.00	123.00
17	—	669	125.00–134.00	132.37
15	—	474	126.00–145.00	136.18
12	—	431	123.00–145.00	130.91
3	—	312	123.00–140.00	129.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	519	135.00–154.50	144.34
27	—	663	143.25	143.25
32	—	623	141.50–147.00	144.45
35	—	394	150.00–162.50	161.48
167	—	575	139.50–154.00	148.43
115	—	472	148.00–174.50	163.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	578	128.00–135.25	132.59
29	—	479	131.00–154.00	145.55
9	—	547	140.00	140.00
34	—	625	134.25–135.00	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,007	121.00–144.35	140.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
391	—	622	146.00–174.00	161.33
335	—	722	131.00–165.75	156.90
148	—	530	146.00–183.00	167.12
395	—	783	138.00–170.00	164.70
46	—	430	156.00–204.00	183.19
67	—	923	131.00–157.00	149.43
67	—	1,032	145.75	145.75
483	—	875	121.00–164.10	152.85
274	—	576	145.00–177.50	165.21
158	—	482	150.00–186.00	175.31
23	—	377	170.00–200.00	183.54
505	—	831	131.00–169.25	161.11
17	—	329	192.50–202.50	200.00
305	—	676	140.00–162.00	156.99
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,019	133.60	133.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	662	128.00–150.00	144.51
68	—	622	121.00–157.00	146.95
29	—	776	120.00–151.00	140.47
26	—	559	125.00–160.00	152.14
12	—	713	128.00–145.00	139.20
17	—	428	140.00–170.00	152.91
4	—	855	140.00	140.00
29	—	529	139.00–166.00	157.06
16	—	487	122.50–163.00	160.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	628	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	570	148.50–179.00	171.16
259	—	620	159.50–173.75	169.87
20	—	430	169.00–196.00	188.64
90	—	510	170.00–195.00	188.60
31	—	397	199.50–217.50	204.08
58	—	676	156.25–164.00	160.52
76	—	488	178.00–196.50	188.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	568	147.75–150.00	148.57
12	—	746	143.00	143.00
19	—	434	148.00–165.00	157.32
8	—	538	140.00	140.00
5	—	696	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	165.00–185.00	174.77
7	—	425	170.00	170.00
4	—	274	180.00–190.00	184.98
3	—	653	133.00	133.00
5	—	609	141.00	141.00
11	—	486	130.00–155.00	149.64
5	—	572	157.00	157.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	684	124.00–136.50	131.97
3	—	450	180.00	180.00
10	—	514	145.00–154.00	149.38
11	—	609	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
292	—	1,374	119.00–137.00	129.76
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,225	118.00–128.50	124.37
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,238	104.00–115.00	107.64
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,108	100.00–115.00	108.04
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,294	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,337	109.00–126.00	119.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,134	31.00–45.00	37.02
15	—	1,361	46.00–53.00	49.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,413	55.00–69.00	60.94
9	—	1,474	46.00–55.00	52.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	80.00–84.00	81.65
10	—	1,675	70.00–78.00	74.06
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,489	101.00–107.50	103.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
417	—	1,461	122.00–136.60	130.78
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,528	137.50	137.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,179	94.50–118.10	102.96
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,263	120.00–133.00	126.29
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,750	124.00	124.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,436	113.50–126.00	119.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	115.00–119.00	117.08
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,610	112.00	112.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,218	85.00–95.00	89.37
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,584	107.00–112.00	109.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,935	71.00–92.00	81.06

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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