Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 123 priced lines covering 8,002 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,467 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,546 head.

Mon Nov 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,467Last week 7,480Year ago 6,482

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,546Last week 1,140Year ago 2,130

Compared to last week: Choice steers 4.00 higher and choice heifers 5.00 higher. Feeder steers 400 to 449 lbs 5.00 lower, 450 to 649 lbs 1.00 to 8.00 higher, 650 to 849 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, 850 to 949 lbs 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 to 499 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 500 to 749 lbs steady to 1.00 lower, 750 to 799 lbs 6.00 lower, 800 to 849 lbs 1.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	151.00	151.00
13	—	542	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	194.00–211.00	202.16
54	—	379	170.00–208.00	192.64
4	—	1,094	138.50	138.50
3	—	361	540.00	540.00
363	—	629	151.00–174.25	162.40
294	—	584	150.00–185.00	167.92
430	—	530	159.00–187.00	175.33
6	—	473	450.00	450.00
3	—	266	375.00	375.00
89	—	428	169.00–192.00	178.15
172	—	474	169.00–195.00	184.20
535	—	729	138.00–174.25	156.42
375	—	675	144.00–166.00	154.24
189	—	825	144.50–159.00	156.68
258	—	766	145.00–174.25	158.59
143	—	925	136.00–161.25	159.88
3	—	286	184.00–200.00	194.88
246	—	881	146.00–165.00	157.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	679	141.00–148.00	143.94
4	—	376	181.00	181.00
9	—	824	134.00–140.00	137.84
3	—	337	174.00	174.00
34	—	629	145.00–157.00	151.21
53	—	571	146.00–166.00	157.41
3	—	1,001	134.50	134.50
23	—	768	130.00–142.50	133.84
28	—	718	135.00–150.00	146.48
45	—	523	150.00–168.00	157.52
11	—	433	146.00–165.00	158.06
26	—	485	141.00–171.00	161.77
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	164.00	164.00
3	—	328	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	436	171.00–175.00	173.26
3	—	743	137.00	137.00
10	—	521	156.00–166.00	159.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	184.00	184.00
5	—	742	147.50	147.50
10	—	374	201.00	201.00
28	—	420	174.00–195.00	182.42
59	—	496	177.00–187.00	185.92
130	—	522	152.50–188.50	172.79
91	—	674	146.00–159.50	152.82
151	—	624	150.00–166.50	156.61
137	—	575	150.00–180.00	170.26
5	—	323	193.00–210.00	202.67
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	552	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	511	145.00–167.25	164.19
17	—	611	140.00	140.00
98	—	477	146.00–165.00	156.35
8	—	267	160.00–161.00	160.48
126	—	581	135.00–148.00	139.41
36	—	441	153.00–157.00	155.53
5	—	650	133.00	133.00
17	—	363	166.00–177.50	172.02
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	441	144.00	144.00
5	—	723	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	653	126.00	126.00
9	—	485	143.00	143.00
26	—	539	130.00–142.50	133.86
10	—	432	140.00–146.00	142.43
17	—	585	129.00–137.00	130.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	130.00–140.00	134.92
11	—	714	121.00–139.00	130.70
46	—	614	126.00–140.00	132.15
50	—	487	140.00–156.00	147.37
4	—	890	133.50	133.50
20	—	393	156.00–160.50	159.59
27	—	571	138.00–142.50	139.98
19	—	421	141.00–152.00	147.42
18	—	528	131.00–145.00	141.00
41	—	677	121.00–140.00	131.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	389	530.00–635.00	586.20
406	—	628	132.00–156.00	147.28
263	—	485	140.00–171.00	157.88
35	—	380	145.50–166.00	156.81
77	—	729	140.00–147.00	144.16
3	—	923	127.00	127.00
24	—	802	131.00–154.50	147.60
453	—	572	136.50–158.50	150.52
126	—	530	141.50–158.00	148.14
5	—	1,230	114.00	114.00
8	—	327	150.00–180.00	166.49
222	—	667	135.00–151.50	143.13
83	—	433	150.00–169.00	160.09
7	—	887	143.00	143.00
46	—	779	132.00–145.00	137.71
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	566	136.50	136.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	713	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	675	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	458	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	125.00–139.00	130.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,229	113.50–129.75	127.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
398	—	1,340	122.00–139.50	134.54
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,083	84.50–125.00	110.40
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,216	118.00–132.50	125.64
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	997	104.00–114.50	109.46
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,590	119.00–121.00	120.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	53.00–54.00	53.68
64	—	1,360	57.00–68.00	62.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,181	25.00–45.00	37.93
41	—	1,249	45.00–56.00	51.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,573	69.00–78.00	72.78
1	—	2,030	66.00	66.00
2	—	1,610	85.00–89.00	87.41
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
403	—	1,447	123.00–138.25	134.53
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,330	118.75–129.50	126.44
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	106.75	106.75
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,774	120.50–128.50	122.88
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,450	100.00–106.00	101.49
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,156	90.00–125.00	116.13
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,339	121.50–129.50	124.48
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,232	114.00–119.75	114.71
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,399	86.50–95.00	90.75
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,353	81.00–111.00	98.64
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,193	70.00–95.00	79.96
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,581	111.00–117.75	114.55
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	85.00	85.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	88.00	88.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,586	55.00–70.00	63.48
29	—	1,727	72.00–91.00	79.94
1	—	1,400	116.00	116.00

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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