Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 157 priced lines covering 12,232 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,290 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,614 head.

Mon Nov 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,290Last week 7,467Year ago 10,827

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,614Last week 1,546Year ago 4,233

Compared to last week: Choice steers 3.00 higher and choice heifers 5.00 higher. Feeder steers 400 to 449 lbs 3.00 higher, 450 to 599 lbs steady to 11.00 lower, 600 to 899 lbs 1.00 to 10.00 higher, 900 to 949 lbs 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers 400 to 649 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower, 650 to 799 lbs 4.00 to 14.00 higher, 800 to 849 lbs 3.00lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	480	147.00–153.00	151.86
4	—	416	142.00	142.00
3	—	545	144.00	144.00
21	—	614	135.00–136.00	135.43
15	—	577	121.00–146.00	139.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	609	155.00	155.00
66	—	518	152.00–170.50	165.01
86	—	587	153.00–179.50	169.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,023	105.00	105.00
27	—	336	158.00–180.00	169.10
18	—	935	129.00–137.00	135.26
457	—	572	132.50–158.00	146.99
5	—	295	175.00	175.00
466	—	679	125.00–155.35	151.45
185	—	735	128.00–154.00	148.63
91	—	374	148.00–179.00	163.14
402	—	620	139.50–154.00	145.56
337	—	477	135.00–186.00	153.64
338	—	771	134.00–157.75	152.07
165	—	422	145.00–165.00	156.15
10	—	965	135.00–142.50	140.23
295	—	530	132.00–154.00	147.07
51	—	821	131.00–154.50	144.30
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,023	123.00	123.00
10	—	845	130.25	130.25
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	594	125.00–129.00	125.88
10	—	546	133.00	133.00
6	—	443	141.00	141.00
12	—	626	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	485	138.50–163.50	149.89
9	—	275	360.00–375.00	366.92
5	—	346	178.00	178.00
86	—	422	148.00–175.00	159.75
23	—	380	162.00–175.00	171.73
128	—	520	140.00–165.00	150.28
45	—	680	131.00–137.00	133.96
84	—	631	126.00–151.00	142.54
68	—	573	134.00–165.00	149.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	324	137.50–164.00	155.50
41	—	436	115.00–165.00	147.87
12	—	806	120.00–136.00	124.02
51	—	570	130.00–140.00	135.04
27	—	389	136.00–159.00	150.73
3	—	1,025	111.00	111.00
41	—	466	131.00–146.50	142.64
3	—	778	140.00	140.00
16	—	265	162.50–170.00	165.05
48	—	524	119.00–145.00	131.86
9	—	669	130.00–136.00	133.33
4	—	714	135.00	135.00
22	—	624	124.00–136.50	130.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	497	169.00	169.00
12	—	501	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	616	121.00–127.50	124.82
3	—	887	112.50	112.50
3	—	933	102.00	102.00
26	—	479	130.00–155.00	143.37
8	—	727	120.00–130.00	123.69
9	—	816	112.50–119.00	116.78
33	—	568	128.00–141.00	136.38
5	—	322	190.00–202.50	195.28
5	—	528	131.00–145.00	136.36
13	—	382	145.00–190.00	175.83
6	—	421	140.00–157.50	148.73
25	—	665	127.00–129.00	128.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	162.00	162.00
6	—	595	140.50	140.50
18	—	502	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	608	123.00	123.00
5	—	478	150.00	150.00
6	—	393	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	459	158.00–194.00	184.43
214	—	583	161.00–177.00	169.70
58	—	428	170.00–212.50	191.04
222	—	520	142.50–189.50	179.30
9	—	392	205.00–215.00	209.48
81	—	685	145.00–153.50	149.52
28	—	715	151.75–155.00	152.32
19	—	337	173.00–200.00	191.83
256	—	627	135.00–170.00	156.89
3	—	318	585.00	585.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	444	171.00	171.00
25	—	477	165.00–174.00	168.15
12	—	684	140.00–145.00	143.31
13	—	538	152.00–170.00	160.34
24	—	620	142.00–150.00	146.46
23	—	580	149.50–160.00	154.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	969	131.00–163.85	158.26
121	—	907	158.85–159.50	159.19
536	—	618	139.00–175.25	163.53
9	—	320	180.00–210.00	194.53
388	—	574	150.00–180.00	165.55
2	—	285	167.50	167.50
349	—	675	135.00–168.50	157.32
199	—	877	132.00–165.00	161.21
89	—	434	163.00–189.50	181.30
3	—	296	390.00	390.00
383	—	725	142.00–170.35	158.35
529	—	822	121.00–171.75	167.00
413	—	527	150.00–190.50	174.78
7	—	1,051	131.50	131.50
177	—	773	138.00–165.75	160.07
245	—	479	150.00–189.00	173.01
232	—	1,010	153.00–155.00	154.11
76	—	382	171.00–220.00	191.47
3	—	1,437	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	125.00	125.00
18	—	537	140.00–152.00	148.06
5	—	432	150.00–160.00	153.79
5	—	751	125.00	125.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	769	154.50	154.50
63	—	1,038	141.00–150.60	149.24
55	—	1,067	149.50	149.50
69	—	843	153.00	153.00
32	—	577	145.00–146.50	145.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	720	132.00–155.00	147.34
16	—	780	143.50–154.00	146.66
6	—	1,014	127.50	127.50
39	—	482	141.00–175.00	162.60
6	—	828	140.00–149.50	144.78
43	—	629	132.50–160.00	147.00
14	—	363	165.00–190.00	178.95
7	—	962	132.50	132.50
46	—	431	149.00–187.00	168.24
79	—	582	139.00–167.00	153.73
13	—	314	150.00–177.50	170.05
16	—	689	141.00–158.00	148.88
9	—	906	136.50	136.50
57	—	522	132.50–171.00	154.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	652	153.75	153.75
20	—	532	206.00	206.00
88	—	478	167.00–205.00	182.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,478	44.00–53.00	48.20
124	—	1,400	52.00–68.00	59.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,579	64.00–78.00	71.20
4	—	1,710	79.00–81.00	79.79
2	—	1,823	52.00–53.00	52.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,185	20.00–44.00	33.46
67	—	1,270	44.00–53.00	48.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,481	37.00–67.00	57.72
46	—	1,809	68.00–88.00	77.45
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,129	93.00–96.00	93.97
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,430	98.00–109.00	104.48
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,526	109.00–113.00	111.45
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,809	120.00–126.00	121.91
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,218	122.00–130.00	127.31
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,117	110.00–119.00	115.66
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,175	100.00–125.00	113.80
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,344	118.00–129.75	126.35
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
721	—	1,446	124.00–139.50	133.55
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,712	113.00–123.00	116.89
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,201	117.00–131.00	126.96
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,087	105.00–126.00	117.73
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,090	110.00–112.00	111.17
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,269	120.00–129.50	126.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
677	—	1,349	123.00–138.75	134.42
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	104.00	104.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line