Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 113 priced lines covering 10,454 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,987 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,592 head.

Mon Aug 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,987Last week 862Year ago 5,898

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,592Last week 427Year ago 157

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. The feeder cattle offerings were very light last week due to the week of extremely high temperatures, therefore no comparison is available.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
454	—	721	248.00–276.00	265.36
271	—	574	271.00–327.50	295.23
272	—	916	221.00–239.00	232.91
754	—	777	237.00–268.25	258.68
561	—	874	229.00–257.75	248.78
205	—	468	243.00–351.00	318.36
69	—	516	281.00–344.00	311.15
316	—	626	246.00–299.00	283.93
308	—	670	257.00–290.35	275.28
59	—	381	291.00–369.00	337.68
191	—	968	224.50–226.00	225.32
57	—	423	260.00–350.00	321.25
13	—	322	301.00–357.50	315.10
765	—	818	233.00–269.60	257.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	345	270.00	270.00
3	—	281	335.00	335.00
76	—	529	250.00–305.00	290.76
15	—	834	175.00–234.50	221.71
36	—	673	233.00–244.00	239.19
17	—	475	270.00–304.50	290.13
13	—	719	220.00–271.00	251.08
3	—	850	225.00	225.00
4	—	390	269.00	269.00
26	—	639	227.50–255.00	250.78
14	—	432	270.00–277.50	271.52
28	—	559	245.00–271.00	261.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	773	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	333	305.00	305.00
3	—	471	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	469	285.00–340.00	312.72
45	—	374	320.00–343.00	335.85
17	—	334	337.50–380.00	356.44
5	—	616	280.00	280.00
6	—	267	325.00–330.00	327.36
26	—	582	286.00–296.00	290.10
78	—	523	280.00–325.00	309.41
35	—	427	280.00–340.00	322.22
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,015	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	498	240.00	240.00
4	—	401	245.00	245.00
3	—	396	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	419	280.00–310.00	294.70
109	—	480	240.00–295.50	277.59
53	—	518	282.00–285.00	283.84
10	—	563	261.00	261.00
5	—	207	700.00	700.00
15	—	329	300.00–321.00	310.94
29	—	379	295.00–312.00	306.18
60	—	632	240.00–274.00	271.79
19	—	286	301.00–350.00	327.44
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,089	190.00–218.00	210.36
14	—	1,130	193.25–201.00	197.13
22	—	1,013	220.00–227.00	224.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
335	—	981	190.00–225.50	212.76
278	—	774	227.00–250.25	239.99
21	—	379	292.00–320.00	302.92
172	—	571	226.00–288.00	265.87
122	—	477	247.50–305.00	268.43
74	—	433	261.00–290.00	283.01
184	—	828	200.00–239.00	230.35
320	—	673	221.00–273.00	259.93
406	—	730	195.00–260.00	245.18
77	—	936	192.00–226.50	218.89
170	—	524	247.50–300.00	269.36
21	—	312	285.00–330.00	310.68
3	—	381	975.00	975.00
212	—	632	246.00–273.10	262.96
80	—	879	195.00–234.00	218.78
3	—	235	625.00	625.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	513	238.00–282.50	249.62
40	—	632	237.50–248.75	246.15
40	—	391	250.00–280.00	270.84
16	—	422	253.00–255.00	254.13
16	—	579	232.50–245.00	239.18
11	—	665	206.00–239.00	226.69
29	—	476	237.00–247.50	240.35
6	—	778	215.00	215.00
3	—	328	225.00	225.00
7	—	720	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	531	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	453	287.00	287.00
6	—	205	445.00	445.00
12	—	270	400.00	400.00
10	—	349	348.00	348.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	305.00	305.00
4	—	381	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	427	293.00	293.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,400	111.00–119.00	115.68
42	—	1,477	120.00–129.00	123.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,106	76.00–101.00	94.48
4	—	1,065	67.50–74.00	71.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,255	101.00–110.00	106.10
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,559	130.00–174.00	151.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
500	—	1,297	182.00–193.00	188.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,213	170.00–184.50	180.89
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,050	170.00–178.00	177.14
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,071	120.00–189.00	177.52
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,328	153.00–167.00	161.08
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,183	181.00–187.50	185.64
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,043	94.00–162.00	124.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,628	102.00–108.50	105.76
25	—	1,787	130.00–155.00	138.19
22	—	1,650	110.00–129.00	122.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
771	—	1,410	180.50–193.25	187.74
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	1,315	169.00–184.00	180.63
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,214	170.00–187.00	179.40
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,077	120.00–191.00	173.96
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,127	180.50–208.00	198.03
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,423	160.00–165.00	162.85
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,450	153.00–175.00	158.94
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,293	140.00–152.00	146.88
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,197	110.00–134.00	124.85

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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