Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 103 priced lines covering 6,453 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,464 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,515 head.

Mon Sep 4, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,464Last week 8,987Year ago 11,803

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,515Last week 2,592Year ago 884

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers under 650 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower; over 650 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs sold 9.00 to 12.00 higher; 600 to 750 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 lower; over 750 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	426	283.00–294.00	291.93
5	—	876	200.00–230.00	222.26
5	—	941	219.75	219.75
11	—	681	239.00–246.50	242.49
20	—	736	235.00	235.00
15	—	815	212.50–228.00	218.77
8	—	614	240.00–243.50	242.20
31	—	482	247.50–297.00	284.52
24	—	574	250.00–285.00	262.16
10	—	540	260.00–280.00	276.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
10	—	322	1,050.00–1,325.00	1,227.43
112	—	582	266.00–305.00	295.05
18	—	364	1,230.00–1,325.00	1,307.83
272	—	876	227.00–270.00	248.91
92	—	620	258.00–301.10	282.14
15	—	413	1,375.00–1,440.00	1,409.04
63	—	486	290.00–317.00	312.17
34	—	382	327.50–345.00	342.50
294	—	724	241.00–272.00	266.37
221	—	925	219.00–276.00	243.13
36	—	434	342.00–357.50	345.34
124	—	515	301.00–320.50	314.05
547	—	823	230.50–269.00	256.50
41	—	664	260.00–277.00	264.82
278	—	769	236.00–269.00	262.58
461	—	962	219.00–240.60	229.51
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	846	186.00	186.00
9	—	1,175	185.00–188.00	185.33
22	—	1,083	187.00	187.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,191	190.00	190.00
42	—	1,020	232.00–241.00	233.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
7	—	273	1,180.00	1,180.00
14	—	522	280.00	280.00
20	—	446	312.50–320.00	318.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
3	—	243	925.00	925.00
3	—	338	1,075.00	1,075.00
7	—	273	1,085.00–1,125.00	1,108.47
31	—	346	357.00	357.00
24	—	362	317.50–342.00	335.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	464	259.50–304.00	281.42
780	—	766	222.00–246.25	245.03
133	—	524	265.00–290.00	279.78
145	—	679	230.00–265.00	252.77
73	—	572	260.50–287.25	275.02
22	—	972	200.00–229.00	219.53
225	—	823	222.00–248.50	231.57
71	—	923	175.00–228.00	221.58
22	—	368	1,125.00–1,330.00	1,221.41
5	—	341	1,100.00	1,100.00
80	—	722	225.00–256.75	238.40
82	—	418	275.00–310.00	302.30
41	—	625	235.00–242.00	239.99
15	—	881	225.00–227.00	225.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	547	290.25	290.25
28	—	489	286.00–293.75	292.09
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,012	180.50	180.50
4	—	880	181.00	181.00
7	—	1,163	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	212.50	212.50
9	—	392	238.50	238.50
4	—	483	250.00	250.00
27	—	819	224.00	224.00
29	—	773	194.00–220.00	204.55
20	—	439	239.00–256.50	248.70
2	—	923	170.00–185.00	177.40
9	—	626	200.00–233.00	225.86
12	—	531	202.50–260.00	238.53
25	—	571	230.00–250.00	240.83
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,165	180.00	180.00
4	—	1,061	192.50–208.00	204.04
4	—	1,125	180.00–183.00	182.26
6	—	1,005	185.00–206.00	202.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	389	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	443	316.00	316.00
35	—	351	1,520.00	1,520.00
12	—	300	1,400.00	1,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
352	—	1,280	181.00–191.00	187.36
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,243	170.00–183.50	179.99
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,063	131.00–180.00	166.90
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,195	181.00	181.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,428	120.00–129.00	123.11
54	—	1,336	110.00–119.50	115.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	959	50.00–76.00	67.99
54	—	1,104	80.00–101.50	95.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,204	102.00–111.00	106.44
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,599	131.00–136.00	134.27
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,047	125.00–132.00	128.15
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,568	152.50	152.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	161.00	161.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
514	—	1,431	177.00–191.75	186.96
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,314	168.00–183.50	179.76
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,133	150.00–185.00	175.13
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	179.00–182.00	180.04
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,167	144.00–150.00	146.18
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,253	149.00–159.00	154.19
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,147	131.00	131.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,467	160.00–169.00	164.83
16	—	1,630	159.00–179.00	166.29
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,451	154.00–158.00	157.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,746	132.00–146.00	137.49
16	—	1,915	112.00–130.00	123.89
1	—	1,795	96.00	96.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,190	120.00–160.00	139.57

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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