Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 136 priced lines covering 10,091 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,739 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,616 head.

Mon Sep 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,739Last week 12,942Year ago 9,699

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,616Last week 997Year ago 2,048

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher; 600 to 700 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 lower; 700 to 800 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher; over 800 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	689	232.50–253.50	244.76
46	—	722	195.00–251.00	230.98
31	—	477	283.00–312.50	291.27
41	—	759	223.00–245.00	230.07
8	—	336	300.00–310.00	306.17
4	—	375	325.00	325.00
14	—	426	200.00–300.00	258.52
15	—	811	230.00–248.25	241.57
51	—	632	210.00–265.00	259.47
67	—	579	247.00–284.00	272.14
5	—	853	217.50	217.50
13	—	904	219.50	219.50
74	—	519	200.00–290.00	265.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	340.00	340.00
239	—	477	300.00–350.00	326.30
593	—	831	240.00–278.00	257.57
3	—	952	238.00	238.00
20	—	386	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,318.78
288	—	575	260.00–320.00	295.82
410	—	922	229.00–249.75	241.81
291	—	524	280.50–326.00	306.48
5	—	450	1,325.00	1,325.00
3	—	297	1,000.00	1,000.00
303	—	722	250.00–286.00	276.79
321	—	622	264.00–306.00	289.47
964	—	875	229.50–254.25	246.34
105	—	386	315.00–363.00	350.81
11	—	326	312.50–345.00	333.38
5	—	247	340.00	340.00
115	—	675	263.00–285.00	270.37
547	—	772	250.00–272.75	262.61
77	—	423	322.00–350.00	336.30
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	879	243.50	243.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	636	265.25	265.25
17	—	540	280.00	280.00
19	—	1,016	220.00–224.00	220.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	548	274.00–275.00	274.24
10	—	685	227.00	227.00
4	—	864	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	408	371.00–376.00	374.17
67	—	512	347.00–351.00	350.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	215	300.00	300.00
6	—	508	262.50	262.50
15	—	563	240.00–267.50	252.71
6	—	443	302.50	302.50
12	—	450	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	527	306.00–325.00	311.91
47	—	437	315.00–338.00	323.24
6	—	320	352.50	352.50
92	—	577	270.00–309.00	300.50
66	—	374	285.00–379.00	337.30
121	—	485	300.00–338.00	332.93
33	—	605	284.00–307.00	301.47
9	—	693	262.00	262.00
18	—	269	355.00	355.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	503	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	429	260.00–287.50	276.40
17	—	339	305.00	305.00
125	—	478	247.50–300.00	285.71
14	—	258	317.50	317.50
18	—	370	282.50–340.00	318.99
33	—	518	241.00–282.50	260.81
23	—	581	215.00–247.50	238.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	308	250.00	250.00
4	—	468	225.00	225.00
9	—	383	230.00–300.00	268.44
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	500	268.00	268.00
7	—	584	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	429	265.00–325.00	309.19
265	—	523	260.00–302.50	275.04
310	—	575	230.00–274.50	263.34
344	—	818	200.00–241.25	236.32
498	—	722	221.00–268.00	248.12
33	—	329	301.00–350.00	321.76
157	—	620	230.00–275.00	256.14
212	—	471	252.00–313.00	283.50
3	—	965	199.00	199.00
77	—	925	190.00–232.50	215.23
57	—	859	220.00–233.00	228.47
152	—	673	224.50–266.00	247.23
83	—	387	299.00–325.00	318.26
8	—	378	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,131.25
158	—	762	220.00–250.00	241.17
14	—	319	975.00–1,050.00	1,001.30
6	—	248	875.00	875.00
10	—	430	975.00–1,175.00	1,114.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	386	215.00–247.50	229.47
6	—	632	245.00	245.00
11	—	896	192.00	192.00
22	—	824	200.00–225.00	212.22
14	—	776	165.00–221.00	201.14
11	—	735	196.00–215.00	209.72
9	—	433	250.00–290.00	268.33
21	—	517	200.00–252.50	239.79
25	—	482	202.50–260.00	233.02
21	—	577	218.00–250.00	243.98
22	—	678	211.00–231.00	222.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	374	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	398	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	896	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	215.00	215.00
7	—	478	247.50–252.50	249.53
4	—	544	236.50	236.50
8	—	343	345.00	345.00
9	—	580	177.50–242.50	205.95
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	876	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	491	270.00–298.00	283.89
1	—	515	257.50	257.50
3	—	390	260.00	260.00
6	—	633	227.50	227.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,084	70.00–91.00	81.12
11	—	1,066	50.00–67.50	58.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,457	111.00–119.00	115.74
11	—	1,517	121.00–126.00	124.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,316	90.00–95.00	92.82
27	—	1,314	99.00–111.00	106.35
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
395	—	1,320	178.00–189.85	184.56
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,249	170.00–183.75	178.34
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,055	157.00–181.00	173.20
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,145	177.50–184.00	180.17
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,056	168.00–176.00	173.44
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,025	182.50	182.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,829	130.00–158.00	139.76
7	—	1,530	121.00–128.00	125.30
2	—	1,090	65.00	65.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	95.00	95.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
616	—	1,421	180.00–189.50	184.14
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,333	170.00–183.00	176.94
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,122	176.50–178.00	176.80
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,119	150.00–180.00	168.12
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,118	181.50–191.00	183.73
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,128	186.25	186.25
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,368	165.50–169.00	167.28
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	117.50–137.50	129.59
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,535	159.00–170.00	164.55
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,464	151.00–158.00	153.83

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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