Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 113 priced lines covering 4,061 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,809 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,851 head.

Mon Sep 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,809Last week 9,739Year ago 4,848

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,851Last week 1,616Year ago 2,119

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers overall sold 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold 3.00 to 7.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	531	285.00–311.00	304.38
131	—	583	271.00–313.00	289.62
44	—	615	268.00–276.00	274.35
62	—	844	245.00–252.00	251.24
35	—	658	255.00–268.00	261.26
35	—	462	298.00–350.00	317.12
21	—	318	280.00–360.00	325.19
87	—	425	290.00–349.00	314.93
63	—	714	247.50–263.00	260.25
13	—	396	325.00	325.00
14	—	971	175.00–223.50	206.37
76	—	879	234.00–250.60	249.10
68	—	776	245.00–270.00	252.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	731	225.00–227.00	225.98
22	—	433	262.50–285.00	273.69
6	—	641	268.00	268.00
30	—	528	255.00–289.00	272.58
19	—	680	210.00–240.00	230.06
13	—	460	260.00–270.00	266.18
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	201.00	201.00
3	—	453	267.00	267.00
2	—	527	252.00	252.00
5	—	1,025	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	578	308.00	308.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	295	350.00–365.00	357.50
5	—	655	245.00	245.00
7	—	368	301.00–317.00	310.05
43	—	469	301.00–349.00	331.91
7	—	324	300.00–350.00	317.99
81	—	530	290.00–310.00	302.28
7	—	741	230.00	230.00
51	—	605	260.00–302.75	299.37
4	—	424	360.00	360.00
37	—	563	281.00–288.00	285.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	618	290.50	290.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	282	320.00–325.00	320.98
10	—	473	284.00	284.00
10	—	640	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	659	225.00	225.00
43	—	328	289.50–314.00	301.77
3	—	645	205.00	205.00
70	—	562	266.00–282.00	277.03
9	—	746	211.00	211.00
15	—	537	261.00	261.00
16	—	377	266.00–290.00	276.42
63	—	425	270.00–285.00	277.56
45	—	477	268.00–280.00	276.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	875	220.00–229.00	224.78
67	—	640	225.00–270.00	251.03
174	—	687	240.00–268.00	255.84
12	—	384	281.00–285.00	283.36
60	—	815	227.50–230.75	229.04
5	—	919	226.00	226.00
4	—	312	310.00–319.00	312.23
81	—	419	260.00–286.00	278.64
77	—	532	246.00–275.00	257.93
23	—	966	221.00–227.00	225.19
120	—	564	230.00–286.00	260.62
64	—	787	230.00–247.00	245.93
83	—	472	250.00–277.00	262.57
76	—	721	232.00–260.50	246.32
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	250.00	250.00
3	—	493	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	706	228.00	228.00
10	—	548	231.00	231.00
3	—	643	240.00	240.00
3	—	835	223.00	223.00
6	—	579	243.00	243.00
15	—	651	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,103	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	527	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	391	300.00	300.00
1	—	605	238.00	238.00
20	—	408	292.00–315.00	307.98
1	—	305	347.50	347.50
30	—	490	285.00–287.50	286.33
7	—	569	231.00	231.00
4	—	515	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	305.00	305.00
1	—	555	252.00	252.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
317	—	1,346	175.00–188.50	182.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,250	169.50–179.50	175.40
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,336	160.00–169.00	164.17
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,128	176.75–182.10	180.62
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,104	169.00–177.00	173.55
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,073	150.00–173.50	162.63
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	174.00	174.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,333	99.00–110.00	104.82
9	—	1,304	90.00–98.00	94.31
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	130.00–133.00	131.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,160	70.00–99.00	89.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,428	110.00–118.50	115.15
16	—	1,468	119.00–127.00	122.19
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,377	168.00–180.00	175.69
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,496	162.00–168.00	165.05
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,165	140.00–184.00	172.48
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,195	173.00–179.50	177.66
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,205	170.00–173.00	171.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
497	—	1,445	175.00–189.00	182.48
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,502	158.00–164.00	161.50
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	137.00	137.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,542	143.00–153.50	151.84
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	131.00	131.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,295	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,442	125.00–135.00	127.51
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,657	157.00–165.00	161.90
8	—	1,538	160.00–169.50	164.34
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	143.00–149.00	145.82
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,426	128.00	128.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,405	145.00–153.50	149.53
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,069	92.50–164.00	140.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,627	97.00–128.00	118.30
19	—	1,748	129.00–150.00	134.51

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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