Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 105 priced lines covering 8,351 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,154 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,536 head.

Mon Oct 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,154Last week 2,809Year ago 7,974

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,536Last week 1,851Year ago 1,962

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher; 500 to 750 lbs steady to 2.00 lower; over 750 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers overall sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher, with the exception of 600 to 800 lbs selling 4.00 to 9.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	317	335.00–355.00	345.00
7	—	777	205.00	205.00
33	—	486	265.00–305.00	298.14
11	—	440	320.00	320.00
10	—	527	242.50–289.00	266.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	938	222.00–235.50	234.09
226	—	616	255.00–301.00	274.16
414	—	769	239.00–261.00	253.38
299	—	739	244.50–267.00	258.21
46	—	371	310.00–385.00	337.73
595	—	869	231.50–258.00	249.98
82	—	967	221.00–227.00	226.14
162	—	516	270.00–321.00	299.48
454	—	826	233.50–260.00	251.89
170	—	474	302.00–343.00	324.15
163	—	570	267.50–311.00	288.34
41	—	429	282.00–338.00	326.34
287	—	669	244.50–284.50	268.43
5	—	340	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	368	330.00	330.00
25	—	635	236.00–268.00	245.24
3	—	803	182.50	182.50
32	—	486	230.00–290.00	267.80
41	—	565	229.00–230.00	229.10
15	—	738	200.00–235.50	228.72
24	—	677	216.00–223.00	218.55
70	—	525	225.00–265.00	255.03
3	—	900	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	668	235.00–257.00	250.75
199	—	468	322.00–356.00	335.27
93	—	620	262.00–294.00	284.97
135	—	523	281.00–327.00	308.78
16	—	388	347.00–387.50	371.00
293	—	580	277.00–324.00	304.59
56	—	425	290.00–370.00	348.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	523	222.00	222.00
9	—	477	255.00	255.00
21	—	436	240.00–266.00	248.12
4	—	586	220.00	220.00
8	—	316	250.00	250.00
9	—	372	230.00–260.00	247.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	617	259.00	259.00
59	—	566	225.00–288.00	274.86
72	—	527	237.00–294.00	264.27
134	—	425	261.00–308.50	281.06
58	—	371	252.50–314.00	289.05
3	—	678	230.00	230.00
177	—	475	245.00–297.50	271.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	435	233.00–307.00	280.06
17	—	347	265.00–302.00	295.50
27	—	932	220.00–227.25	226.18
519	—	769	220.00–241.00	233.69
163	—	822	227.50–241.00	237.60
264	—	864	220.00–241.00	239.60
191	—	686	235.00–258.00	246.06
116	—	471	258.00–284.00	271.90
118	—	579	232.50–264.00	249.43
16	—	383	263.00–280.00	271.30
125	—	628	212.50–259.50	252.32
163	—	733	239.00–242.50	241.63
221	—	526	249.00–285.50	268.78
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,139	167.00	167.00
9	—	1,019	189.00–204.00	198.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	369	210.00–265.00	241.70
25	—	334	182.50–280.00	230.73
23	—	503	212.50–246.00	236.03
33	—	484	207.50–262.50	239.09
5	—	882	188.00	188.00
12	—	620	220.00–229.00	224.43
26	—	428	212.50–250.00	232.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	580	231.00	231.00
3	—	408	294.00	294.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	579	232.00	232.00
5	—	500	245.00	245.00
8	—	478	287.50–301.00	295.78
6	—	375	355.00	355.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,297	87.50–98.00	93.08
43	—	1,285	99.00–109.00	104.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,207	76.00–99.00	91.03
7	—	1,077	50.00–75.00	67.24
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	153.00–156.00	154.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,503	110.00–118.50	113.45
15	—	1,517	119.00–126.50	122.89
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,289	165.00–181.50	176.40
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,119	175.50–206.00	181.32
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,071	170.00–179.00	174.51
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,009	140.00–176.00	161.36
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
354	—	1,362	176.00–190.25	185.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,509	96.00–128.00	115.05
11	—	1,833	128.00–140.00	132.64
11	—	1,399	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	90.00–110.00	97.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,363	165.00–181.00	174.84
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
562	—	1,457	176.00–190.75	185.45
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,171	150.00–178.00	172.87
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,101	175.00–210.00	185.23
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,263	154.00–164.00	159.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,190	170.00–173.00	171.66
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,598	155.00–166.00	158.09
10	—	1,546	155.00–164.00	160.35
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,318	115.00–135.00	124.95
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,510	148.00–152.00	151.54
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	154.00	154.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	132.00	132.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	130.00	130.00

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.

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