Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 95 priced lines covering 2,798 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,577 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,609 head.

Mon Oct 9, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,577Last week 8,154Year ago 2,066

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,609Last week 1,536Year ago 1,846

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold on a light test, though a lower undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	554	269.00	269.00
7	—	624	221.00	221.00
2	—	335	250.00	250.00
2	—	658	210.00	210.00
70	—	410	255.00–285.00	267.92
12	—	356	252.50–300.00	277.75
48	—	507	250.00–273.00	263.92
47	—	483	250.00–277.00	267.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	473	247.00–261.00	258.13
35	—	524	240.00–277.00	258.74
13	—	578	252.00–253.00	252.62
12	—	835	220.00–235.50	228.46
16	—	389	274.00–291.00	285.42
89	—	730	238.00–254.10	252.05
15	—	660	182.50–248.00	230.77
3	—	448	210.00	210.00
82	—	760	231.50–253.00	251.36
14	—	625	225.00–245.50	234.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	738	235.50–240.25	237.35
41	—	575	275.00	275.00
5	—	623	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,052	217.00	217.00
3	—	1,020	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	502	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	481	233.00	233.00
4	—	548	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	413	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	642	286.00	286.00
11	—	534	292.00	292.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,074	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	594	220.00	220.00
3	—	407	276.00	276.00
4	—	649	249.00	249.00
6	—	509	250.00	250.00
4	—	480	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	180.00	180.00
1	—	520	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	564	267.00–285.00	283.05
51	—	612	255.00–286.00	279.54
81	—	784	235.00–255.00	250.53
23	—	726	231.00–255.50	246.76
22	—	472	288.00–341.00	302.25
3	—	375	310.00	310.00
38	—	529	286.00–312.50	288.45
7	—	867	239.50	239.50
13	—	672	240.00–273.50	266.03
5	—	436	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	519	292.00–361.00	339.69
25	—	623	250.00–291.00	279.13
9	—	679	245.00	245.00
16	—	383	282.00–395.00	347.71
19	—	471	291.00	291.00
52	—	425	293.00–382.00	353.71
96	—	569	250.00–292.50	280.02
Steers — Small 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	497	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	582	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	160.00	160.00
9	—	681	160.00–181.00	164.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	711	191.00	191.00
2	—	505	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Small 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	651	231.00	231.00
3	—	532	270.00	270.00
3	—	333	301.00	301.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
309	—	1,350	180.00–191.00	186.74
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,321	169.00–182.50	175.71
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	176.00–179.00	178.05
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,076	145.00–174.00	165.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,319	82.50–97.50	92.44
62	—	1,295	99.00–110.00	104.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	879	62.00–70.00	65.62
56	—	1,124	71.00–99.00	89.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,571	120.00–127.00	123.59
38	—	1,424	110.00–119.00	114.29
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	130.00–145.00	137.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
539	—	1,448	180.00–193.00	186.21
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,290	155.00–160.00	158.68
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	171.00	171.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,105	150.00–172.00	162.79
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,432	168.00–181.00	176.45
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,152	180.50–181.50	180.85
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,624	144.00–154.00	150.56
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,314	125.00–136.00	131.66
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,593	158.00–164.00	161.58
11	—	1,712	155.00–166.00	160.49
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,351	153.00	153.00
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,082	131.00	131.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,730	105.00–128.00	116.34
13	—	1,915	128.00–145.00	132.40
3	—	1,510	77.50–92.50	85.47
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,060	122.00–124.00	122.98

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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