Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 127 priced lines covering 9,029 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,882 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,997 head.

Mon Oct 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,882Last week 1,577Year ago 5,472

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,997Last week 1,609Year ago 1,888

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold on a light test, though a steady undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	958	218.50–235.75	230.71
153	—	916	232.00–238.75	235.34
240	—	727	241.00–265.00	257.01
96	—	474	274.00–322.50	301.67
3	—	313	310.00	310.00
913	—	869	224.00–254.75	244.00
16	—	411	310.00–347.50	335.64
385	—	772	231.00–265.00	251.20
656	—	824	238.00–260.25	251.70
4	—	390	345.00	345.00
131	—	529	267.50–300.00	280.54
127	—	576	260.00–294.00	274.84
238	—	630	245.00–275.00	261.57
198	—	675	240.00–282.00	254.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	410	325.00–330.00	326.82
24	—	684	284.00	284.00
22	—	523	288.00	288.00
178	—	616	275.00–294.50	288.53
65	—	929	242.25	242.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	832	213.00–238.50	230.73
16	—	525	250.00–279.00	262.31
5	—	310	340.00	340.00
4	—	658	230.00	230.00
10	—	616	240.00	240.00
6	—	375	302.50–332.50	317.80
16	—	480	292.00–310.00	305.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	570	250.00	250.00
39	—	487	273.00–298.00	292.71
3	—	438	290.00	290.00
3	—	641	230.00	230.00
11	—	529	200.00–268.00	244.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	371	385.00	385.00
158	—	510	270.00–313.00	302.55
3	—	300	305.00	305.00
90	—	477	291.00–345.00	316.35
88	—	656	231.00–260.00	253.82
256	—	570	266.00–293.00	282.09
125	—	632	235.00–274.00	265.43
81	—	432	306.00–360.00	347.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	529	215.00–265.50	240.71
97	—	486	250.00–284.50	273.58
37	—	424	255.00–260.00	259.60
25	—	382	240.00–265.00	260.03
78	—	625	205.00–233.50	226.32
9	—	306	300.00	300.00
96	—	566	200.00–263.00	234.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	485	195.00–245.00	233.34
3	—	673	220.00	220.00
9	—	368	210.00–237.50	222.92
6	—	519	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	814	215.00–234.00	227.18
364	—	723	224.50–249.60	243.56
117	—	532	225.00–260.00	247.78
133	—	626	217.50–276.00	243.76
100	—	777	225.00–238.50	233.76
163	—	572	225.00–277.75	262.80
88	—	478	240.00–284.00	257.26
236	—	864	205.00–229.50	223.17
330	—	673	227.00–262.25	253.82
43	—	421	234.00–265.00	253.99
184	—	974	217.00–220.00	219.09
25	—	371	245.00–270.00	259.61
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,066	185.00–214.75	212.34
4	—	1,268	184.00	184.00
25	—	1,026	189.00–211.50	206.14
4	—	1,171	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	422	219.00–236.00	228.97
20	—	675	211.00–225.00	222.25
6	—	488	230.00	230.00
4	—	718	201.00	201.00
24	—	584	200.00–240.00	217.55
8	—	385	232.50–255.00	240.72
19	—	528	216.00–240.00	229.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	525	257.00–265.00	261.94
19	—	631	245.00	245.00
4	—	651	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	666	186.00–222.50	204.04
3	—	388	247.50	247.50
8	—	620	225.00	225.00
13	—	493	204.00–260.00	222.42
8	—	701	235.00	235.00
12	—	831	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	611	236.00	236.00
13	—	492	257.00	257.00
11	—	788	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	654	190.00	190.00
5	—	542	222.00	222.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	911	25.00–64.00	45.90
61	—	1,143	70.00–95.00	87.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,520	119.00–129.00	122.55
23	—	1,522	109.00–118.00	113.01
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	130.00–134.00	131.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,391	96.00–108.00	101.31
20	—	1,393	80.00–96.00	90.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,553	180.50–183.50	182.21
515	—	1,354	178.00–190.00	184.93
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,260	131.00–181.50	176.28
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	161.00–163.00	161.99
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,118	179.50–183.50	182.57
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,204	170.00–179.00	175.01
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,079	150.00–170.00	161.26
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,571	180.50–187.75	184.17
472	—	1,461	179.50–189.50	185.04
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,439	165.00–168.00	167.24
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,144	155.00–177.00	164.45
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,177	180.00–189.00	182.78
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,302	170.00–179.50	177.48
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	178.50	178.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,389	170.00–181.00	176.09
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	141.00	141.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,459	147.00–148.00	147.24
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,288	146.00–156.00	151.80
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,337	143.00–144.00	143.28
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	130.00–135.00	131.63
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,486	146.00–158.00	151.76
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,635	158.00–163.00	159.95
14	—	1,519	160.00–177.00	169.01
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	120.00–139.00	131.05
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,362	147.00–152.00	149.18
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,390	130.00–137.00	135.62
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	105.50–130.00	117.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,273	91.00–95.00	92.84
25	—	1,635	97.00–128.00	119.16
7	—	1,402	159.00	159.00
3	—	2,015	132.00–140.50	137.28

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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