Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 131 priced lines covering 9,430 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,214 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,435 head.

Mon Oct 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,214Last week 4,008Year ago 9,118

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,435Last week 1,422Year ago 1,888

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,888	171.00	171.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,869	179.00	179.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,576	186.00–186.75	186.47
26	—	1,407	181.00–185.50	183.75
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,583	170.50–175.00	171.91
64	—	1,364	169.00–179.50	176.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
254	—	1,485	180.00–187.25	183.06
62	—	1,624	178.00–187.50	183.42
22	—	1,402	180.00–185.00	182.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,102	146.00–160.00	152.46
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,291	168.00–173.50	172.88
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
302	—	1,360	180.00–187.25	182.75
19	—	1,524	175.50–187.00	184.53
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	181.00	181.00
16	—	1,336	186.50–190.25	187.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,360	174.00–181.50	178.55
47	—	1,283	170.00–179.50	177.09
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,153	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,269	165.00	165.00
16	—	1,048	150.00–167.00	158.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,591	80.00–95.00	88.42
29	—	1,690	98.00–126.50	112.48
7	—	1,815	127.00–134.00	131.07
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	147.50	147.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,179	56.00–67.50	61.34
72	—	1,186	70.00–97.50	84.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,521	109.00–119.00	112.52
5	—	1,541	123.00–128.00	125.83
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,418	131.00–140.00	136.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,452	80.00–97.00	90.28
63	—	1,416	96.00–108.00	102.57
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,386	134.00–148.00	143.14
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,387	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,538	149.00–159.00	154.85
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,568	159.00–168.00	162.99
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	156.00	156.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	151.00	151.00
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,180	132.50–138.00	136.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	435	300.00–330.00	315.38
186	—	673	240.00–282.50	256.62
210	—	921	225.75–243.10	235.76
35	—	380	305.00–352.50	335.55
175	—	972	215.25–225.60	221.30
7	—	342	320.00	320.00
134	—	478	281.00–317.50	304.19
334	—	583	251.00–289.00	277.87
280	—	710	238.50–260.10	253.76
243	—	877	221.50–247.50	238.00
227	—	522	272.50–323.00	301.53
357	—	616	252.00–285.50	274.07
318	—	817	231.00–254.50	247.12
351	—	776	223.00–252.50	244.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	528	220.00–280.00	249.13
21	—	485	245.00–270.00	266.43
7	—	756	209.00	209.00
3	—	416	260.00	260.00
5	—	726	220.00	220.00
14	—	377	295.00–310.00	299.91
9	—	610	240.00–245.00	241.65
30	—	591	231.00–252.50	245.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	452	324.00	324.00
61	—	748	247.50	247.50
34	—	621	274.75	274.75
21	—	696	242.00	242.00
40	—	755	241.00	241.00
61	—	897	246.75	246.75
15	—	512	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	384	304.00	304.00
4	—	698	210.00	210.00
7	—	319	260.00–282.00	272.49
11	—	445	275.00–285.00	278.64
33	—	525	218.00–268.00	246.32
33	—	469	230.00–283.00	253.80
16	—	572	220.00–262.00	247.02
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	1,017	210.85–229.75	222.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	473	272.00–320.00	296.35
359	—	574	256.00–298.00	276.61
247	—	617	245.00–275.00	258.28
89	—	430	284.00–339.50	303.23
230	—	526	270.00–307.00	293.43
53	—	375	295.00–339.00	321.62
45	—	775	219.50–222.00	219.84
22	—	329	296.00–340.00	326.59
72	—	666	234.00–243.00	238.11
21	—	700	226.00–240.00	234.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	318	280.00	280.00
63	—	378	240.00–299.00	275.24
48	—	666	208.00–237.00	233.34
143	—	471	240.00–279.00	262.57
70	—	614	224.00–240.00	230.42
272	—	525	235.00–270.50	256.78
143	—	567	227.00–269.00	250.13
154	—	429	241.00–283.00	264.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	570	210.00–241.00	223.22
8	—	454	200.00	200.00
9	—	630	196.00–225.00	211.95
14	—	413	218.00–236.00	224.41
16	—	532	189.00–222.00	207.07
8	—	376	245.00–250.00	247.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	570	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	673	222.00–249.00	236.52
191	—	582	225.00–267.50	248.59
357	—	774	229.50–236.10	233.11
23	—	385	262.50–281.00	268.56
125	—	485	242.50–277.50	259.87
186	—	925	205.00–217.75	216.39
140	—	630	223.00–258.50	244.02
9	—	312	285.00–290.00	286.69
127	—	724	216.00–244.75	237.38
165	—	519	232.50–271.00	257.39
65	—	855	223.75	223.75
434	—	837	209.00–231.75	227.97
57	—	992	210.50	210.50
64	—	423	267.50–280.00	274.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	427	220.00–242.00	233.81
56	—	914	185.00–203.00	194.01
36	—	746	192.50–210.00	208.60
4	—	853	223.00	223.00
29	—	512	182.00–242.00	219.83
11	—	584	186.00–224.00	212.94
19	—	963	180.00–180.50	180.37
9	—	341	235.00–245.00	240.64
8	—	472	200.00–218.00	211.39
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,015	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	488	260.00	260.00
5	—	625	209.00	209.00
3	—	517	244.00	244.00
7	—	560	210.00–240.00	226.96

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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