Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 108 priced lines covering 7,380 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,447 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,097 head.

Mon Nov 6, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,447Last week 9,214Year ago 10,286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,097Last week 1,435Year ago 1,600

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold 9.00 to 13.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	623	200.00–252.00	237.13
5	—	822	190.00–200.00	191.96
12	—	731	200.00–229.50	224.75
23	—	420	220.00–272.50	249.62
9	—	387	255.00–275.00	261.63
70	—	476	220.00–272.50	257.20
28	—	675	195.00–241.00	218.74
38	—	932	202.00–203.00	202.84
2	—	763	217.50	217.50
43	—	528	227.50–268.00	253.14
39	—	574	202.50–252.00	233.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	785	225.00–240.00	235.70
156	—	427	260.00–317.50	294.02
180	—	726	223.00–258.00	242.58
328	—	585	242.50–289.00	265.09
15	—	894	202.50–216.00	213.95
348	—	527	266.00–300.50	286.50
11	—	334	280.00–355.00	313.35
279	—	626	239.00–285.00	262.57
53	—	374	255.00–322.50	300.65
129	—	484	275.00–307.50	290.74
303	—	826	211.00–238.00	234.46
235	—	670	237.00–271.00	251.28
63	—	970	212.00–228.00	227.24
280	—	928	226.00–231.50	228.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	629	268.00	268.00
5	—	671	256.00	256.00
49	—	549	293.00	293.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,018	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	699	215.00	215.00
11	—	504	251.00	251.00
7	—	576	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	669	237.50–259.00	252.46
46	—	528	260.00–293.00	274.64
22	—	629	237.00	237.00
22	—	434	260.00–330.00	315.18
46	—	708	239.00	239.00
21	—	764	234.00	234.00
33	—	481	296.00–322.00	306.58
139	—	567	250.00–298.50	283.52
8	—	394	250.00–285.00	263.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	413	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	381	241.00–263.00	256.84
32	—	474	220.00–255.00	242.57
17	—	438	235.00–254.00	241.71
166	—	524	227.00–262.00	249.22
12	—	703	196.00	196.00
30	—	570	215.00–248.00	234.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	486	210.00–230.00	216.06
43	—	571	180.00–222.00	214.59
64	—	521	210.00–235.00	221.40
13	—	776	182.00–200.00	186.30
6	—	604	190.00–191.00	190.50
10	—	433	215.00–224.00	219.51
6	—	825	145.00–181.00	162.52
14	—	878	180.00–194.00	188.88
5	—	338	228.00–242.50	235.60
9	—	369	220.00–235.00	226.61
23	—	674	181.00–221.00	201.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	622	220.00	220.00
12	—	699	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	602	253.50	253.50
35	—	507	262.75	262.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	563	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	900	177.00	177.00
8	—	855	215.50	215.50
36	—	379	241.00–295.00	262.33
200	—	425	230.00–266.00	246.77
273	—	626	210.00–244.00	232.55
65	—	660	200.00–247.00	224.03
193	—	472	224.00–267.00	248.84
360	—	523	223.00–263.00	253.29
11	—	800	211.00	211.00
276	—	574	220.00–255.00	240.65
15	—	312	250.00–272.50	258.48
40	—	707	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,195	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	698	214.50	214.50
7	—	637	192.50–202.50	198.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	542	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	732	205.00	205.00
10	—	588	222.00	222.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,234	165.00–177.00	175.01
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,272	179.00–184.50	182.17
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
390	—	1,340	177.00–185.50	180.56
9	—	1,523	176.00–184.00	179.59
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,163	179.00–191.00	181.06
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,170	169.50–177.50	174.83
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,110	159.00–176.00	171.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,475	118.00–122.00	119.91
51	—	1,541	106.00–118.00	110.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,376	76.00–93.00	87.96
74	—	1,391	94.00–106.50	99.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,211	65.00–93.00	81.15
18	—	1,064	50.00–67.00	58.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
550	—	1,457	177.00–186.50	180.91
47	—	1,366	177.00–182.25	180.07
35	—	1,630	177.50–182.00	180.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,120	145.00–169.00	158.08
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,204	178.00–191.00	179.18
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,233	173.00–183.00	175.66
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,336	167.00–176.00	174.33
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,439	180.85–183.75	182.89
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,454	150.00–158.00	155.38
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	125.00–133.00	129.16
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,594	159.00–165.00	161.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,922	127.00–140.00	132.26
33	—	1,786	100.00–127.00	116.10

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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