Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 144 priced lines covering 14,258 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,905 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,706 head.

Mon Nov 13, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,905Last week 6,447Year ago 13,640

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,706Last week 2,097Year ago 810

Compared to last week, Choice Steers and heifers sold 2.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves under 650 lbs sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Over 650 lbs sold uneven; 3.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
594	—	869	215.60–237.75	230.17
317	—	727	220.00–260.00	235.77
1,125	—	833	220.00–242.75	233.62
340	—	669	224.00–256.00	241.32
417	—	528	225.00–312.50	267.53
439	—	775	210.00–250.25	238.94
550	—	924	208.00–236.50	221.77
3	—	276	340.00	340.00
12	—	335	310.00–330.00	319.85
387	—	574	225.00–290.00	262.03
189	—	473	227.50–295.00	272.25
63	—	378	267.00–333.00	297.24
258	—	957	209.75–226.50	220.00
657	—	627	230.00–266.00	246.76
79	—	429	277.50–325.00	293.02
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,019	185.00–211.00	200.82
37	—	1,428	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	431	200.00–283.00	253.70
105	—	719	181.00–238.00	219.35
14	—	890	193.00–196.00	194.30
41	—	469	218.00–252.00	242.70
97	—	815	180.00–215.00	212.07
22	—	569	210.00–247.00	227.00
3	—	905	182.00	182.00
47	—	525	187.00–245.00	229.79
30	—	632	211.00–230.00	220.40
17	—	660	202.00–215.00	212.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	618	253.00–279.25	269.05
16	—	398	318.00	318.00
13	—	561	283.50	283.50
26	—	759	226.50	226.50
32	—	665	239.75	239.75
47	—	479	280.00–316.00	302.47
93	—	737	235.00–250.25	245.83
138	—	528	285.00–320.00	293.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	637	226.00	226.00
35	—	480	230.00–269.00	257.28
38	—	536	222.00–250.00	239.98
15	—	426	237.50–282.00	264.50
16	—	585	210.00–225.00	221.25
14	—	675	170.00–207.00	195.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	788	208.00	208.00
56	—	711	207.50–236.00	224.08
47	—	389	270.00–300.00	283.51
16	—	325	245.00–327.50	287.37
432	—	570	225.00–286.25	272.02
357	—	621	225.00–268.50	243.95
214	—	534	226.00–293.00	274.74
125	—	478	226.00–314.00	286.65
225	—	677	206.00–252.50	232.55
105	—	427	262.00–315.00	292.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	430	222.00–273.00	257.39
13	—	752	193.50	193.50
313	—	562	205.00–251.00	233.14
184	—	624	191.00–236.00	222.82
3	—	348	267.50	267.50
52	—	656	200.00–230.00	217.56
93	—	370	249.50–277.00	260.52
12	—	287	575.00–650.00	626.10
198	—	480	200.00–271.00	244.47
3	—	717	227.00	227.00
303	—	528	202.00–260.00	233.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	692	190.00	190.00
22	—	514	200.00–223.00	206.53
22	—	586	187.00–218.00	210.55
34	—	414	210.00–238.00	230.94
5	—	326	226.00	226.00
42	—	466	201.00–237.00	219.40
7	—	366	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	623	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	630	220.00–224.00	221.12
58	—	513	240.00–257.00	250.60
59	—	570	237.00–255.00	250.41
18	—	658	233.00	233.00
25	—	464	256.00–282.00	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	629	168.00–200.00	187.63
39	—	527	197.00–217.00	203.99
49	—	714	169.00–218.00	196.29
26	—	425	200.00–236.00	221.34
15	—	846	131.00–171.00	141.55
31	—	580	207.00–223.00	216.13
6	—	379	210.00–232.50	220.92
14	—	458	200.00–220.00	202.92
25	—	766	178.00–186.00	181.90
6	—	658	171.00–202.00	186.34
4	—	337	190.00–202.50	196.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	821	180.00–214.25	209.26
332	—	476	221.50–265.00	248.68
79	—	874	190.00–208.00	198.75
136	—	679	190.00–246.25	220.74
25	—	925	185.00–196.00	190.80
143	—	788	195.00–224.00	218.32
3	—	260	300.00	300.00
94	—	387	230.00–290.00	255.92
361	—	730	208.00–245.00	227.68
30	—	337	241.00–295.00	270.23
181	—	424	225.00–272.50	252.91
353	—	527	202.00–260.00	239.27
285	—	624	200.00–240.00	225.19
428	—	577	207.00–256.00	236.35
59	—	961	193.00–196.75	196.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,138	170.00	170.00
16	—	1,016	189.00–190.50	189.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	343	239.00	239.00
5	—	596	223.50	223.50
5	—	679	180.00	180.00
4	—	615	212.50	212.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	753	140.00	140.00
9	—	720	155.00–195.00	172.74
10	—	661	150.00	150.00
4	—	649	169.00	169.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	393	239.00–250.00	244.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	526	183.00	183.00
6	—	684	164.00	164.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,268	161.00–174.50	170.66
4	—	1,271	165.00–167.50	165.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
508	—	1,367	172.00–185.75	178.85
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,070	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,079	130.00–170.00	156.75
2	—	900	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,129	169.50–171.50	170.74
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,200	151.00–161.00	157.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,464	100.00–109.00	104.29
6	—	1,603	110.00–119.00	113.93
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	126.00–130.00	128.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,040	30.00–71.00	54.60
39	—	1,200	76.00–89.00	83.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,304	90.00–99.00	94.12
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,335	160.00–174.00	170.32
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	164.00	164.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,397	174.00–177.25	175.96
432	—	1,467	174.00–185.75	179.30
47	—	1,537	175.00–177.75	176.49
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,782	166.50–177.00	168.15
9	—	1,657	173.50–177.50	176.31
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,148	140.00–173.00	162.03
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,213	166.00–185.00	172.73
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,585	155.00–164.00	160.23
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	145.00–151.00	147.66
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,432	147.00–154.00	150.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,741	128.00–139.00	131.44
12	—	1,845	85.00–127.00	107.13
2	—	1,793	65.00–75.00	70.09

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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