Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 117 priced lines covering 11,731 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,272 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,121 head.

Mon Nov 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,272Last week 8,500Year ago 15,411

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,121Last week 505Year ago 2,237

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers overall sold uneven, 2.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher; over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	665	160.00–197.00	184.71
24	—	589	177.50–210.00	205.37
22	—	772	186.00–195.00	192.09
25	—	372	225.00–265.00	237.95
26	—	535	200.00–238.00	217.23
5	—	414	202.50–241.00	225.82
41	—	478	200.00–236.00	218.71
22	—	733	160.00–200.00	188.05
59	—	635	168.00–230.00	204.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	325	255.00–300.00	274.92
256	—	775	170.00–213.00	200.20
820	—	618	208.00–261.50	233.21
61	—	379	240.00–295.00	266.53
766	—	675	195.50–239.00	219.12
490	—	525	219.00–264.00	247.11
3	—	955	172.50	172.50
120	—	875	176.00–194.00	187.95
186	—	426	227.50–276.25	249.52
352	—	720	180.00–230.00	217.68
3	—	920	186.00	186.00
511	—	572	211.00–257.00	236.75
101	—	836	160.00–197.00	194.30
5	—	291	265.00	265.00
353	—	483	220.00–272.00	245.56
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,126	150.00	150.00
3	—	1,230	128.00	128.00
9	—	1,071	140.00–154.00	146.15
5	—	1,039	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	670	190.00	190.00
42	—	430	225.00–260.00	247.36
120	—	572	220.00–245.00	227.50
42	—	624	198.00–216.00	210.80
18	—	379	259.00–267.00	263.53
39	—	460	223.00–249.00	242.88
90	—	519	220.00–249.00	243.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	873	195.50	195.50
24	—	613	255.50	255.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	580	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	295	286.00	286.00
531	—	574	240.00–295.00	269.00
624	—	675	220.00–270.50	250.67
811	—	628	222.50–275.00	254.78
207	—	871	206.00–224.00	221.05
127	—	977	190.50–207.00	203.25
162	—	480	250.00–307.50	286.48
691	—	724	210.00–262.00	239.92
399	—	528	249.50–307.00	285.34
95	—	915	190.00–222.75	215.18
354	—	824	189.00–231.00	218.94
539	—	769	213.50–251.00	233.67
21	—	382	275.00–320.00	297.99
22	—	338	296.00–335.00	309.54
153	—	431	273.00–320.00	288.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	367	237.50–251.00	244.28
24	—	419	235.00–257.50	246.70
79	—	527	202.50–260.00	247.97
50	—	468	201.00–262.00	242.23
68	—	627	210.00–244.00	232.66
141	—	683	195.00–242.00	233.07
90	—	775	190.00–227.00	218.19
6	—	310	240.00–250.00	241.64
34	—	730	170.00–230.00	212.03
71	—	581	200.00–253.00	233.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	684	248.25	248.25
90	—	579	278.50–294.00	291.01
36	—	626	251.50	251.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	668	227.50–238.50	235.23
83	—	575	253.00–283.00	266.09
11	—	427	272.50–302.50	284.97
21	—	388	299.00–305.00	301.84
117	—	618	227.50–260.50	246.23
43	—	517	241.00–309.50	290.94
91	—	484	279.00–314.00	296.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	539	227.50–260.00	247.95
4	—	641	189.00	189.00
4	—	304	257.50	257.50
3	—	393	269.00	269.00
4	—	700	202.00	202.00
3	—	785	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	650	205.00	205.00
4	—	526	227.50	227.50
3	—	728	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	489	234.00–262.00	246.89
12	—	613	226.00	226.00
4	—	711	203.00	203.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,282	164.00–171.00	168.74
14	—	1,383	162.00–170.00	166.64
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,161	142.50–161.00	152.73
1	—	1,050	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,338	170.00–172.75	172.05
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,538	171.50–172.00	171.92
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
257	—	1,359	170.00–186.00	177.38
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,178	171.00–172.00	171.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,184	40.00–60.00	56.51
46	—	1,196	62.00–87.00	75.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,428	100.00–109.00	103.96
16	—	1,533	110.00–117.00	112.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,414	80.00–87.00	82.42
57	—	1,338	88.00–99.00	94.48
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,581	120.00–151.00	134.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,010	122.00–138.00	128.40
11	—	1,827	94.00–119.00	107.61
2	—	1,408	72.50–75.00	73.61
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,735	164.50–169.50	168.43
1	—	1,730	160.50	160.50
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	151.00	151.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	1,481	172.00–185.75	178.81
40	—	1,382	169.00–172.50	171.43
1	—	1,580	171.50	171.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,408	160.00–171.00	166.28
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,177	150.00–160.00	154.48
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	155.50–157.00	156.21
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,385	170.00–172.60	172.10
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,210	160.00–169.00	166.25

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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