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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Dec 4
● As filed130 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167
← Nov 27Dec 4Dec 11 →

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Iowa reported 130 priced lines covering 15,087 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,023 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,773 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Dec 4, 2023
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)
Feeder CattleReceipts 16,023Last week 12,272Year ago 18,573
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,773Last week 1,121Year ago 2,096

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3—858187.50187.50
24—582224.00–237.50229.56
14—437246.00–258.00253.74
12—781177.50–195.00183.43
7—827161.00–171.00165.16
51—625190.00–234.00221.00
59—490220.00–255.00245.85
35—729174.00–221.00211.98
37—387230.00–280.00257.32
21—925189.00189.00
43—677190.00–224.00206.14
57—525180.00–252.00229.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15—968151.00–195.50189.83
887—724200.00–240.00222.81
14—332280.00–304.00297.27
54—387261.00–325.00295.10
513—781190.00–235.00211.26
3—352960.00960.00
483—524235.00–300.00273.73
968—679194.50–251.25229.71
203—864199.00–229.75219.26
1,048—624220.00–266.00246.45
6—264925.00925.00
673—576222.00–295.00255.79
213—925172.00–210.00195.98
219—473222.50–309.00280.44
6—311975.00975.00
52—431245.00–330.00283.28
467—820188.00–226.25213.11
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12—996190.00190.00
5—1,053170.00170.00
7—1,013185.00185.00
7—615240.50240.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5—592225.00225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8—510240.00240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9—687203.00203.00
5—860177.00177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13—617212.00212.00
10—317250.00–252.50250.78
11—658180.00–213.00195.89
10—583209.00–218.00212.67
3—428261.00261.00
3—710180.00180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
253—576209.00–284.50251.34
51—780202.50–213.25212.02
54—482237.50–297.00269.60
141—530230.00–300.00271.82
118—706202.00–225.00216.24
233—618218.00–262.00240.37
3—353290.00290.00
78—426255.00–329.00294.12
14—324285.00–292.00289.84
194—673205.00–238.50226.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3—700178.00178.00
10—493212.00–238.00222.82
3—308250.00250.00
9—592181.00–197.00189.93
10—532203.00–211.00206.95
5—392233.00233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6—343225.00–230.00227.47
110—482200.00–250.00229.03
275—569194.00–233.50216.35
191—613185.00–231.00205.12
122—674181.75–204.00190.10
80—440209.00–257.50238.09
98—525195.00–237.50223.79
33—378218.00–285.00249.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
712—676178.00–232.25212.81
828—735184.00–221.00201.26
177—881184.00–189.85188.59
195—786160.00–221.75204.07
8—334220.00–250.00242.37
290—478210.00–263.00239.45
3—302900.00900.00
79—812182.25–230.50210.95
837—622185.00–238.00215.84
4—956151.00151.00
520—525193.00–265.00232.53
767—578193.50–255.00225.80
3—292825.00825.00
81—382200.00–289.00260.54
153—433213.50–266.00243.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34—470185.00–235.00221.64
61—522170.00–232.50217.83
26—619172.50–210.00189.32
51—573205.00–229.00217.47
12—368218.00–250.00236.48
9—711189.00–191.50190.64
18—424199.00–234.00221.59
8—871192.00192.00
2—757190.00190.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4—1,135128.50128.50
2—932126.00126.00
6—598219.00219.00
3—1,052160.00160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
144—517239.50–259.00254.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17—612233.00233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15—658215.00–217.00216.32
13—472225.00–242.00237.31
7—633230.00230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23—559191.00–221.00203.85
10—331226.00–267.50256.15
7—622179.00–212.00192.77
8—473218.00218.00
9—385230.00–243.00238.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2—595185.00185.00
5—617147.00–151.00149.42
3—692167.00167.00
2—745165.00165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3—658222.00222.00
3—710168.00168.00
5—511219.00219.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
150—1,390150.00–167.00161.10
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27—1,154120.00–161.00148.58
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18—1,765152.00–168.00162.41
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
399—1,497164.75–173.75169.96
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23—1,117130.00–160.00149.04
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86—1,299152.00–166.50162.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
548—1,375164.00–175.00170.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41—1,16360.00–80.0071.03
9—1,12347.50–58.0052.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
67—1,52088.00–99.0091.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
88—1,34980.00–87.0083.89
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18—1,453142.00–148.00144.67
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6—1,136115.00–139.00124.77
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24—1,602149.00–154.50151.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2—1,52870.00–80.0074.16
5—1,948114.00–119.00115.53
16—1,73785.00–112.0099.62
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2—1,068127.50–130.00128.66
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.