Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 111 priced lines covering 11,731 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,201 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,601 head.

Mon Dec 11, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,201Last week 16,023Year ago 12,360

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,601Last week 1,773Year ago 776

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady. Feeder steers sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	258.00	258.00
26	—	483	239.00–269.00	257.59
7	—	375	200.00–235.00	219.29
10	—	721	200.00–221.00	210.41
13	—	642	220.00–249.00	236.36
39	—	523	224.00–270.00	249.93
26	—	588	237.00–251.00	244.87
32	—	682	204.00–233.50	223.47
10	—	834	190.00–200.00	193.99
13	—	772	191.00–211.00	201.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
759	—	676	215.00–263.50	244.79
812	—	625	235.00–276.00	255.30
133	—	971	190.00–214.85	209.08
914	—	873	193.00–232.10	219.80
23	—	381	238.00–297.00	279.17
121	—	479	270.00–329.00	297.02
433	—	577	254.50–289.00	270.67
466	—	523	250.00–306.00	287.26
3	—	327	292.00	292.00
948	—	774	215.00–235.00	225.53
736	—	719	220.00–245.00	234.93
382	—	823	197.50–227.25	217.29
69	—	429	278.00–331.00	307.64
75	—	904	190.00–229.10	222.83
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	161.00	161.00
62	—	945	205.85	205.85
6	—	1,058	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	476	255.00–308.00	289.02
40	—	566	242.00–279.50	273.93
40	—	523	240.00–305.00	279.45
19	—	743	216.00–225.00	221.70
10	—	414	306.00–325.00	315.63
13	—	377	294.00–337.50	317.95
19	—	663	237.00–239.00	237.32
77	—	622	220.00–253.00	242.63
9	—	818	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	551	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	360	271.00	271.00
21	—	437	225.00–246.00	241.12
4	—	308	280.00	280.00
29	—	680	192.00–197.00	193.87
65	—	528	214.00–244.00	230.98
92	—	569	191.00–240.00	223.48
15	—	634	187.50–198.00	190.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	633	165.00	165.00
3	—	435	200.00	200.00
5	—	499	180.00	180.00
11	—	581	199.00–200.00	199.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	585	182.50–226.50	216.44
3	—	368	215.00	215.00
6	—	773	195.00	195.00
10	—	683	200.00–213.00	205.64
30	—	532	200.00–232.00	212.94
10	—	711	195.00–202.00	199.82
10	—	476	210.00–240.00	224.54
4	—	908	180.00	180.00
10	—	608	200.00–204.00	201.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
740	—	574	215.00–249.00	233.56
334	—	526	223.00–252.00	240.62
24	—	818	181.50–200.00	189.83
9	—	884	205.00	205.00
335	—	715	197.50–223.00	211.06
10	—	337	261.00–267.50	265.57
520	—	628	187.00–242.00	229.91
608	—	674	200.00–243.50	221.30
56	—	375	210.00–270.00	251.54
333	—	774	188.00–219.25	207.96
97	—	423	227.00–265.00	249.85
344	—	475	225.00–269.00	245.72
15	—	931	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	578	237.00–240.25	238.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	434	257.00–270.00	262.70
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	137.00	137.00
14	—	986	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	429	233.50	233.50
12	—	752	170.00	170.00
13	—	535	221.00	221.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	491	200.00	200.00
3	—	508	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,279	160.50–166.50	164.66
7	—	1,367	156.00–160.00	159.47
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,207	151.00	151.00
33	—	1,145	120.00–168.00	158.07
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,169	160.00–167.00	163.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
396	—	1,382	162.00–177.00	170.21
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,755	140.00	140.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,248	60.00–79.00	72.28
19	—	1,043	35.00–59.00	50.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,328	80.00–87.00	83.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,583	70.00–81.00	78.01
18	—	1,578	100.00–111.00	103.66
67	—	1,435	88.00–99.00	92.88
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,363	150.50–166.75	162.27
1	—	1,500	154.00	154.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,434	160.50–165.50	163.19
334	—	1,474	165.50–177.00	171.83
50	—	1,543	160.00–165.60	164.03
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,787	150.00–154.00	152.03
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,347	161.00–164.50	163.82
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,693	162.00–165.35	164.89
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,190	155.00–165.75	161.49
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	140.00–145.00	142.48
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,204	141.00–164.00	158.87
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,253	119.00–133.00	125.44
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,501	133.00–142.00	137.85
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,558	145.00–156.00	147.57
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,180	90.00–116.00	103.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,833	83.00–117.50	102.95
7	—	1,660	122.00–150.00	132.92
1	—	895	77.00	77.00

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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