Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 128 priced lines covering 3,846 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,669 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,171 head.

Mon Dec 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,669Last week 12,201Year ago 1,449

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,171Last week 1,601Year ago 601

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold on a light test though a lower undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	622	190.00–218.00	206.30
6	—	483	190.00–265.00	227.07
12	—	731	187.00–218.00	203.51
5	—	595	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	879	167.50–180.00	171.23
19	—	938	150.00–156.00	153.51
40	—	518	225.00–257.50	252.73
10	—	557	230.00–250.00	240.11
17	—	991	164.00	164.00
21	—	436	250.00–260.00	257.28
4	—	676	195.00	195.00
9	—	462	260.00	260.00
7	—	244	280.00	280.00
4	—	849	170.00	170.00
4	—	778	182.50	182.50
27	—	377	235.00–240.00	235.76
4	—	600	230.00	230.00
8	—	269	260.00	260.00
7	—	305	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	736	234.00–240.50	239.66
6	—	353	330.00	330.00
8	—	406	304.00	304.00
43	—	518	255.00–290.00	280.33
54	—	476	292.00–304.00	297.29
8	—	268	340.00	340.00
89	—	671	225.00–248.00	240.53
11	—	303	305.00	305.00
48	—	638	240.00–260.00	250.04
4	—	809	193.00	193.00
176	—	572	264.00–291.00	278.87
19	—	906	182.50–204.00	200.58
75	—	775	200.00–225.00	216.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	675	242.50	242.50
16	—	764	218.50	218.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	623	180.00	180.00
3	—	433	200.00	200.00
25	—	561	160.00–167.50	166.00
11	—	736	153.00–173.00	165.70
5	—	540	175.00	175.00
3	—	780	150.00	150.00
3	—	892	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	619	267.50	267.50
16	—	501	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	634	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	306.00	306.00
10	—	565	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	624	236.00–242.00	237.75
12	—	586	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	599	160.00	160.00
9	—	508	160.00	160.00
6	—	398	155.00	155.00
4	—	294	165.00	165.00
8	—	417	175.00	175.00
3	—	347	160.00	160.00
4	—	689	145.00	145.00
6	—	815	120.00	120.00
12	—	611	165.00	165.00
4	—	770	120.00	120.00
6	—	473	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	571	220.00–250.00	234.51
54	—	677	200.00–220.00	209.61
47	—	475	240.00–263.00	252.24
15	—	370	252.50–290.00	264.48
19	—	720	192.50–194.50	193.22
51	—	432	240.00–274.00	260.77
16	—	311	280.00–285.00	282.48
59	—	626	190.00–238.00	228.42
184	—	514	230.00–262.00	251.02
5	—	212	340.00	340.00
6	—	278	285.00–290.00	287.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	577	197.00–200.00	198.25
4	—	443	230.00	230.00
7	—	451	190.00	190.00
26	—	524	222.00–230.00	225.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	507	175.00	175.00
8	—	454	195.00	195.00
4	—	825	155.00	155.00
6	—	428	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	513	263.00	263.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	236	280.00	280.00
30	—	433	165.00–180.00	168.74
6	—	703	157.50	157.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	820	115.00	115.00
4	—	558	65.00	65.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	358	195.00	195.00
7	—	1,118	148.00	148.00
5	—	212	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	544	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	892	159.00	159.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,434	157.00–168.25	166.81
56	—	1,377	160.00–169.50	165.03
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,362	150.00–162.00	157.45
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,605	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,383	172.00–176.00	174.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
469	—	1,410	165.00–180.00	173.44
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,618	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,600	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,209	158.00–167.50	163.60
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,093	140.00–161.00	154.35
9	—	1,181	150.00–156.50	154.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,351	80.00–96.00	87.45
8	—	1,432	73.00–78.00	74.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,231	60.00–84.00	74.96
7	—	1,099	50.00–58.00	52.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,413	88.00–109.00	96.78
11	—	1,630	100.50–119.00	111.96
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,370	160.00–168.00	164.73
11	—	1,531	162.00–168.00	165.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	1,518	166.50–180.00	174.03
54	—	1,535	170.50–175.50	173.46
58	—	1,433	165.50–174.50	171.13
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,175	150.00–159.00	155.59
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,607	154.00–157.00	156.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,644	166.50	166.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,466	172.00–175.00	174.46
123	—	1,580	171.50–172.75	172.37
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,256	159.50–168.50	162.97
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,742	165.00–169.50	167.02
103	—	1,653	160.50–175.50	171.23
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	121.00–135.00	127.78
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,409	138.00–147.50	143.37
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,531	144.00–154.00	148.29
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,104	123.00–140.00	134.86
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,743	120.00–145.00	127.75
14	—	1,700	100.00–120.00	111.10
4	—	1,448	80.00–83.00	81.04

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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