Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 90 priced lines covering 12,216 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 13,403 head.

Mon Jan 8, 2024

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

Receipts 13,403Last week 21,934Year ago 31,018

Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold on a very light test due to low receipts reported due to winter storms, however a lower undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	654	255.25–268.00	263.45
83	—	518	290.00–307.00	305.54
12	—	605	270.25	270.25
25	—	823	218.50	218.50
16	—	590	283.25	283.25
65	—	472	307.00–320.00	313.26
6	—	422	330.00	330.00
30	—	718	232.00–244.75	239.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
299	—	480	270.00–318.00	298.24
1,134	—	677	221.00–260.75	245.19
41	—	380	275.00–321.00	302.17
29	—	319	300.00–325.00	312.90
856	—	772	205.50–248.00	227.97
849	—	725	214.00–252.00	235.75
481	—	827	202.00–236.50	218.62
394	—	526	255.00–312.50	286.00
59	—	959	183.50–219.00	215.95
12	—	278	300.00–325.00	314.98
233	—	873	167.00–229.50	221.68
136	—	427	280.00–331.00	305.19
54	—	915	185.00–210.25	203.23
1,125	—	627	235.00–272.25	259.21
764	—	570	259.50–300.00	277.36
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	753	226.00	226.00
10	—	672	248.50	248.50
3	—	730	210.00	210.00
18	—	1,012	190.00–193.00	192.34
18	—	874	205.25	205.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	470	220.00–281.00	263.42
26	—	534	220.00–281.00	243.78
35	—	426	260.00–287.50	272.11
15	—	386	262.50–275.00	269.93
130	—	583	223.00–263.00	247.91
42	—	632	205.00–237.00	225.54
3	—	710	184.00	184.00
23	—	778	208.00–210.00	209.14
16	—	676	203.00–223.00	212.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	550	271.00	271.00
16	—	428	310.00	310.00
3	—	688	226.00	226.00
25	—	714	213.00–220.00	216.73
14	—	491	265.00–275.00	271.60
16	—	633	216.00–226.00	220.93
11	—	539	246.00–255.00	250.05
11	—	327	290.00–306.00	298.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	583	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	977	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	528	251.00	251.00
33	—	748	207.50	207.50
61	—	582	230.00–262.00	240.96
24	—	469	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
936	—	580	220.00–249.25	235.71
406	—	527	220.00–267.00	249.19
39	—	867	180.00–190.00	183.93
55	—	383	240.00–268.00	254.77
503	—	481	225.00–279.50	261.87
301	—	723	192.00–224.00	212.89
200	—	427	245.00–284.50	272.96
177	—	774	190.00–217.00	201.31
6	—	270	300.00	300.00
7	—	912	188.00	188.00
878	—	673	198.00–232.50	220.99
730	—	624	200.50–248.00	227.00
143	—	815	170.00–226.50	216.19
6	—	983	183.00	183.00
30	—	317	273.00–292.50	286.06
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,228	149.00	149.00
36	—	698	202.25	202.25
8	—	797	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	475	227.50–244.00	241.23
16	—	424	221.00–251.00	240.07
4	—	613	200.00	200.00
7	—	821	189.00	189.00
11	—	792	186.00–188.00	186.55
26	—	683	196.50–210.00	206.46
14	—	583	205.00–217.00	210.47
30	—	535	210.00–236.00	224.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	652	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	652	209.00–214.00	210.44
8	—	409	247.50–280.00	263.91
26	—	578	211.00–237.50	223.55
3	—	708	187.00	187.00
4	—	323	270.00	270.00
14	—	370	262.50	262.50
21	—	520	215.00–243.00	237.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	651	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	412	270.00	270.00
4	—	679	190.00	190.00
9	—	559	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	633	225.00	225.00

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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