Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 94 priced lines covering 12,173 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,258 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 664 head.

Mon Jan 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,258Last week 13,403Year ago 19,849

Slaughter CattleReceipts 664Last week 0Year ago 1,372

Compared to last week, no trend available for choice steers and heifers due to no reported receipts last week. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
316	—	525	255.00–314.00	291.60
787	—	825	195.00–235.75	225.25
89	—	431	277.50–337.00	313.56
212	—	485	257.00–325.00	298.42
19	—	335	326.00–344.00	333.70
457	—	577	252.00–304.00	282.61
722	—	673	230.00–275.00	255.84
30	—	371	305.00–333.00	320.04
317	—	868	199.00–229.75	220.24
931	—	723	225.00–258.00	242.78
775	—	628	241.00–291.00	272.37
946	—	772	210.00–247.00	232.16
239	—	925	181.00–220.00	212.21
21	—	976	188.00–191.00	189.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	588	240.00–269.00	251.32
2	—	813	180.00–191.00	185.58
7	—	430	231.00–275.00	250.11
16	—	784	200.00–216.00	203.41
1	—	850	180.00	180.00
12	—	397	265.00–281.00	276.98
24	—	473	261.00–291.00	275.49
62	—	629	221.00–257.00	246.87
32	—	692	210.00–245.00	230.86
21	—	519	241.00–268.00	260.20
25	—	722	185.00–223.00	218.11
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,115	169.00–169.50	169.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	751	244.75	244.75
69	—	889	223.25	223.25
41	—	629	271.50	271.50
51	—	593	277.75–291.00	283.72
58	—	737	242.50–246.50	243.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	900	197.00	197.00
15	—	816	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	540	272.00	272.00
14	—	640	276.50	276.50
10	—	450	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	632	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	430	258.00–259.00	258.45
4	—	610	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	585	201.00–231.00	215.37
10	—	436	236.00–255.00	249.47
20	—	491	210.00–234.00	227.73
20	—	721	180.00–188.00	181.95
3	—	383	230.00	230.00
32	—	686	178.00–210.00	195.08
9	—	316	257.00–260.00	258.60
43	—	616	185.00–220.00	210.00
16	—	541	214.00–220.00	216.99
5	—	752	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	576	251.00	251.00
51	—	666	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	765	208.00–220.00	211.82
26	—	467	274.00	274.00
31	—	654	234.00	234.00
49	—	728	210.00–215.00	213.42
100	—	605	236.00–247.75	246.06
15	—	510	270.50	270.50
39	—	565	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	—	280	760.00	760.00
378	—	531	220.00–271.00	248.44
148	—	826	171.00–219.50	206.01
246	—	476	221.00–275.00	254.87
14	—	903	167.00–184.00	176.05
59	—	870	170.00–210.00	193.90
419	—	778	194.00–220.50	211.77
107	—	424	231.00–295.00	266.88
855	—	723	190.00–230.35	214.54
684	—	619	211.00–249.00	233.62
601	—	570	216.00–258.00	242.51
944	—	669	192.00–242.00	228.28
3	—	471	900.00	900.00
53	—	384	250.00–315.00	282.80
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,003	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	573	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,395	175.00–190.00	183.88
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,269	167.00–179.50	174.22
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,025	165.00–166.00	165.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,191	87.00–99.00	95.16
20	—	1,281	100.00–107.00	103.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,193	70.00–91.00	81.24
2	—	775	52.50–55.00	53.81
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	120.00	120.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,520	110.00–119.00	112.53
69	—	1,447	100.00–109.50	105.39
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	148.50	148.50
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	125.00	125.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,595	150.50–156.00	152.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
212	—	1,506	175.00–189.50	183.48
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,162	159.00–166.00	164.24
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,373	169.00–179.50	174.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,727	101.00–124.00	111.18
3	—	2,078	129.00–136.00	132.83
1	—	1,325	92.00	92.00

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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