Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 133 priced lines covering 18,505 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,728 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,716 head.

Mon Jan 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,728Last week 21,034Year ago 14,569

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,716Last week 1,545Year ago 1,228

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers uneven, 1.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers under 700 lbs sold 9.00 to 15.00 higher; over 700 lbs sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold 15.00 to 20.00 higher; over 700 lbs were 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,348	—	622	262.50–299.50	285.66
539	—	531	282.00–321.00	305.90
54	—	969	190.00–225.00	217.38
248	—	915	209.00–232.50	228.03
696	—	825	210.00–244.25	236.26
240	—	476	270.00–350.00	313.20
1,529	—	725	230.00–275.00	255.11
1,242	—	772	223.00–260.00	248.36
750	—	577	270.00–313.00	295.29
120	—	439	295.75–355.00	326.93
601	—	867	208.00–240.00	232.70
1,502	—	674	250.00–291.50	271.50
4	—	333	300.00	300.00
41	—	371	285.00–346.00	313.85
5	—	280	255.00	255.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,060	195.00	195.00
34	—	1,028	180.00–212.00	203.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	338	260.00	260.00
69	—	628	217.50–267.00	252.96
30	—	424	255.00–315.00	287.33
18	—	487	255.00–301.00	273.98
21	—	378	301.00–330.00	311.92
5	—	863	212.00	212.00
66	—	573	239.00–275.00	260.28
116	—	675	228.00–257.00	246.12
98	—	522	230.00–279.00	262.68
3	—	845	200.00	200.00
43	—	726	185.00–244.00	233.82
21	—	776	219.00–231.00	227.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	383	370.00	370.00
12	—	700	253.00	253.00
34	—	603	302.75	302.75
14	—	568	303.00	303.00
44	—	541	314.50	314.50
12	—	845	226.50	226.50
26	—	452	330.00–352.00	333.43
15	—	755	239.50	239.50
51	—	683	264.00	264.00
27	—	445	366.00–370.00	368.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	577	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	561	259.00–268.00	263.27
3	—	356	297.50	297.50
40	—	538	253.50–290.00	258.97
16	—	720	225.00–232.00	228.48
11	—	423	292.50–300.00	296.73
9	—	620	234.00–250.00	240.98
3	—	467	269.00	269.00
51	—	678	240.00–247.50	241.66
5	—	786	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	516	240.00–273.00	264.25
15	—	658	236.00	236.00
Steers — Large 1 · Source/Aged$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,157	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	740	190.00	190.00
25	—	676	202.00–211.50	207.92
27	—	593	218.00–228.00	219.92
9	—	429	250.00–264.00	256.07
4	—	387	240.00	240.00
40	—	520	234.00–247.00	241.42
10	—	476	248.00–252.00	249.56
42	—	628	214.00–229.00	223.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	785	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	493	230.00	230.00
3	—	327	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	763	210.00	210.00
50	—	687	204.00–231.00	219.73
6	—	385	240.00–242.50	241.23
144	—	585	215.00–250.00	239.61
42	—	438	228.00–261.00	242.96
118	—	482	200.00–251.00	237.36
66	—	622	206.00–242.00	228.49
135	—	530	215.00–250.00	240.48
5	—	343	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	324	240.00–280.00	267.74
1,134	—	670	215.00–256.00	241.78
35	—	374	250.00–282.00	268.51
85	—	867	201.50–205.00	202.26
17	—	932	182.00–182.50	182.33
320	—	476	245.00–285.00	267.03
363	—	771	194.00–240.00	220.89
484	—	526	237.50–290.00	268.00
851	—	726	210.00–243.50	230.41
1,087	—	575	227.50–278.00	257.19
199	—	428	250.00–291.00	274.42
1,219	—	625	225.00–272.50	252.08
105	—	813	200.00–225.00	213.77
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	979	195.50	195.50
3	—	1,015	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	508	282.25–293.50	286.78
46	—	499	275.25	275.25
24	—	606	254.50	254.50
10	—	683	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	648	237.00	237.00
3	—	760	180.00	180.00
8	—	482	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	240.00	240.00
4	—	524	245.00	245.00
3	—	362	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
445	—	1,395	171.50–181.00	177.07
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,472	155.00–158.50	156.47
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	153.50	153.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,334	161.00–168.00	165.54
88	—	1,316	160.00–174.75	171.04
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,244	164.00–175.00	172.12
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,133	135.00–159.00	150.79
13	—	1,144	155.00–160.00	157.10
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,381	168.50–169.25	169.10
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,761	166.00–169.50	168.21
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,334	174.00–175.35	174.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,391	88.50–99.00	95.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,628	110.00–111.00	110.13
47	—	1,517	100.00–109.00	105.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,189	70.00–88.00	80.62
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,501	165.50	165.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	169.00	169.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,535	170.00–174.25	172.87
565	—	1,511	172.00–181.50	177.05
25	—	1,384	172.00–175.10	173.91
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,770	162.50–163.50	163.02
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,531	173.75–175.35	174.22
10	—	1,461	172.25–175.35	173.87
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,721	161.00–181.00	172.73
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,580	159.50	159.50
72	—	1,409	160.00–173.75	169.17
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,266	164.25–176.50	171.33
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,141	146.00–174.00	161.22
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,549	145.00–149.00	147.22
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,494	150.00–158.00	153.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,773	94.00–98.00	95.86
8	—	1,737	128.50–137.00	131.64
9	—	1,974	115.00–128.00	121.96

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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