Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 128 priced lines covering 16,774 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,577 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 592 head.

Mon Feb 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,577Last week 18,728Year ago 18,090

Slaughter CattleReceipts 592Last week 1,716Year ago 676

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold unevenly steady as most auctions occurred early to mid week, prior to the western feedlots selling 3.00 to 4.00 higher late on Friday. Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold sharply lower, while those over 400 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower after last week's sharply higher heifer market. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	338	300.00	300.00
11	350–400	372	247.00–267.50	259.16
11	400–450	445	260.00	260.00
31	450–500	462	242.50–280.00	265.21
37	500–550	526	227.00–250.00	236.61
16	550–600	566	221.00–228.00	223.85
25	600–650	620	211.00–233.00	224.19
6	650–700	650	225.00	225.00
3	750–800	766	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	220.00–277.50	237.70
12	400–450	439	243.00–277.50	259.47
25	450–500	484	232.50–255.00	241.10
65	500–550	524	205.00–245.00	235.32
81	550–600	584	175.00–245.00	231.95
88	600–650	621	175.00–242.00	227.07
22	650–700	674	200.00–227.00	208.93
62	700–750	732	197.00–218.00	212.94
13	800–850	829	172.00–209.00	194.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	338	270.00–310.00	296.80
3	300–350	335	975.00	975.00
74	350–400	388	285.00–309.00	296.81
132	400–450	426	274.00–312.50	294.44
333	450–500	480	257.00–300.00	281.83
6	450–500	455	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,024.73
3	500–550	526	1,050.00	1,050.00
556	500–550	526	247.00–284.00	267.72
922	550–600	574	230.00–279.00	255.79
1,133	600–650	627	225.00–270.00	245.30
1,059	650–700	677	212.00–252.00	237.85
1,125	700–750	726	209.00–246.25	231.45
633	750–800	775	200.00–230.50	222.32
344	800–850	824	188.00–240.00	224.55
194	850–900	867	187.50–221.00	210.17
59	900–950	908	197.50–218.50	217.06
5	950–1000	987	186.00–187.00	186.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	537	274.00–291.00	278.44
8	550–600	581	245.00	245.00
16	600–650	618	257.00	257.00
31	650–700	677	248.50	248.50
26	700–750	701	243.00	243.00
12	800–850	827	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	405	235.00	235.00
5	450–500	451	250.00	250.00
4	500–550	516	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	618	210.00–217.00	212.68
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	723	216.00	216.00
4	1100–1150	1,113	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	429	362.50	362.50
12	450–500	465	367.50	367.50
12	500–550	545	315.50	315.50
77	550–600	583	293.00–317.00	308.07
58	650–700	666	286.00	286.00
74	750–800	772	248.25	248.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	909	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	614	252.00	252.00
21	650–700	699	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	350–400	374	300.00–355.00	333.52
90	400–450	428	295.00–356.00	328.87
198	450–500	480	287.50–352.00	315.37
460	500–550	522	280.00–340.25	317.53
588	550–600	578	275.00–322.00	302.84
1,188	600–650	626	251.00–302.50	287.37
1,067	650–700	673	245.00–290.00	272.40
1,418	700–750	724	240.00–276.50	261.24
1,205	750–800	771	230.00–275.00	250.93
963	800–850	821	228.00–255.50	243.28
482	850–900	860	206.00–245.00	237.74
146	900–950	927	202.00–232.25	224.22
62	950–1000	969	198.00–221.50	219.16
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	1000–1050	1,035	190.00–213.10	207.41
4	1200–1250	1,213	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	375	262.50–302.50	290.16
10	400–450	412	230.00–287.50	263.46
61	450–500	472	240.00–318.00	286.40
43	500–550	519	250.00–302.00	284.63
51	550–600	572	220.00–286.00	266.35
67	600–650	629	222.50–270.50	251.17
111	650–700	682	225.00–256.25	248.71
40	700–750	720	200.00–241.00	226.65
86	750–800	779	218.50–246.00	237.11
14	800–850	821	204.00–228.00	216.75
4	900–950	927	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	330.00	330.00
7	400–450	421	312.50–318.00	314.83
9	450–500	470	307.50–320.00	315.79
44	500–550	522	267.00–307.00	287.24
53	600–650	627	220.00–270.50	252.92
5	700–750	719	239.00	239.00
8	750–800	774	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	645	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	617	240.00	240.00
3	800–850	817	217.00	217.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	310.00	310.00
5	400–450	406	280.00	280.00
4	500–550	505	265.00	265.00
7	600–650	636	252.50	252.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	476	304.00	304.00
3	500–550	515	232.00–237.50	235.63
1	600–650	625	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,665	145.00	145.00
2	—	1,610	144.00–168.00	156.07
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,392	170.00–180.00	177.00
29	—	1,303	170.00–176.00	172.55
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,334	130.50–145.00	134.40
28	—	1,266	136.00–171.00	156.16
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,098	127.50–169.75	153.87
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,360	175.50	175.50
2	—	1,322	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,397	176.00	176.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,499	100.00–109.00	105.08
9	—	1,533	110.00–112.00	110.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,370	89.00–99.00	94.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,268	60.00–88.00	82.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,337	164.00–175.35	172.96
90	—	1,470	172.00–180.00	177.19
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,391	171.50–172.00	171.79
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,066	169.50–181.00	172.37
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,313	160.00–171.00	166.95
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,483	175.10	175.10
Steers — Select · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,449	175.00	175.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,088	142.50–157.00	149.47
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,613	168.50–174.75	174.17
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,615	174.50	174.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,971	110.00–123.00	116.98
2	—	2,128	101.00–103.00	102.02
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	89.00	89.00

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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