Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 135 priced lines covering 14,233 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,539 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,177 head.

Mon Feb 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,539Last week 18,577Year ago 9,524

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,177Last week 592Year ago 490

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Steers under 650 lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher; over 650 lbs unevenly steady. Heifers under 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher; 600 to 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher; over 800 lbs not well tested. Demand was moderate to good on moderate supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	275.00	275.00
112	—	640	200.00–245.00	231.30
28	—	738	170.00–226.00	201.64
87	—	529	217.00–265.00	251.73
20	—	692	206.00–230.00	222.59
3	—	876	186.00	186.00
31	—	473	235.00–273.00	263.24
9	—	379	285.00–311.00	295.78
10	—	330	262.00–299.00	278.42
3	—	968	178.00	178.00
24	—	570	220.00–245.00	231.81
15	—	788	185.00–200.00	191.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	579	245.50–270.00	256.81
5	—	699	223.00	223.00
30	—	464	282.00–300.00	288.49
5	—	765	201.00	201.00
18	—	503	287.00	287.00
10	—	386	275.00–295.00	287.16
23	—	623	226.00–235.00	229.75
19	—	413	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	527	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	389	287.00–346.00	332.58
124	—	429	250.00–312.00	285.11
6	—	958	175.00–195.00	184.95
249	—	481	263.00–312.50	294.59
677	—	766	200.00–236.00	228.89
677	—	716	217.00–258.50	237.29
634	—	570	237.50–295.00	273.92
828	—	669	230.00–266.50	245.69
3	—	322	314.00	314.00
197	—	815	204.00–223.25	215.32
368	—	528	255.00–305.00	278.83
79	—	891	191.00–227.00	205.74
3	—	908	197.00	197.00
682	—	623	230.00–273.00	253.63
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,086	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	510	308.00	308.00
18	—	703	240.00	240.00
30	—	766	230.00	230.00
16	—	663	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	814	234.50	234.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	613	317.00	317.00
44	—	838	228.50–236.75	232.78
37	—	517	337.00–339.00	338.30
7	—	469	359.00	359.00
10	—	595	307.50	307.50
44	—	652	291.25	291.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	676	225.00–255.00	243.09
13	—	875	191.00–215.00	205.97
4	—	941	212.00	212.00
11	—	429	301.00–330.00	308.78
19	—	489	287.00–317.50	299.94
10	—	816	225.50–236.00	231.71
47	—	788	218.00–248.50	235.50
43	—	718	205.00–249.00	237.25
29	—	527	237.00–308.00	265.78
100	—	585	229.00–293.00	269.71
117	—	629	244.00–267.50	258.45
7	—	323	325.00–330.00	327.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	975	218.50	218.50
40	—	717	253.00–270.50	264.65
12	—	802	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	964	203.50–224.75	215.76
10	—	305	356.00–382.00	374.13
207	—	485	305.00–355.00	335.66
86	—	428	319.00–377.50	338.41
845	—	727	231.00–278.00	260.96
3	—	501	975.00	975.00
6	—	340	1,060.00	1,060.00
1,181	—	777	225.50–271.00	251.81
181	—	918	210.00–227.00	219.35
1,288	—	681	235.00–285.75	273.44
4	—	257	780.00	780.00
316	—	872	216.00–247.50	233.49
655	—	622	266.00–313.00	293.38
223	—	529	286.00–336.50	317.62
1,036	—	830	220.00–265.50	242.72
730	—	581	274.00–330.50	313.25
52	—	375	335.00–390.00	371.41
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,009	202.50–205.75	203.99
11	—	1,052	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	416	375.00	375.00
5	—	375	327.50	327.50
21	—	561	271.00–290.00	281.51
16	—	464	304.00–327.50	311.03
38	—	524	288.00–314.00	308.27
81	—	615	280.00–299.00	292.71
17	—	669	230.00–262.00	253.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	641	255.00–261.00	257.76
5	—	496	282.50	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	685	240.00	240.00
6	—	618	256.00	256.00
11	—	522	297.50	297.50
5	—	409	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	716	232.00	232.00
5	—	578	257.00	257.00
5	—	547	222.50	222.50
3	—	403	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	243.00	243.00
7	—	596	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	261.00	261.00
12	—	550	278.00	278.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,151	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
223	—	1,476	180.00–190.00	184.80
1	—	1,520	177.00	177.00
2	—	1,317	178.75	178.75
16	—	1,376	172.50–179.50	176.72
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,365	160.00–179.50	173.51
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	170.00	170.00
Steers — Choice and Prime · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,597	181.25	181.25
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	176.00	176.00
17	—	1,754	159.00–186.00	181.21
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,469	176.50–178.25	177.73
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,293	176.00	176.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,104	163.00–177.00	171.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,750	112.00–129.00	122.56
6	—	1,935	131.00–140.00	133.58
3	—	1,842	100.00–106.00	103.42
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,036	120.00–145.00	137.80
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,437	175.75–178.25	177.22
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,336	169.00–179.00	175.16
4	—	1,550	162.50–177.00	165.93
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	961	127.50–168.00	149.79
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
286	—	1,404	169.00–190.00	183.39
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,160	129.00–175.00	157.25
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,595	152.50–162.00	156.31
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,042	110.00–122.50	116.53
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,516	149.00–151.50	150.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,408	100.00–109.00	105.51
59	—	1,499	110.00–119.50	113.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,172	100.00–109.50	105.10
53	—	1,258	90.00–101.00	97.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,063	35.00–63.00	47.17
39	—	1,110	66.00–94.00	83.63
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	122.00–127.50	124.61

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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