Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 120 priced lines covering 15,960 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,129 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 520 head.

Mon Feb 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,129Last week 14,539Year ago 13,353

Slaughter CattleReceipts 520Last week 1,177Year ago 650

Compared to last week, Choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 higher. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower; over 600 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to very good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	636	260.50	260.50
46	—	675	249.50	249.50
91	—	731	236.00–243.00	238.15
31	—	528	286.50–310.00	289.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
299	—	474	261.00–320.00	298.42
239	—	823	206.00–229.50	221.73
1,019	—	673	221.50–265.00	247.72
730	—	573	241.00–288.50	270.41
426	—	864	207.00–229.75	221.71
21	—	325	287.00–348.00	320.99
658	—	725	218.00–258.00	237.74
1,390	—	628	234.00–278.00	260.77
580	—	770	214.00–235.00	230.21
1	—	290	302.00	302.00
530	—	527	249.00–305.00	283.05
147	—	426	270.00–328.00	305.32
132	—	380	275.00–352.50	310.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	822	218.25	218.25
6	—	386	302.00	302.00
17	—	675	214.00–230.00	219.64
8	—	348	297.50	297.50
16	—	527	250.00–269.00	260.84
47	—	723	226.00–229.75	228.51
6	—	793	199.00	199.00
70	—	629	208.00–248.00	226.12
20	—	485	225.00–282.50	247.16
73	—	578	200.00–252.00	245.37
19	—	425	222.00–285.00	252.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	809	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,010	190.00	190.00
7	—	1,070	168.00–182.00	175.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	455	295.00–305.00	299.64
8	—	518	295.00	295.00
9	—	439	279.00	279.00
7	—	631	215.00–233.00	219.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	776	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	894	212.25	212.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	701	202.50	202.50
8	—	574	250.00–269.00	261.98
4	—	445	330.00	330.00
5	—	634	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	857	190.00	190.00
19	—	673	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	555	310.00	310.00
10	—	409	335.00–340.00	337.04
4	—	534	302.50	302.50
16	—	621	260.00–270.50	268.47
6	—	391	350.00	350.00
17	—	464	335.00–340.00	338.84
4	—	659	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	545	260.00–270.00	265.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	962	235.75	235.75
63	—	872	240.75	240.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	529	253.00–309.00	279.83
27	—	683	240.00–276.00	260.02
30	—	762	219.50–220.00	219.60
12	—	899	206.00	206.00
65	—	624	265.00–282.00	271.84
7	—	433	290.00–309.00	301.19
99	—	585	265.00–299.00	281.26
10	—	392	300.00–345.00	318.80
3	—	837	209.00	209.00
21	—	731	217.00–245.00	226.42
32	—	478	271.00–310.00	294.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
683	—	574	277.00–331.00	308.20
1	—	280	309.00	309.00
2	—	248	305.00	305.00
24	—	344	285.00–375.00	353.45
135	—	958	204.50–240.00	236.93
1,255	—	724	231.50–278.00	265.00
1,341	—	673	250.00–299.50	280.45
112	—	427	310.00–367.50	336.25
246	—	483	304.00–352.50	329.30
1,032	—	774	226.00–263.50	253.26
326	—	915	219.00–239.75	233.45
93	—	377	315.00–382.50	351.02
695	—	620	270.00–316.50	296.06
678	—	823	227.00–254.25	247.70
288	—	524	280.00–347.50	317.55
449	—	867	214.00–247.75	236.21
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	894	208.00	208.00
118	—	1,014	194.00–215.00	212.52
10	—	681	225.50–243.00	236.41
56	—	1,063	195.00–209.75	208.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	828	243.00	243.00
16	—	711	274.50	274.50
110	—	698	285.00	285.00
133	—	610	299.50–314.00	311.42
10	—	510	330.00–336.00	332.41
19	—	372	387.50–389.00	388.16
20	—	422	371.00	371.00
24	—	460	350.00–362.50	354.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	140.00	140.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	106.00	106.00
5	—	1,774	112.00–124.00	118.60
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,506	120.00–129.00	123.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,358	100.00–109.50	105.21
29	—	1,527	110.50–119.00	115.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,060	63.00–89.00	78.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,386	90.00–99.00	96.02
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	160.00	160.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,232	151.00	151.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	178.00	178.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,410	172.00–180.00	177.57
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,452	180.00–189.50	186.66
20	—	1,410	171.00–183.00	176.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,369	140.00–179.00	174.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,593	180.25	180.25
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	172.50	172.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,343	171.00–190.25	185.55
1	—	1,335	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,423	174.00–182.00	180.09
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,633	155.00–173.50	158.04
1	—	1,860	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,158	160.00–180.00	170.62
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	119.00–140.00	129.26
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,301	170.00–176.00	172.69
6	—	1,453	164.00–182.25	179.76
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,617	155.00–176.00	173.22

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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