Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 100 priced lines covering 6,749 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,261 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,247 head.

Mon Feb 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,261Last week 17,129Year ago 12,886

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,247Last week 520Year ago 1,616

Compared to last week, Choice Steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 7.00 to 12.00 higher; over 600 lbs sold uneven, 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold uneven; 1.00 lower to 2.00 higher; over 700 lbs not well tested. Demand was good on moderate supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	415.00	415.00
9	300–350	342	375.00–397.50	384.87
23	350–400	377	385.00–405.00	395.80
48	400–450	421	327.50–397.50	364.31
147	450–500	483	317.50–357.50	341.90
136	500–550	528	317.00–367.50	330.83
287	550–600	573	288.00–330.50	315.26
443	600–650	621	270.00–314.00	298.56
380	650–700	673	260.00–299.25	279.93
488	700–750	728	255.00–274.00	264.82
402	750–800	772	230.00–269.50	255.14
150	800–850	825	226.00–249.00	243.58
270	850–900	861	209.00–249.75	241.11
214	900–950	912	213.50–238.00	230.76
16	950–1000	961	199.00–212.50	205.32
52	1000–1050	1,028	208.50	208.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	330.00	330.00
3	550–600	565	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	308.00	308.00
9	400–450	414	322.50–347.50	339.14
29	450–500	471	235.00–320.00	289.88
81	500–550	533	270.00–317.00	289.10
19	550–600	575	266.00–290.00	281.44
50	600–650	629	250.00–280.00	270.48
27	650–700	684	232.00–260.00	250.63
6	700–750	727	215.00–245.00	236.18
8	750–800	757	225.00–232.00	229.60
5	900–950	928	180.00–200.50	192.24
1	950–1000	970	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	662	293.75	293.75
67	750–800	761	261.75	261.75
6	900–950	914	231.00	231.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,117	191.00–196.00	193.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	294	367.50	367.50
12	300–350	337	305.00–357.50	327.40
53	350–400	378	308.00–355.00	322.27
39	400–450	426	280.00–320.00	306.13
236	450–500	478	275.00–340.00	300.54
166	500–550	531	262.00–302.50	284.43
387	550–600	584	235.00–285.50	269.03
424	600–650	622	237.50–275.50	262.20
212	650–700	671	221.00–262.50	243.98
390	700–750	729	216.00–245.50	236.39
78	750–800	785	211.50–230.00	223.29
32	800–850	814	180.00–212.50	201.97
14	850–900	878	210.00–217.00	213.24
7	900–950	900	214.50	214.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	700–750	741	250.00	250.00
7	800–850	804	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	307.00	307.00
4	400–450	444	287.00	287.00
34	450–500	469	239.00–304.00	264.46
13	500–550	534	252.00–266.00	259.88
7	550–600	573	225.00–250.00	240.59
5	600–650	608	182.50–245.00	232.66
18	650–700	685	212.50–226.50	223.26
2	700–750	740	171.00	171.00
2	750–800	795	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	549	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	485	295.00–315.00	303.98
24	500–550	503	315.00	315.00
23	750–800	761	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	500	300.00	300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	930	50.00–69.00	59.11
17	—	1,165	72.00–96.00	88.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,397	110.00–118.50	114.40
94	—	1,495	119.00–128.00	122.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,266	98.00–110.00	104.86
5	—	1,473	89.00–95.00	92.19
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,213	175.00–183.50	182.58
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	179.50	179.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,155	158.00–171.00	162.58
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,375	184.25–186.25	185.35
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,285	173.00–177.00	174.42
50	—	1,249	170.00–184.00	176.79
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,271	184.50	184.50
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,573	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,093	127.50–180.50	168.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	1,383	171.00–192.25	188.42
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	178.00	178.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	1,449	180.00–191.50	187.06
18	—	1,377	178.00–185.00	182.36
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,139	141.00–178.00	166.14
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,756	163.00–186.00	181.08
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,190	176.50	176.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,601	178.25–179.50	178.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,375	174.00–184.00	181.16
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,458	184.60	184.60
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,281	167.75–168.00	167.87
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,134	167.00–170.00	168.82
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,439	177.50–184.60	184.03
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	125.00–127.50	126.27
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,593	159.00–175.00	163.02
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,539	140.00–158.00	151.83
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,178	138.00–143.00	140.56
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	157.00	157.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	145.00–159.00	150.91
18	—	1,700	140.00–166.00	151.05
18	—	1,681	111.00–139.00	127.48

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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