Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 91 priced lines covering 3,633 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,254 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 786 head.

Mon Mar 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,254Last week 8,289Year ago 5,088

Slaughter CattleReceipts 786Last week 1,445Year ago 537

Compared to last week slaughter steers sold steady to 2.00 higher, Dairy steers sold steady to 3.00 higher and slaughter heifers sold fully steady. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bull sold 6.00 higher all on a thin test. Steer and heifer calves less than 600 lbs sold sharply higher with many weight classes trending 15.00 to 20.00 higher. 650 weight steers sold 10.00 higher. Over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Heifers from 650 to 800 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher and over 800 lbs sold steady. Demand was good all week on a light supply of cattle hitting the market. Mandatory Price reporting showed feedlot trade from 185.00 to 189.50 FOB and dressed delivered from 297.00 to 298.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	275.00	275.00
15	650–700	691	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	371	375.00–387.50	384.28
35	400–450	429	342.50–370.00	353.53
77	450–500	485	353.00–397.50	366.46
61	500–550	534	320.00–385.00	355.71
104	550–600	561	288.00–355.00	340.19
87	600–650	624	306.00–325.50	317.45
254	650–700	674	284.00–312.50	302.73
170	700–750	717	267.00–285.50	278.63
140	750–800	775	250.00–270.00	263.39
139	800–850	818	244.00–259.50	253.57
64	850–900	867	228.00–248.50	246.67
62	900–950	938	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	347.50	347.50
29	450–500	483	330.00–354.00	343.41
23	500–550	538	300.00–347.50	333.64
43	550–600	583	289.00–310.00	299.77
13	600–650	620	272.00–290.00	285.53
6	650–700	690	266.00	266.00
6	700–750	741	255.00	255.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,036	211.50	211.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	543	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	377.50	377.50
10	350–400	366	325.00–350.00	340.73
62	400–450	425	325.00–352.00	341.94
62	450–500	474	303.00–340.00	329.82
99	500–550	520	290.00–325.00	303.48
253	550–600	580	260.00–293.00	279.90
213	600–650	615	259.00–277.50	272.78
282	650–700	681	239.00–265.00	250.19
286	700–750	721	238.00–262.75	252.77
43	750–800	778	224.00–237.50	232.24
101	800–850	817	218.00–232.50	221.63
10	850–900	881	217.00	217.00
7	950–1000	955	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	422	270.00–316.00	304.09
30	450–500	481	269.00–315.00	285.88
3	500–550	512	265.00	265.00
6	550–600	588	250.00–261.00	255.43
19	600–650	619	255.00	255.00
23	750–800	783	210.00–222.50	217.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	607	275.00	275.00
49	650–700	693	255.50–256.00	255.80
15	750–800	753	232.50	232.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	75.00–85.00	79.28
1	—	690	60.00	60.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,750	130.00–135.00	131.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,586	121.00–129.00	125.11
23	—	1,350	112.00–119.50	116.45
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,276	101.00–111.00	106.49
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,621	181.00	181.00
7	—	1,576	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,375	181.00–187.00	184.72
7	—	1,253	181.75	181.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,292	170.00–182.00	174.04
13	—	1,362	173.00–182.00	176.99
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,259	170.00–179.00	174.77
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,363	179.50–189.25	184.66
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	991	141.00–176.00	168.78
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,147	181.75	181.75
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,671	183.00–189.50	187.19
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,567	186.00–186.50	186.35
2	—	1,385	182.00	182.00
17	—	1,261	183.00–186.50	184.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,534	183.00–186.50	184.74
76	—	1,565	183.00–189.50	188.59
1	—	1,440	178.00	178.00
35	—	1,415	184.00–188.00	185.74
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,697	177.00–182.00	180.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,520	177.00	177.00
27	—	1,432	174.00–182.50	179.40
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,049	147.50–170.00	158.83
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	183.00	183.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,287	175.00–186.50	182.09
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,585	182.50	182.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	180.50	180.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,441	173.00–173.50	173.40
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,431	152.00–161.00	157.36
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	164.00	164.00
4	—	1,617	151.00–153.00	151.97
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	135.00–143.00	138.91
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,632	144.00–145.00	144.79
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,468	149.00–153.00	152.46
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,702	161.00–167.00	164.36
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,652	152.50–160.00	155.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,330	105.00	105.00
4	—	1,936	125.00–139.00	133.91
5	—	1,940	141.00–147.00	143.92
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	145.00	145.00

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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