Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 146 priced lines covering 14,087 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,777 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,284 head.

Mon Mar 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,777Last week 3,254Year ago 12,783

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,284Last week 786Year ago 1,217

Compared to last week's thin test of the market. Steers under 500 lbs sold sharply higher, 5 weights sold 10.00 higher, 6 weights sold 4.00 lower and over 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Heifers less than 600 lbs sold sharply higher on the week, 600 to 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower and over 800 lbs sold 8.00 higher. Slaughter steers sold 2.00 higher, slaughter heifers sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher with slaughter bulls 10.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for all offerings. Quite a few bawling and weaned fall calves hitting the market across the state. Along with other longtime weaned cattle. Bulk of the calves and feeder cattle carried a vaccination tag or a wean/vac tag from their local veterinarians. Planting season right around the corner had farmer/feeders hitting the seats to fill their pastures for summer turnout. Along with a large supply of order buyers on the seats sending cattle to surrounding states for summer turnout or into the feedlot.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	390.00	390.00
60	350–400	378	372.50–408.00	392.54
147	400–450	430	330.00–412.00	386.10
307	450–500	478	247.00–399.75	362.53
468	500–550	528	305.00–370.50	346.38
473	550–600	578	301.50–352.00	330.67
480	600–650	621	282.50–332.00	315.51
618	650–700	677	266.00–319.00	298.23
400	700–750	721	253.00–308.00	280.41
596	750–800	773	250.50–275.00	265.77
609	800–850	825	240.00–260.75	253.18
818	850–900	872	220.00–250.50	246.15
507	900–950	922	221.00–242.75	238.23
247	950–1000	965	223.50–241.50	234.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	319	400.00–440.00	422.05
30	350–400	380	365.00–425.00	403.99
34	400–450	443	310.00–370.00	359.71
29	450–500	483	302.50–342.00	327.35
19	500–550	541	317.00–325.00	322.97
26	550–600	561	250.00–325.00	294.14
16	650–700	651	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	427	386.00	386.00
17	550–600	557	362.00	362.00
25	650–700	654	314.50	314.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	700–750	740	243.00–269.00	254.03
25	750–800	787	256.00	256.00
11	800–850	820	253.50	253.50
76	850–900	887	230.00–235.50	233.03
25	900–950	924	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	409	445.00	445.00
9	650–700	683	300.00	300.00
14	800–850	817	259.00	259.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	550–600	572	282.50–292.00	288.30
9	600–650	647	274.00	274.00
5	700–750	724	247.00	247.00
15	1000–1050	1,030	200.00	200.00
5	1150–1200	1,168	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	538	337.00–339.00	337.45
18	550–600	596	303.00	303.00
30	600–650	622	309.50–312.50	311.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	297	430.00	430.00
9	550–600	588	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	360.00–385.00	371.76
39	400–450	437	320.00–355.00	334.17
97	450–500	473	325.00–357.00	346.30
39	500–550	525	303.00–335.00	322.41
110	550–600	585	294.00–329.00	314.75
32	600–650	621	270.00–317.00	293.79
100	650–700	684	254.00–295.00	279.36
107	700–750	739	270.50–276.00	272.88
17	750–800	798	248.00–253.00	251.24
29	800–850	810	236.00–244.50	239.79
28	850–900	886	240.00	240.00
9	900–950	942	211.50	211.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	516	273.00	273.00
29	600–650	641	254.25	254.25
11	650–700	676	231.00	231.00
43	750–800	758	224.75	224.75
13	800–850	832	196.50	196.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	560	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	297	320.00–327.50	324.49
19	300–350	330	300.00–380.00	358.04
67	350–400	380	318.00–382.00	356.29
229	400–450	425	298.00–375.00	343.42
273	450–500	473	281.00–350.00	318.17
389	500–550	521	277.00–330.00	303.58
625	550–600	574	261.00–312.00	292.05
506	600–650	622	255.00–281.00	267.09
329	650–700	662	245.00–272.00	258.73
908	700–750	727	226.00–272.50	247.25
526	750–800	769	232.00–252.00	242.44
556	800–850	820	205.00–238.00	229.94
379	850–900	872	203.00–238.50	228.44
13	900–950	939	205.50–227.00	214.63
65	950–1000	970	198.00–231.00	228.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	750–800	763	247.00	247.00
29	800–850	810	233.25–235.00	234.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	290	340.00	340.00
21	300–350	335	335.00–352.50	345.91
16	350–400	373	372.50	372.50
21	400–450	418	317.50–337.00	325.73
42	450–500	475	260.00–320.00	300.49
9	500–550	511	280.00	280.00
33	550–600	563	252.00–286.00	268.27
5	650–700	656	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	596	261.00	261.00
15	600–650	601	260.00–265.00	262.33
8	650–700	695	234.50	234.50
49	750–800	755	232.00–237.25	236.26
16	800–850	807	215.00–224.00	217.81
31	850–900	865	186.00–218.50	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	762	233.75	233.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	572	241.00–284.50	271.76
17	600–650	639	246.00	246.00
23	750–800	784	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	615	290.00–293.00	291.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	388	327.00–335.00	331.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	320.00	320.00
14	350–400	390	337.00–337.50	337.11
58	400–450	431	280.00–318.00	302.33
71	450–500	476	261.00–316.00	295.04
65	500–550	540	250.00–287.00	268.46
58	550–600	580	245.00–269.00	256.88
26	600–650	642	243.00–252.00	248.31
86	650–700	679	236.00–247.00	242.86
33	700–750	712	235.00–237.00	236.00
32	750–800	770	232.00–240.00	235.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	582	277.50–289.00	284.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	403	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	522	294.00	294.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	360.00	360.00
4	450–500	464	330.00	330.00
10	750–800	769	235.00	235.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	630	260.00	260.00
22	650–700	667	259.00	259.00
11	700–750	710	242.00	242.00
44	750–800	783	231.25	231.25
14	800–850	843	227.00	227.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,533	125.00–139.50	131.58
71	—	1,427	114.00–128.00	122.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	958	30.00–68.00	55.74
9	—	1,073	80.00–105.00	91.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,249	104.00–118.00	113.02
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,562	140.00–150.00	143.28
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
293	—	1,352	185.00–195.00	190.90
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,308	174.00–185.00	183.29
3	—	1,415	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,426	185.00–189.00	188.02
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,053	141.00–173.00	155.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	97.50–110.00	104.22
19	—	1,804	141.00–171.00	157.75
15	—	1,987	112.00–142.00	130.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,510	155.00–168.00	163.49
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,474	153.00–158.00	155.80
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,317	185.50	185.50
11	—	1,580	188.10	188.10
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	172.00	172.00
74	—	1,307	176.00–185.50	182.68
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,103	145.00–175.00	158.09
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,472	181.00–188.50	186.58
276	—	1,495	185.00–195.00	190.06
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	188.00	188.00
5	—	1,697	187.75–187.85	187.81
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,212	190.00	190.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,264	181.50–183.00	181.84

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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