Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 25
● As filed67 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Iowa reported 67 priced lines covering 2,503 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,957 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 941 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 25, 2024
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)
Feeder CattleReceipts 1,957Last week 14,777Year ago 4,171
Slaughter CattleReceipts 941Last week 1,284Year ago 1,610

Compared to last week: Too few feeders steers and heifers offered to allow a good market comparison. Much lighter auction receipts, as is usual for this time of year as most auction markets are hosting feeder cattle sales on an every other week basis. Cash fed cattle market, up to 191.00 in the country at late week, is helping to support the feeder cattle market regardless of the futures contracts. April Live Cattle futures at 184.00, 6.00-7.00 lower than the cash trade is causing cattle producers to pay little attention to the board and instead focus on the market fundamentals.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3300–350340340.00340.00
10350–400352345.00–352.50350.21
37400–450434340.00–361.00347.48
16450–500473301.00–345.00323.21
78500–550527310.00–352.50340.70
76550–600569285.00–331.00319.13
25600–650624301.00–310.00306.32
149650–700670270.00–300.00290.24
59700–750733260.00–287.00282.36
34750–800766254.00–266.00262.13
99800–850829236.00–252.00245.71
78850–900861235.00–254.60246.46
24900–950915233.50–237.00235.84
35950–1000990212.00–215.00213.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6400–450421341.00341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5400–450422332.50332.50
5500–550533280.00280.00
5550–600566287.00287.00
10600–650613257.50257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15550–600588322.50322.50
36700–750703288.50288.50
36800–850817249.00249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18500–550515293.00293.00
22600–650626267.25267.25
8800–850831210.00210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22350–400385315.00–335.00326.26
38400–450418300.00–322.50313.02
43450–500479261.00–308.00288.73
34500–550513265.00–304.00285.84
76550–600580261.00–284.00274.93
145600–650619249.00–283.00269.56
269650–700688236.00–250.75247.56
15700–750743250.00250.00
49750–800767215.00–232.50222.04
81800–850810211.00–234.00228.81
28850–900879211.00–223.50221.26
3950–1000968155.00155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4400–450431290.00290.00
3550–600562260.00260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3450–500492308.00308.00
3550–600596277.50277.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21,42391.00–106.00100.02
201,784152.00–190.50167.30
121,733127.00–149.00138.30
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
51,105160.00–170.00163.71
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
211,245187.50–188.35188.21
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
71,364187.10–187.25187.17
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1691,372184.00–199.00193.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
141,302175.00–185.50181.67
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
21,288126.00–133.00129.34
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
311,544158.00–173.00165.41
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
161,354141.00–156.00151.71
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
211,296176.00–185.50180.79
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
91,139159.00–177.00172.43
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11,185180.00180.00
11,275188.50188.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
261,335184.25–187.00185.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2011,426185.00–197.50191.59
21,392185.25185.25
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
41,655181.00181.00
11,705183.25183.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
561,415119.00–129.00122.94
851,512127.00–139.00132.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
501,266110.00–119.00114.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
221,10287.50–109.0099.44
779142.50–79.0057.64
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
131,789140.00–144.00141.07
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.