Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 109 priced lines covering 10,496 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,799 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 659 head.

Mon Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,799Last week 1,957Year ago 10,174

Slaughter CattleReceipts 659Last week 941Year ago 824

Compared to last week: Much larger offering of feeder cattle this week, too few offered last week to make any kind of meaningful comparison. The feeder cattle market has been under pressure from the weakness in the cattle futures complex. The light cattle, and the light fleshed heavier cattle, haven't had as much pressure on them as light cattle are getting tough to come by and light fleshed cattle always sell easier. Cash fed cattle rolled back below 190.00 as the pressure from the futures contracts was too heavy.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	246	400.00	400.00
3	250–300	275	1,025.00	1,025.00
15	250–300	275	385.00–415.00	410.86
12	300–350	330	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,388.18
32	300–350	323	398.00–430.00	412.21
107	350–400	378	355.00–422.50	393.63
278	400–450	422	348.00–396.00	371.77
232	450–500	484	332.00–377.50	358.16
432	500–550	522	305.00–368.00	341.59
375	550–600	578	275.00–353.00	317.90
308	600–650	621	270.00–337.50	306.22
387	650–700	670	262.00–310.00	283.37
481	700–750	726	245.00–299.00	277.41
450	750–800	782	230.00–277.50	254.96
330	800–850	818	233.00–262.00	254.55
245	850–900	871	211.00–254.00	240.59
606	900–950	922	224.00–240.50	232.65
41	950–1000	965	200.00–215.50	209.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	343	385.00	385.00
17	350–400	376	365.00–395.00	384.64
16	400–450	426	371.00–385.00	373.55
4	450–500	452	342.50	342.50
118	500–550	524	300.00–330.00	314.17
16	550–600	572	286.00–300.00	295.53
73	600–650	619	321.00	321.00
23	650–700	685	256.50	256.50
8	700–750	738	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	664	230.00–287.50	262.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	643	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	350–400	388	315.00–353.00	347.04
45	400–450	430	290.00–342.50	312.13
15	450–500	482	300.00–322.50	312.29
94	500–550	514	286.00–327.00	308.82
73	550–600	572	282.50–315.00	302.57
107	600–650	620	242.50–302.00	292.95
30	650–700	690	245.50–273.50	260.76
52	700–750	714	239.00–261.00	251.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	432	382.50–400.00	393.91
26	500–550	518	331.00–340.00	335.47
56	550–600	567	323.00–371.00	345.54
11	600–650	633	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	166	625.00	625.00
5	200–250	249	825.00	825.00
3	200–250	220	360.00	360.00
4	250–300	291	925.00	925.00
19	250–300	288	340.00–355.00	346.19
29	300–350	339	320.00–355.00	346.38
12	300–350	314	1,200.00	1,200.00
103	350–400	375	310.00–387.50	343.93
6	350–400	364	975.00–1,150.00	1,065.51
183	400–450	419	300.00–355.00	329.36
572	450–500	477	285.00–325.00	306.65
496	500–550	528	273.00–335.00	299.88
416	550–600	580	250.00–305.00	279.95
391	600–650	617	240.00–293.00	268.54
895	650–700	669	241.00–278.00	261.31
297	700–750	721	229.00–255.00	245.84
389	750–800	770	211.00–249.50	238.59
137	800–850	812	211.00–245.00	234.23
47	850–900	877	215.50	215.50
12	950–1000	970	188.25	188.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	321	375.00	375.00
17	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
12	550–600	552	315.00	315.00
65	800–850	800	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	558	268.00	268.00
4	650–700	688	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	385	300.00–343.00	315.79
13	400–450	435	271.00–282.50	275.82
57	450–500	483	266.00–295.00	275.32
55	500–550	528	250.00–280.00	265.82
30	550–600	572	240.00–265.00	251.12
45	600–650	637	240.00–250.00	245.47
4	750–800	798	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,041	196.00	196.00
6	1150–1200	1,179	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	330.00	330.00
4	350–400	364	300.00	300.00
6	400–450	409	326.00	326.00
32	450–500	482	285.00–299.00	294.96
56	500–550	514	275.00–284.00	280.38
61	550–600	569	240.00–279.00	277.02
14	600–650	609	268.00	268.00
26	650–700	663	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	750–800	782	255.00	255.00
92	800–850	831	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	526	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,782	151.00–177.00	166.11
8	—	1,745	130.00–160.00	148.53
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,485	160.00–161.00	160.46
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,540	164.00–173.00	167.75
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,172	175.00–183.00	181.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,345	183.60–199.00	193.02
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,337	184.75	184.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,225	173.00–191.00	182.63
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,356	183.00–186.00	184.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,510	184.25–189.00	185.60
148	—	1,474	184.00–199.00	194.77
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,209	185.00	185.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,326	175.00–191.50	187.74
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,602	182.00	182.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,352	121.00–129.50	125.82
57	—	1,488	121.00–142.00	133.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,082	89.00–114.00	107.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,296	115.00–120.00	117.85
20	—	1,248	121.00–129.00	124.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,502	142.00–150.00	148.62
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,494	184.00–190.50	189.58

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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