Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 144 priced lines covering 10,614 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,691 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 515 head.

Mon Apr 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,691Last week 10,799Year ago 11,718

Slaughter CattleReceipts 515Last week 659Year ago 804

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower, over 750 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, by far, the best demand remains on light cattle as cattle feeders want to buy these kinds as their cost per head is so much lower than a big yearling. The pressure from the cattle futures is weighing on the feeder market and causing cattle feeders to worry about the future. Cash fed cattle only at 185.00 this week, below breakeven prices for most cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	327.50	327.50
3	400–450	447	292.50	292.50
14	450–500	497	301.00–305.00	301.27
1	600–650	615	192.50	192.50
3	650–700	655	227.50	227.50
1	700–750	740	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	475	260.00–290.00	267.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	338	330.00	330.00
62	350–400	375	284.00–337.50	318.48
80	400–450	430	252.50–350.00	312.20
217	450–500	476	267.50–340.00	309.60
142	500–550	520	252.50–311.00	289.13
416	550–600	567	222.50–290.00	267.79
335	600–650	628	222.50–269.00	255.47
410	650–700	678	228.00–256.50	241.05
509	700–750	728	210.00–250.50	234.37
485	750–800	774	186.00–249.75	231.19
297	800–850	824	180.00–239.00	222.83
350	850–900	874	180.00–224.00	211.31
127	900–950	929	175.00–208.00	203.96
19	950–1000	955	206.50	206.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	706	206.00	206.00
69	750–800	797	216.75–218.50	217.64
11	950–1000	985	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	337	316.00	316.00
31	400–450	427	318.00–335.00	328.84
7	450–500	450	311.00	311.00
85	500–550	521	274.00–305.00	300.85
17	550–600	584	256.00–257.50	256.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	683	284.75	284.75
16	800–850	845	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	469	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	330.00	330.00
23	450–500	475	271.00–277.00	274.57
24	500–550	502	263.00–267.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	213	213.00	213.00
2	250–300	285	300.00	300.00
6	300–350	317	260.00–285.50	272.29
7	400–450	434	307.50	307.50
15	450–500	471	202.50–280.00	259.87
39	500–550	529	200.00–291.00	273.43
40	550–600	585	236.00–256.00	242.64
2	600–650	608	192.50–211.00	201.71
47	650–700	681	190.00–240.00	225.73
24	700–750	717	160.00–219.00	202.08
27	750–800	784	217.00–219.00	217.52
16	850–900	881	190.00–200.00	196.19
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	536	260.00	260.00
50	550–600	572	236.00–262.50	258.11
40	650–700	663	230.00–242.75	240.42
10	750–800	795	215.50	215.50
4	1000–1050	1,033	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	547	254.00	254.00
6	600–650	606	235.00	235.00
6	700–750	711	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
50	700–750	747	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	436	282.00	282.00
9	650–700	672	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	883	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	350–400	374	322.50–412.50	377.78
130	400–450	425	335.00–405.00	374.51
150	450–500	481	310.00–365.00	342.84
213	500–550	521	290.00–353.00	331.27
232	550–600	578	270.00–330.00	308.77
214	600–650	626	260.00–308.75	288.30
222	650–700	673	251.00–297.00	279.95
424	700–750	720	230.00–286.00	264.03
583	750–800	781	217.50–265.50	249.90
455	800–850	828	231.00–255.10	248.45
1,249	850–900	875	220.50–252.75	239.87
716	900–950	923	222.00–236.60	229.97
302	950–1000	964	209.75–224.50	217.86
10	1000–1050	1,009	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	461	310.00	310.00
8	550–600	592	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	303	335.00	335.00
9	350–400	376	342.50–375.00	357.33
41	450–500	479	275.00–339.00	326.06
4	500–550	529	232.50–285.00	263.77
30	550–600	591	242.50–298.00	290.21
19	600–650	634	273.00–280.50	278.23
2	650–700	680	220.00–225.00	222.50
16	700–750	716	220.00–226.00	221.15
3	750–800	767	177.00–200.00	192.40
9	800–850	804	183.00–215.00	192.63
28	850–900	892	190.00–224.50	202.74
19	900–950	930	206.00	206.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	565	266.00	266.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	311.00	311.00
4	350–400	383	316.00	316.00
10	400–450	417	310.00–380.00	352.81
63	550–600	577	280.00–309.50	295.14
8	600–650	613	254.00	254.00
45	650–700	676	261.50	261.50
14	700–750	704	236.50–239.00	237.40
14	750–800	789	235.00	235.00
11	800–850	827	228.00	228.00
35	900–950	944	209.75	209.75
4	1050–1100	1,081	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	304	398.00	398.00
5	350–400	378	395.00	395.00
31	400–450	433	359.00–390.00	376.22
31	450–500	468	320.00–330.00	326.92
84	500–550	534	310.00–337.50	326.78
30	550–600	570	280.00–318.00	295.20
63	600–650	608	276.00–286.00	283.04
21	650–700	681	250.00–260.00	253.31
17	700–750	742	230.00–237.00	231.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	502	306.00	306.00
20	700–750	739	243.00	243.00
42	850–900	877	215.00–222.00	220.82
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	324.00	324.00
13	600–650	625	250.00–265.00	255.77
14	700–750	749	242.00	242.00
13	800–850	825	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	246	310.00	310.00
12	300–350	303	312.50	312.50
14	350–400	365	295.00–300.00	297.93
8	400–450	424	281.00	281.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	575	184.00	184.00
10	700–750	748	184.00	184.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	568	174.00	174.00
13	700–750	744	184.00	184.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,155	140.00–167.00	157.62
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,410	181.00–183.00	181.97
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,360	180.00–188.00	184.86
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,256	170.00–183.00	180.27
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,188	174.00–178.00	175.69
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,334	181.50–185.00	182.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,423	181.50–183.00	182.13
109	—	1,524	184.00–188.75	185.83
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,212	176.00–181.50	178.73
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,342	170.00–183.00	179.15
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	170.00–172.50	171.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,970	148.00–165.00	155.05
7	—	1,786	115.00–143.00	133.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,386	120.00–130.00	125.53
21	—	1,530	131.00–138.00	134.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,242	110.00–118.00	114.44
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,573	140.00–155.00	144.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,143	88.00–107.00	100.98
3	—	1,070	32.50–65.00	45.72

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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