Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 70 priced lines covering 2,330 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,762 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,019 head.

Mon May 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,762Last week 10,627Year ago 9,057

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,019Last week 1,056Year ago 1,335

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mostly steady except 900 lbs steers sold sharply higher on the week. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher with slaughter cows 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good for the light supply of cattle on hand. Iowa cash slaughter cattle at area feedlots on a live FOB basis sold from 187.00 to 193.00 with a weighted average price of 190.48 and dressed delivered sales ranged from 298.00 to 304.00 with an average price at 300.80 on Friday afternoon MPR report.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	343	423.00	423.00
5	350–400	376	394.00	394.00
44	400–450	419	365.00–387.50	378.94
34	450–500	479	343.00–357.50	351.50
103	500–550	527	332.00–350.00	341.37
63	550–600	588	309.00–327.50	324.47
115	600–650	631	295.00–319.00	312.94
42	650–700	683	284.00–301.00	288.70
92	700–750	724	281.50–290.00	288.86
7	800–850	816	252.50	252.50
62	850–900	881	252.75	252.75
124	900–950	908	252.00–252.75	252.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	300.00	300.00
25	550–600	575	279.00–309.50	305.13
16	600–650	637	290.00	290.00
23	650–700	658	267.00–278.00	272.33
7	700–750	742	251.00–260.00	256.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	462	409.50	409.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	550–600	562	363.00	363.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	473	300.00–310.00	302.19
32	500–550	528	275.00–307.00	291.28
5	550–600	584	276.00	276.00
13	600–650	640	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	335	362.50	362.50
6	350–400	385	355.00–367.50	361.28
54	400–450	433	329.00–353.00	343.19
83	450–500	481	320.00–334.00	329.67
79	500–550	519	313.00–333.00	321.19
139	550–600	571	280.00–309.00	289.34
72	600–650	617	271.00–287.00	280.56
37	650–700	666	257.00–277.50	267.18
9	700–750	728	254.00–256.00	254.64
6	750–800	755	249.00	249.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,331	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,456	182.50–186.50	184.48
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,288	180.00–191.00	186.69
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,013	171.00–185.50	177.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,347	187.75–199.50	193.15
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,145	131.00–143.00	136.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,563	136.00–156.00	146.28
4	—	1,671	121.00–134.00	125.87
38	—	1,481	127.00–141.00	134.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,133	88.00–125.00	116.67
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,431	106.00–119.50	113.38
7	—	1,294	136.00–149.00	141.08
28	—	1,353	115.00–135.00	127.26
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	923	90.00–123.00	106.01
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	933	121.00–143.00	132.78
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,242	135.00–165.00	148.06
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,431	177.00–182.00	179.64
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	187.00	187.00
10	—	1,591	185.00–189.50	188.64
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,590	184.50	184.50
150	—	1,436	190.00–199.00	194.92
11	—	1,436	183.00–188.00	185.83
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,661	183.00–184.00	183.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,292	175.00–193.00	185.22
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,730	185.00–190.50	189.28
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,021	162.50–200.50	187.13
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,324	175.00–191.00	188.03
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,590	174.00	174.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,279	173.00–178.50	175.16
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,538	163.00–167.50	166.23
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,505	160.00–165.00	162.94
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,571	164.00–181.00	170.21
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,602	150.50	150.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,974	158.00–200.50	171.91
14	—	1,798	135.00–161.00	152.20
3	—	1,367	100.00–126.00	117.87
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	150.00	150.00

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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