Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 97 priced lines covering 2,999 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,216 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,909 head.

Mon Jun 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,216Last week 1,228Year ago 2,575

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,909Last week 1,055Year ago 330

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested to make a good market comparison. Very good demand remains for feeder cattle, of all weights and kinds as offerings in the auction markets are very limited. Cash fed cattle reached up to 198.00 again this week, a full 10.00 premium to the futures contracts, which is giving cattle feeders great hope that this bullish run in the market will continue.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	100–150	143	175.00	175.00
6	250–300	265	175.00	175.00
46	300–350	312	160.00	160.00
15	750–800	761	135.00	135.00
6	800–850	841	135.00	135.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	100–150	143	175.00	175.00
6	250–300	265	175.00	175.00
46	300–350	312	160.00	160.00
15	750–800	761	135.00	135.00
6	800–850	841	135.00	135.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	602	210.00	210.00
5	650–700	674	195.00	195.00
4	1000–1050	1,039	155.00	155.00
7	1050–1100	1,067	160.00	160.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	602	210.00	210.00
5	650–700	674	195.00	195.00
4	1000–1050	1,039	155.00	155.00
7	1050–1100	1,067	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	372	250.00–265.00	260.03
5	400–450	436	237.50	237.50
39	450–500	454	232.50–240.00	238.64
23	500–550	524	225.00–240.00	230.01
12	550–600	583	215.00	215.00
13	600–650	633	210.00	210.00
59	650–700	670	190.00–210.00	205.89
13	700–750	712	200.00–202.50	200.96
53	850–900	865	187.50–197.50	195.12
10	1000–1050	1,009	198.00	198.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	372	250.00–265.00	260.03
39	450–500	454	232.50–240.00	238.64
12	550–600	583	240.00	240.00
13	600–650	633	210.00	210.00
70	650–700	668	190.00–210.00	205.75
13	700–750	712	200.00–202.50	200.96
53	850–900	865	187.50–197.50	195.12
10	1000–1050	1,009	198.00	198.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	357	295.00–325.00	315.09
20	550–600	590	265.00	265.00
18	600–650	602	265.00	265.00
12	650–700	676	237.50	237.50
5	700–750	722	227.50	227.50
42	750–800	757	237.00	237.00
21	800–850	831	211.00	211.00
20	850–900	869	211.00	211.00
12	950–1000	994	194.00	194.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,007	189.00	189.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	245.00	245.00
13	600–650	617	215.00	215.00
5	700–750	711	205.00	205.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	245.00	245.00
13	600–650	617	215.00	215.00
5	700–750	711	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	251	435.00	435.00
32	550–600	572	265.00–270.00	266.21
6	600–650	615	252.50	252.50
59	650–700	664	240.00–242.50	241.50
18	700–750	729	231.00	231.00
6	800–850	833	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	501	265.00	265.00
81	550–600	576	235.00–250.00	243.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	251	450.00	450.00
50	500–550	534	317.50	317.50
14	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
116	600–650	603	305.00–310.00	306.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	433	300.00	300.00
32	550–600	573	290.00–295.00	293.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,732	166.00–190.00	174.53
35	—	1,706	120.00–166.00	152.72
2	—	840	115.00–120.00	117.31
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,137	116.00–172.00	148.60
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,328	180.00–190.75	188.80
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,088	160.00–189.00	174.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	1,414	187.25–196.00	192.18
64	—	1,548	190.75–198.00	193.97
438	—	1,428	191.00–199.50	195.42
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,323	191.00	191.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,705	193.00–195.00	193.96
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,531	193.25–194.00	193.77
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,084	172.00–185.00	180.66
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
323	—	1,316	186.00–199.00	193.46
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,232	184.00–190.00	187.91
17	—	1,370	185.00–191.00	187.89
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,618	193.75	193.75
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,093	186.50	186.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,308	116.00–138.00	130.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,197	106.00–126.00	116.02
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	907	111.00–126.00	121.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,521	118.00–132.00	125.89
55	—	1,469	120.00–146.50	138.46
43	—	1,532	138.00–166.00	145.93
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,100	125.00–182.50	145.18
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	938	125.00–160.00	139.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,254	138.00–159.00	146.01
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,578	168.50–179.50	171.99
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,565	155.00–167.00	162.61
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	159.50	159.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,467	179.50–193.50	185.63

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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