Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Jun 24
● As filed70 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

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Counts as USDA filed them
Iowa reported 70 priced lines covering 4,247 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,373 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 352 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jun 24, 2024
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)
Feeder CattleReceipts 4,373Last week 2,216Year ago 2,122
Slaughter CattleReceipts 352Last week 1,909Year ago 1,812

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle too lightly tested a week ago to offer a comparison with this week's much larger offering. Demand remains very good for yearling steers and heifers as cash fed cattle continue to set new, all-time high record prices. Good demand for the packages of fall born, light weight calves too as there is such great optimism amongst cattle producers, theses light cattle have a lot of marketing options and are highly sought after. Devastating flooding in northern and NW Iowa last week, and now SW Iowa being affected by the flooding Missouri river after the 10-15 rains in SD and NW IA.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14600–650602316.00316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7350–400376395.00395.00
14400–450431330.00–381.00362.72
62450–500482346.00–381.00357.72
72500–550531321.00–346.00332.68
51550–600569302.00–325.00316.75
135600–650620285.00–318.00306.38
108650–700675280.00–301.00292.22
264700–750723262.00–289.00281.57
184750–800784247.00–284.50267.81
406800–850825261.75–274.00265.76
362850–900870245.00–274.00266.38
156900–950914236.75–258.00247.12
138950–1000958239.50–249.75245.17
501050–11001,050227.00227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17400–450440327.50–340.00336.44
8450–500473275.00–325.00306.55
9500–550524257.50–305.00273.62
22550–600562241.00–294.00265.87
24600–650634262.00–279.00272.55
16650–700685247.00–267.50261.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15750–800754283.00283.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5600–650626278.00278.00
16700–750710284.00284.00
10750–800778260.00260.00
531000–10501,010225.50–247.00226.70
81050–11001,060227.75227.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35550–600576305.00305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7350–400368370.00–392.50382.45
24400–450419345.00345.00
58450–500459317.50–340.00330.20
34500–550532300.00–329.00314.22
140550–600587271.00–300.00289.43
52600–650625251.00–294.00273.25
175650–700686246.50–275.00258.17
129700–750730245.00–278.50252.06
337750–800766239.50–264.00255.56
126800–850825226.00–249.75245.18
182850–900876216.00–238.25222.86
6900–950903226.00226.00
311950–1000979211.00–224.00214.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9450–500470253.00–302.50274.92
7500–550542280.00280.00
16550–600579232.50–265.00255.17
6650–700651273.00273.00
9700–750706250.00250.00
5800–850820235.00235.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24600–650642273.00273.00
41050–11001,058203.00203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3600–650626293.50293.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13650–700688247.50–250.00249.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
41,830166.00–176.00172.09
52,007148.00–162.00154.75
21,420100.00–104.00102.32
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21,205150.00–152.00150.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
81,128128.00–142.00135.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
71,276120.00–130.00125.09
31,337110.00–120.00114.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
61,225102.00–116.00112.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
141,508131.00–138.00134.28
231,577139.00–146.00142.76
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3855100.00–138.00114.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
51,288135.00–139.00137.03
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
291,243181.00–194.00189.61
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
121,038160.00–186.50181.96
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
561,335195.00–205.00200.59
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
711,427196.00–206.00201.55
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
431,386184.00–194.00188.53
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2970172.50–190.00180.93
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
141,262179.00–186.00182.72
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.