Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Jul 22
● As filed55 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

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Counts as USDA filed them
Iowa reported 55 priced lines covering 2,645 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,713 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,370 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jul 22, 2024
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)
Feeder CattleReceipts 1,713Last week 2,620Year ago 0
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,370Last week 1,451Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 4.00 higher in a narrow comparison, feeder heifers not well compared. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers as the cash fed cattle market continues to hold it's ground, 10.00 premium to the futures contracts. Optimism amongst cattle feeders is very high as the cash fed cattle as moved counter seasonally higher. This is the time of the year where fed cattle supplies are the most plentiful, yet packers can't get leverage over the feeders. There is great hope amongst cattle producers that these record high prices will continue.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21,350120.00–122.00121.08
311,318125.00–134.00129.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8904107.00–128.00120.29
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
141,116129.00–150.00140.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
621,528142.00–170.00147.63
261,454135.00–144.00138.62
21,523134.00134.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
181,233141.00–167.00150.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
121,160107.00–121.00114.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4949152.00–175.00165.52
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2965137.00–141.00138.99
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
131,040152.00–193.00177.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2961,407193.00–200.00195.25
1061,350189.00–196.25194.65
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1261,307180.00–193.50189.41
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
261,144190.00–208.00197.25
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31,630193.75193.75
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41,471165.00–169.00167.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
241,436170.50–179.00175.13
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
31,278129.00–142.00137.56
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31,230130.00–180.00155.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21,120105.00–118.00112.60
221,562136.00–173.00163.85
131,774175.00–195.00182.36
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
81,501179.50–184.50182.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2441,287189.50–199.75195.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
841,224181.00–193.50190.21
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
101,050150.00–194.00177.16
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
151,637192.00–194.00192.93

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6500–550533347.00347.00
4550–600567307.00307.00
19600–650618287.00–296.00291.69
34650–700671285.50–308.00301.14
47700–750704275.00–294.00284.36
203750–800764265.00–284.00273.20
473800–850832261.00–278.00273.25
137850–900856259.00–274.00268.57
48900–950925248.00–255.50253.83
9950–1000965249.00–255.00251.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5450–500464288.00288.00
12500–550532279.00279.00
15550–600555275.00275.00
9650–700690277.00277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5400–450429290.00290.00
18550–600557278.00–282.50280.86
18600–650633276.00276.00
78650–700678260.50–276.00268.74
110700–750741258.50–265.00261.88
96750–800763253.00–263.00260.08
3800–850831242.00242.00
60850–900871231.00–237.50236.10
5900–950915226.00226.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
381000–10501,004221.00221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5600–650624255.00255.00
5700–750749237.00237.00
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.