Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 76 priced lines covering 4,883 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,100 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,415 head.

Mon Jul 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,100Last week 1,713Year ago 7,245

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,415Last week 1,370Year ago 2,100

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,396	190.00–200.00	194.15
5	—	1,505	196.75	196.75
321	—	1,389	194.00–201.00	197.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,300	182.00–193.50	189.27
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,086	150.00–209.00	187.02
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,625	196.50–198.00	197.59
3	—	1,430	196.00	196.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,675	191.00–199.00	196.59
3	—	1,745	196.00–200.00	198.59
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,245	188.00–194.75	193.34
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	1,275	190.50–200.00	196.76
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	986	169.00–206.00	194.21
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,346	182.50–193.00	190.09
47	—	1,230	185.00–193.50	189.81
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,141	187.75–193.50	189.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,443	116.00–122.50	119.84
10	—	1,736	175.00–190.00	181.52
13	—	1,713	155.00–173.00	164.33
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	155.00–162.00	158.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,616	171.00–189.00	178.57
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,404	167.50	167.50
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,058	150.00–157.00	153.26
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,593	153.00–170.00	168.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,485	135.00–144.00	139.81
3	—	1,620	127.00–133.00	130.04
37	—	1,508	145.00–165.00	151.06
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	893	120.00–167.50	138.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,269	139.00–156.00	146.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,479	110.00–115.00	112.95
25	—	1,341	123.00–134.00	128.11
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,094	119.00–185.00	149.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,247	60.00–90.00	72.27
18	—	1,188	102.00–122.00	114.40
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	958	115.00–118.00	116.52
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,310	164.00	164.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,568	190.00–195.25	191.98
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,643	197.00	197.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	302	325.00	325.00
5	400–450	448	330.00	330.00
21	450–500	483	294.00–322.00	308.01
20	700–750	730	255.00–275.00	259.34
5	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	372	407.00–415.00	410.11
27	400–450	435	340.00–367.50	356.22
39	450–500	471	326.00–360.00	342.40
62	500–550	512	320.00–343.00	334.14
81	550–600	572	306.00–319.00	311.59
124	600–650	625	287.50–309.00	293.02
127	650–700	678	281.00–308.50	287.09
105	700–750	719	262.50–299.00	278.05
149	750–800	767	250.00–271.25	255.86
383	800–850	840	243.00–268.25	257.94
152	850–900	860	240.50–248.50	245.17
174	900–950	917	239.00–256.60	247.02
49	950–1000	964	220.00–230.00	225.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	381	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	448	275.00	275.00
29	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
14	550–600	581	264.00–277.00	273.30
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	1000–1050	1,011	220.00	220.00
6	1050–1100	1,070	196.75	196.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	303	430.00	430.00
38	350–400	375	355.00–363.00	357.66
23	400–450	413	338.00–342.50	340.26
21	450–500	486	300.00–331.00	309.81
132	500–550	529	281.00–310.00	288.67
128	550–600	572	269.00–300.25	282.55
249	600–650	633	276.00–286.00	278.40
430	650–700	667	248.00–271.00	263.44
242	700–750	721	249.00–262.00	255.74
277	750–800	779	238.50–249.00	243.99
98	800–850	815	232.00–241.00	234.10
76	850–900	860	218.00–230.00	227.18
87	900–950	920	214.50–221.25	218.91
139	950–1000	961	221.85–222.25	222.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	853	222.00	222.00

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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