Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 5
● As filed50 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

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Counts as USDA filed them
Iowa reported 50 priced lines covering 2,486 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,506 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,443 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 5, 2024
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)
Feeder CattleReceipts 1,506Last week 4,100Year ago 3,637
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,443Last week 1,415Year ago 1,591

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers not well compared with last week's much larger offering, too few offered to allow a good comparison. Moderate to good demand for the cattle that were offered in the auctions this week, auction markets remain on their summer sale schedules. Cash fed cattle traded lower, but at 193.00, still holding a very wide, positive basis over the futures contracts. The Live Cattle futures for the winter months are barely at 180.00, causing cattle feeder to refigure their breakeven prices much lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21,40386.00–101.0094.21
221,581134.00–169.00157.82
151,984170.00–202.00183.57
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
81,148126.00–169.50148.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
611,345188.00–195.00191.33
3711,416192.00–199.25195.17
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21,117199.50199.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
181,208190.00–198.50195.44
31,070212.00212.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31,740185.00185.00
71,541191.00–192.00191.65
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
251,134186.85–199.00194.02
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
961,328181.00–192.50188.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2811,280187.75–198.00193.40
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
961,305183.00–193.00189.53
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11994178.00–195.00186.95
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
51,618180.00180.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
141,088185.00–192.25190.20
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
171,544173.00–181.00177.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
351,450134.00–143.00138.99
351,474142.00–157.50146.97
31,710120.00–127.00123.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
381,256124.00–134.50129.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
151,217106.50–123.00115.96
41,21472.00–94.0086.38
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
171,118123.00–146.00133.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
191,247135.00–155.00146.17
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3873108.00–111.00109.86
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2945130.00130.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3450–500465284.00284.00
8600–650613270.00270.00
158750–800773230.00–245.00238.48
179850–900863225.00–236.00231.67
10900–950928216.00216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20650–700682244.00244.00
6900–950936189.50189.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1111000–10501,005205.00–207.50205.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5450–500477294.00294.00
44550–600580290.00290.00
93650–700676273.00–286.00275.47
4700–750732260.00260.00
79750–800782246.00–257.00253.73
192850–900862238.00–254.25250.71
6900–950920245.00245.00
130950–1000959230.50–248.00244.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7850–900850235.00235.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1001000–10501,016216.00–221.00219.98
571050–11001,053227.50227.50
381100–11501,108207.00207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8900–950945223.00223.00
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.