Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 83 priced lines covering 5,065 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,733 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,145 head.

Mon Aug 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,733Last week 2,706Year ago 862

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,145Last week 1,444Year ago 427

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for yearling steers and heifers, however the optimism that was running so high amongst cattle feeders has been replaced with uncertainty. Cash fed cattle traded lower at midweek, 188.00 and went even lower as the week ended, 183.00-184.00. The downturn in the CME Live Cattle futures complex has caught cattle producers and cattle feeders totally off guard as the months where market ready cattke are historically the tightest, are lower than the front month of August. There has not been a big rush to sell yearlings, unless feed supplies are short, as the futures are 20.00 lower than where they were all summer.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	426	278.00	278.00
10	450–500	488	270.00–283.00	277.81
36	500–550	512	268.00–276.00	274.13
81	550–600	580	247.00–265.00	251.56
62	600–650	624	251.00–256.50	252.59
104	650–700	683	232.00–248.75	242.62
278	700–750	734	230.00–240.00	235.36
237	750–800	776	226.00–241.25	230.00
353	800–850	826	221.75–234.00	225.15
365	850–900	873	217.50–234.00	222.63
133	900–950	932	214.50–227.00	215.62
38	950–1000	983	220.25	220.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	692	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	263.00	263.00
3	500–550	541	260.00	260.00
5	750–800	795	218.00	218.00
13	800–850	831	217.25	217.25
4	950–1000	968	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,032	191.00–195.00	192.70
4	1050–1100	1,056	184.50	184.50
38	1100–1150	1,101	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	342.50	342.50
11	400–450	402	340.00	340.00
31	450–500	480	290.00–312.00	299.12
11	500–550	512	280.00–285.00	282.25
17	550–600	581	277.00–289.00	283.40
117	600–650	615	267.00–286.00	276.10
101	650–700	680	250.00–282.75	270.18
84	700–750	734	253.00–263.75	259.26
208	750–800	781	243.00–254.00	249.14
298	800–850	821	240.00–250.50	244.45
173	850–900	877	230.75–245.10	235.08
250	900–950	927	215.00–234.25	231.69
3	950–1000	998	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	493	273.00	273.00
50	650–700	693	241.50	241.50
7	700–750	724	242.00	242.00
16	800–850	814	235.25	235.25
6	900–950	937	214.00	214.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,014	219.50	219.50
3	1100–1150	1,148	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	715	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,551	170.00–178.75	173.88
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,445	155.00–171.00	164.49
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,290	134.50–146.00	140.85
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,874	157.00–165.00	160.66
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,203	186.50	186.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	1,416	182.00–192.00	184.83
8	—	1,527	183.00–186.50	185.63
356	—	1,430	182.00–193.25	186.79
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,744	174.00–179.00	176.71
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,586	176.50	176.50
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	187.00	187.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,612	181.00–188.50	184.44
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,524	189.00–190.50	190.00
18	—	1,352	185.50–190.35	188.39
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,260	175.00–189.75	184.18
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,131	170.00–188.00	180.10
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	1,338	174.00–187.50	181.70
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,140	134.00–181.00	153.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,558	65.00–115.00	88.19
34	—	1,713	128.00–169.00	156.09
18	—	1,778	165.00–193.00	178.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,163	96.00–120.00	111.01
4	—	1,024	80.00–92.50	88.63
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	916	120.00–145.00	126.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,469	121.50–128.50	124.97
49	—	1,412	132.00–143.00	138.47
37	—	1,496	142.50–159.00	148.18
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,143	134.00–170.00	141.02
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	926	100.00–116.00	107.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,273	130.00–166.00	145.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,250	120.00–133.00	126.53
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,243	179.50–192.00	183.52
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
363	—	1,317	182.75–191.50	187.20
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,032	160.00–187.00	176.56
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,285	183.00–183.50	183.41
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,296	175.00–181.00	179.02
131	—	1,258	175.00–187.50	182.65
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,356	184.50–189.75	187.76
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	183.75	183.75
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,397	176.00–181.00	178.45

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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