Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 110 priced lines covering 7,486 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,008 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,035 head.

Mon Sep 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,008Last week 7,451Year ago 5,464

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,035Last week 739Year ago 1,515

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady, heifers steady to firm. Good demand for yearling steers and heifers, but with cash fed cattle trading lower at 180.00 and the futures complex weaker yet, cattle feeders are concerned about the path forward.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	500–550	528	309.00	309.00
23	550–600	557	306.25	306.25
55	600–650	638	297.50	297.50
6	650–700	671	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	395	326.50	326.50
15	400–450	434	334.00–341.00	336.61
11	450–500	450	341.00	341.00
102	500–550	525	292.00–312.50	304.89
71	550–600	587	281.50–309.50	293.77
142	600–650	629	275.00–288.50	281.59
167	650–700	676	245.00–285.50	268.99
407	700–750	726	250.00–275.50	269.24
560	750–800	777	249.50–275.25	262.61
465	800–850	819	238.00–261.00	255.83
807	850–900	874	226.00–257.75	243.34
193	900–950	942	221.00–236.00	229.48
50	950–1000	972	215.00–226.25	221.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	412	275.00–285.00	280.67
36	450–500	473	240.00–286.00	270.94
38	500–550	523	250.00–287.50	267.43
22	550–600	568	247.50–284.00	266.75
29	600–650	627	230.00–265.00	256.76
12	650–700	684	235.00–248.00	242.38
22	700–750	719	230.00–257.00	243.82
6	750–800	789	200.00–244.00	233.62
4	800–850	821	215.00–235.00	225.52
4	850–900	856	231.00	231.00
4	900–950	924	197.00–210.00	205.48
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	645	251.00	251.00
5	800–850	805	233.00	233.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	193.00	193.00
6	1100–1150	1,110	186.00–190.00	189.33
7	1150–1200	1,174	176.00–188.00	179.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	339	314.50	314.50
12	450–500	461	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	343.00	343.00
19	350–400	395	352.00	352.00
49	400–450	409	320.00–326.00	323.60
122	450–500	490	310.00–316.50	313.15
6	500–550	510	289.00	289.00
8	650–700	678	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	322	317.00–320.50	319.07
61	350–400	360	294.00–354.00	340.64
18	400–450	423	285.00–322.00	299.89
65	450–500	481	267.00–282.00	273.99
32	500–550	521	268.00–279.50	273.31
134	550–600	570	255.00–281.00	266.25
196	600–650	628	220.00–260.00	250.96
293	650–700	671	221.00–259.50	252.87
924	700–750	725	230.00–249.00	241.40
520	750–800	771	209.50–254.00	239.86
22	800–850	822	220.00–235.00	227.45
49	850–900	875	193.50–230.00	220.77
66	900–950	926	187.50–224.50	214.90
24	950–1000	981	201.00–218.00	206.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	250.00	250.00
18	350–400	389	284.00–322.50	310.15
10	400–450	434	270.00	270.00
12	450–500	478	256.00	256.00
4	500–550	546	246.50	246.50
10	600–650	628	216.00	216.00
7	650–700	666	207.50–233.00	221.72
5	700–750	725	185.00–200.00	195.03
15	750–800	771	217.00–228.00	225.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	377	333.00	333.00
27	450–500	493	302.00	302.00
55	500–550	532	285.50–295.25	291.77
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	598	261.50	261.50
12	1000–1050	1,021	205.00	205.00
3	1050–1100	1,067	185.00–191.00	188.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	432	299.00	299.00
9	500–550	533	272.50	272.50
5	600–650	640	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	450–500	465	300.00–309.00	305.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	350–400	366	371.00	371.00
4	400–450	405	262.50	262.50
6	500–550	503	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	464	321.00	321.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,042	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	250.00	250.00
2	850–900	863	185.00	185.00
14	950–1000	955	179.00	179.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	174.50	174.50
71	—	1,232	178.00–189.50	184.72
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	180.00–180.50	180.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
249	—	1,295	175.00–198.50	186.67
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,023	160.00–175.00	166.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,284	136.00–153.00	141.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,047	120.00–140.00	131.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,457	133.00–144.50	138.30
9	—	1,562	117.00–128.00	121.71
39	—	1,509	141.00–167.00	149.84
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	869	105.00–119.00	112.44
4	—	854	72.00–95.00	88.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,244	120.00–134.00	127.87
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	935	121.00–123.00	122.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,107	106.00–120.00	115.34
1	—	1,225	88.00	88.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	1,368	176.00–189.50	186.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
245	—	1,439	188.00–200.50	191.36
61	—	1,311	180.00–189.25	184.21
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	170.00–180.00	175.64
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,719	178.00–179.50	178.38
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,176	172.00–187.00	183.32
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,448	159.00–168.75	164.87
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,533	169.50–177.00	172.73
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,055	161.00–172.50	167.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	92.50	92.50
24	—	1,664	146.00–169.00	157.68
10	—	1,692	170.00–190.00	176.03

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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