Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 102 priced lines covering 9,404 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 10,425 head.

Mon Sep 9, 2024

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

Receipts 10,425Last week 7,008Year ago 12,942

Compared to last week: Spring born steer calves sold with higher undertones, spring born heifer calves mostly steady. Yearling feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for spring calves as producers are starting to pull calves from cows and send them to the sale, good demand for yearlings. The market is active, yet cattle feeders are facing a futures complex that is much weaker than the cash fed and feeder cattle markets. Cash fed cattle traded down to 180.00 as packers have been able to snatch the leverage back from cattle feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	327.50–360.00	346.44
61	350–400	380	315.00–380.00	358.53
115	400–450	425	299.00–355.00	339.11
221	450–500	482	300.00–335.50	323.19
304	500–550	519	285.00–319.00	302.13
647	550–600	568	270.00–313.50	292.96
259	600–650	619	257.00–293.00	281.13
174	650–700	666	246.00–289.00	268.27
189	700–750	721	254.00–282.00	266.56
522	750–800	776	247.00–263.00	257.11
153	800–850	824	238.50–250.00	249.50
498	850–900	871	225.50–250.25	240.94
139	900–950	917	228.00–238.00	235.26
55	950–1000	987	221.00–233.75	232.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	333	370.00–390.00	376.82
37	350–400	372	327.50–370.00	351.57
148	400–450	423	325.00–367.50	344.71
314	450–500	472	287.00–344.00	324.86
371	500–550	527	282.50–311.00	301.57
342	550–600	570	268.00–312.00	290.70
61	600–650	625	270.00–281.00	277.99
55	650–700	665	244.00–259.00	252.94
12	700–750	703	239.00–241.00	239.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	650–700	677	279.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	900–950	917	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	478	351.00	351.00
28	500–550	501	330.00	330.00
84	650–700	681	283.00–284.00	283.82
89	750–800	765	253.50–266.25	263.42
63	800–850	806	259.00	259.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	585	269.00	269.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	587	273.00	273.00
7	600–650	623	260.00–267.00	264.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	317	337.50	337.50
3	350–400	365	348.00	348.00
51	400–450	443	280.00–322.00	309.39
58	450–500	486	295.00–310.00	305.30
35	500–550	542	240.00–276.00	256.41
43	550–600	571	244.00–279.00	262.18
34	600–650	640	255.50	255.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	295.00–340.00	309.73
6	350–400	379	300.00–330.00	315.10
2	400–450	430	260.00–285.00	272.50
127	450–500	476	250.00–305.00	294.83
8	500–550	531	264.00	264.00
41	550–600	589	250.00–269.00	265.02
13	600–650	630	222.50–261.00	250.60
11	650–700	666	227.50–262.00	251.92
9	750–800	783	227.00	227.00
4	900–950	900	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	326	298.00–303.00	300.96
51	350–400	382	270.00–320.00	306.44
126	400–450	432	265.00–307.00	297.27
306	450–500	475	260.00–292.00	282.47
371	500–550	521	255.00–292.00	273.58
228	550–600	570	248.00–276.00	266.81
229	600–650	637	243.00–259.25	253.66
126	650–700	666	229.00–258.00	250.75
145	700–750	734	226.00–244.00	238.12
96	750–800	767	222.25–238.50	227.74
168	800–850	827	221.00–233.00	226.76
54	850–900	863	227.00–230.00	228.33
174	900–950	931	213.50–225.00	216.15
204	950–1000	972	206.00–223.25	214.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	300–350	323	330.00–355.00	342.35
82	350–400	386	309.00–335.00	326.53
118	400–450	425	306.00–335.00	316.70
252	450–500	471	260.00–302.50	283.09
269	500–550	520	251.00–293.00	274.58
77	550–600	577	242.00–273.50	265.61
86	600–650	624	238.00–253.00	246.80
3	650–700	698	231.00	231.00
3	800–850	825	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	438	284.00–292.50	287.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	393	340.00–347.50	345.84
4	400–450	417	318.00	318.00
10	500–550	507	281.00	281.00
27	600–650	611	264.00	264.00
76	700–750	722	241.00–246.00	243.23
99	750–800	779	238.50–239.00	238.81
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	676	220.00–248.00	242.02
10	1050–1100	1,058	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	373	275.00–310.00	299.41
80	400–450	431	267.50–299.00	291.66
50	450–500	485	256.00–265.00	261.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	333	287.50–315.00	306.61
10	350–400	377	260.00–315.00	280.81
34	400–450	423	232.50–275.00	252.00
36	450–500	484	230.00–257.00	250.91
44	500–550	536	230.00–269.00	254.55
14	550–600	582	222.50–239.00	231.25
15	600–650	625	200.00–245.00	239.82
9	650–700	679	200.00–230.00	226.78
4	850–900	898	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	389	370.00	370.00
10	400–450	443	295.00–319.00	312.02
9	450–500	484	255.00–276.00	261.69
17	500–550	529	262.00–267.50	265.19
10	550–600	562	274.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	570	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	310.00	310.00
4	500–550	525	270.00	270.00

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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