Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 100 priced lines covering 7,419 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,840 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,669 head.

Mon Sep 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,840Last week 10,425Year ago 9,739

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,669Last week 0Year ago 1,616

Compared to last week: Spring born steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves steady to firm. Yearling feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher, heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Good demand for spring born calves, whether they are weaned or not there is plenty of interest in buying these light cattle. Good demand for yearling steers and heifers as the cattle futures found some support and cash fed cattle traded higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	402.50–425.00	417.06
18	350–400	378	1,400.00–1,435.00	1,418.29
7	350–400	376	363.00	363.00
107	400–450	424	317.50–354.00	342.78
13	450–500	483	1,070.00–1,250.00	1,166.46
124	450–500	471	296.00–339.00	320.58
267	500–550	524	280.00–324.50	306.14
734	550–600	591	271.00–306.00	298.66
96	600–650	620	257.00–278.50	270.39
94	650–700	675	247.00–268.00	256.03
119	700–750	729	246.00–264.00	256.67
395	750–800	776	238.00–267.75	257.17
466	800–850	826	231.00–260.00	250.89
760	850–900	871	238.00–254.00	247.54
188	900–950	905	220.00–247.50	244.04
256	950–1000	962	230.00–238.00	235.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	469	313.00	313.00
54	550–600	570	272.50–280.75	277.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	486	281.00–301.00	293.61
33	500–550	517	245.00–294.00	283.47
29	550–600	567	255.00–271.00	259.53
10	650–700	654	245.00	245.00
5	750–800	773	241.00	241.00
28	900–950	941	222.00	222.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	1000–1050	1,027	220.25–225.25	222.14
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	527	271.00	271.00
31	600–650	633	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
103	750–800	763	255.75–263.75	260.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	264	350.00	350.00
6	250–300	286	1,150.00	1,150.00
9	300–350	307	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,133.33
10	350–400	372	332.00	332.00
59	350–400	391	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,262.50
106	400–450	431	285.00–308.00	298.98
19	400–450	412	1,000.00–1,075.00	1,051.51
144	450–500	474	277.50–300.00	289.53
84	500–550	518	251.00–288.00	275.30
71	550–600	567	240.00–293.00	276.66
58	600–650	630	244.00–257.00	252.28
129	650–700	679	236.25–259.00	247.10
49	700–750	719	225.00–244.00	235.26
35	750–800	764	225.50–235.50	233.05
439	800–850	821	221.00–231.50	228.94
3	850–900	850	225.00	225.00
35	950–1000	973	180.00–221.75	205.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	800–850	831	226.50	226.50
287	900–950	932	221.75–222.50	222.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	272	350.00	350.00
17	400–450	432	264.00–295.00	278.45
34	450–500	472	262.50–290.00	274.62
20	500–550	522	282.00–300.00	292.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	479	252.50–255.00	253.05
40	500–550	508	240.00–260.00	250.72
60	550–600	577	240.00–264.00	253.87
8	650–700	650	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	783	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	399	262.00	262.00
6	400–450	429	271.00	271.00
5	550–600	552	243.00	243.00
10	600–650	646	230.50	230.50
3	700–750	715	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	488	260.00–271.00	265.42
1	550–600	590	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	430	304.00–311.00	308.18
16	500–550	514	270.00–286.00	280.04
16	600–650	617	251.00–256.00	254.17
5	750–800	773	235.00	235.00
10	850–900	850	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,888	164.00–170.00	166.51
28	—	1,815	124.00–163.00	152.52
2	—	1,328	121.00–126.00	123.73
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,304	181.50–183.25	182.94
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,087	160.00–184.50	178.59
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,522	179.50	179.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
383	—	1,331	180.25–191.50	187.37
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,060	178.00–182.00	178.97
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,234	171.00–187.50	181.90
7	—	1,171	177.50–181.75	180.16
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	180.00	180.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,325	180.00–183.00	181.99
438	—	1,441	185.00–192.75	187.97
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,396	181.50–183.25	182.96
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,522	182.70	182.70
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,300	175.00–184.50	182.68
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,248	184.50–189.00	186.61
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,105	171.00–191.00	176.22
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	115.00–120.00	117.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,517	134.00–142.50	138.15
53	—	1,422	125.00–135.00	128.42
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	961	124.00–133.00	126.66
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,103	118.00–135.00	124.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,161	106.00–115.00	111.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,105	137.00–165.00	151.31
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	913	80.00–114.00	105.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,344	116.00–124.50	121.11
5	—	1,365	110.00–116.00	113.53

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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