Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 108 priced lines covering 5,393 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,188 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,833 head.

Mon Sep 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,188Last week 6,840Year ago 2,809

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,833Last week 1,669Year ago 1,851

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Spring born steer and heifer calves not well compared as there was a much lighter offering this week. Good demand for yearling steers and heifers as the cash fed cattle market has moved higher again and the cattle futures complex has seemed to find some support. Fall harvest is in full swing across the state, keeping cattle producers busy as they work to get their crops out of the field.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	361	298.00–318.00	310.41
16	400–450	434	281.00–284.00	282.49
158	450–500	476	283.00–302.50	291.41
36	500–550	525	273.00–285.00	280.47
55	550–600	560	272.00–279.00	277.10
20	600–650	608	245.00–250.00	248.73
3	650–700	683	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	437	286.00–301.00	289.99
22	450–500	480	270.00–292.00	281.28
19	500–550	503	280.00	280.00
27	550–600	562	255.00–280.00	270.89
167	600–650	625	242.50–268.00	257.73
105	650–700	693	230.00–254.00	251.74
216	700–750	719	238.00–248.00	243.21
318	750–800	772	230.50–244.25	237.87
124	800–850	819	223.50–234.00	229.66
163	850–900	864	219.75–226.00	222.35
137	900–950	939	217.75–221.35	219.52
73	950–1000	963	200.00–216.25	213.29
69	1000–1050	1,008	207.50–214.75	213.51
3	1050–1100	1,070	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	415	269.00	269.00
4	450–500	491	269.00	269.00
27	550–600	583	256.00–259.00	258.55
7	600–650	609	260.00	260.00
4	750–800	752	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	493	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	534	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	517	270.00–305.00	295.13
24	550–600	583	269.00–285.00	277.84
48	600–650	623	265.00–289.50	282.57
46	650–700	687	248.00–263.00	257.64
99	700–750	730	243.00–265.25	258.57
371	750–800	776	240.00–261.25	254.66
174	800–850	827	246.50–257.00	252.48
347	850–900	869	226.00–252.00	245.77
49	900–950	907	234.00–245.00	236.46
86	950–1000	975	223.50–229.00	226.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	376	370.00–395.00	382.54
42	400–450	431	316.00–335.00	319.56
85	450–500	463	300.00–329.00	312.93
116	500–550	536	279.00–311.50	302.98
111	550–600	570	282.00–295.00	286.12
24	600–650	633	260.00–278.00	270.67
31	650–700	665	242.50–275.50	269.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	385	352.50	352.50
5	500–550	508	270.00	270.00
12	550–600	576	257.50–261.00	259.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	362	300.00	300.00
8	400–450	433	310.00	310.00
5	500–550	529	287.00	287.00
7	600–650	632	274.00	274.00
10	700–750	708	240.00–242.50	241.00
4	800–850	829	245.00	245.00
11	850–900	881	215.00–237.00	229.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	493	331.00	331.00
33	550–600	550	305.00	305.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	262.50	262.50
18	550–600	572	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	646	246.00	246.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,329	180.00–184.50	181.86
23	—	1,561	185.00–186.50	185.90
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,212	182.50	182.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,730	180.00	180.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,544	184.50–185.00	184.98
125	—	1,416	179.00–184.50	181.73
239	—	1,422	185.00–195.50	188.40
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,721	183.00–190.00	187.26
16	—	1,625	181.50–185.75	184.58
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	204.50	204.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,073	166.00–188.00	176.58
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,240	180.00–182.50	181.74
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,274	174.50–185.50	181.27
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,180	145.00–167.00	155.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	97.50	97.50
35	—	1,777	129.50–164.50	152.10
5	—	2,061	165.50–168.50	166.68
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,571	181.00–184.60	184.21
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,157	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,154	168.00–181.00	179.54
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,093	155.00–170.00	161.81
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,613	174.25	174.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
576	—	1,324	179.50–193.25	185.76
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,125	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,206	175.00–185.50	181.98
6	—	1,303	175.00–179.75	178.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,386	117.50–150.00	127.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,578	115.00–118.00	116.65
38	—	1,336	117.00–126.00	122.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,169	107.00–121.00	114.91
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	938	109.00–117.50	113.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,444	125.00–135.00	129.79
5	—	1,660	121.00–124.50	122.90
16	—	1,621	135.00–143.00	137.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,008	160.00–172.50	168.25
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	887	120.00–137.50	129.81
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,194	115.00–136.00	127.70
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,536	167.00	167.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,329	158.00–164.00	158.99
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,431	153.00–170.00	163.59
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,111	140.00–158.00	150.39
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,658	166.50–181.00	174.53
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,643	167.00–171.00	168.49
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,456	174.00–182.50	180.24
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,292	185.25	185.25

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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