Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 108 priced lines covering 4,695 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,943 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,501 head.

Mon Oct 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,943Last week 8,643Year ago 1,577

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,501Last week 1,052Year ago 1,609

Compared to last week: Much lighter offering of steer and heifer calves as cattle producers are busy with corn harvest, lower undertones as the supply was limited. Yearling feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for calves, but prices didn't reach as high as last week as consignments were small packages which make it tough for buyers to buy whole loads of uniform cattle. Good demand remains for yearlings, supply is tightening as most yearlings off grass are gone already. Cash fed cattle traded at 188.00, which is adding to the bullish attitude of cattle feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	387	295.00–305.00	301.40
64	400–450	429	285.00–300.00	293.54
28	450–500	478	265.00–297.00	284.04
126	500–550	518	258.00–282.00	269.89
103	550–600	569	244.00–280.00	266.71
57	600–650	631	249.00–264.50	255.21
188	650–700	660	240.00–258.00	253.66
77	700–750	706	222.50–250.50	248.40
35	800–850	809	225.00–229.50	228.98
3	850–900	882	214.00	214.00
121	900–950	934	223.75–223.85	223.80
79	950–1000	963	207.00–221.75	218.49
58	1000–1050	1,005	215.25	215.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	332.50	332.50
10	450–500	475	299.00	299.00
54	500–550	502	294.00	294.00
41	550–600	572	275.00	275.00
28	700–750	728	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	435	264.00	264.00
24	600–650	610	256.25	256.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	335	235.00	235.00
24	400–450	409	235.00–255.00	237.57
19	450–500	484	200.00–270.00	254.06
3	500–550	525	254.00	254.00
9	550–600	566	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	395	297.00	297.00
22	450–500	485	299.00	299.00
90	500–550	537	262.00–288.00	280.58
5	550–600	583	260.50	260.50
38	600–650	630	244.00	244.00
14	700–750	713	244.50	244.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	332	392.50–397.50	395.36
14	350–400	370	330.00–350.00	337.02
92	400–450	415	320.00–347.00	330.31
107	450–500	492	311.50–327.00	321.42
225	500–550	534	283.00–313.00	305.12
29	550–600	589	269.00–291.00	285.17
51	600–650	632	256.00–283.00	264.78
106	650–700	658	250.00–269.00	256.18
9	700–750	725	240.00–260.00	248.84
201	750–800	788	246.00–264.25	255.20
71	800–850	814	250.00–256.00	254.77
344	850–900	865	241.50–257.00	250.06
27	900–950	926	235.00	235.00
13	950–1000	956	235.50	235.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	400–450	413	351.50	351.50
33	500–550	504	312.00	312.00
50	600–650	610	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
92	600–650	625	273.00–290.00	286.50
5	650–700	658	260.00	260.00
49	700–750	706	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	426	280.00–300.00	285.65
18	450–500	477	271.00–296.00	280.31
38	500–550	534	258.00–290.00	278.58
19	550–600	573	261.00–265.00	264.36
5	650–700	661	252.50	252.50
11	750–800	788	220.00–240.00	229.17
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	476	306.00–327.00	315.78
27	500–550	508	277.00–304.50	299.25
115	550–600	588	286.00–305.75	295.23
11	650–700	689	262.50	262.50
14	1000–1050	1,034	214.00	214.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	679	254.50	254.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	346	272.50	272.50
7	500–550	534	263.00	263.00
9	600–650	603	241.00	241.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,385	174.50–178.00	175.87
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,591	175.00–188.00	180.69
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,281	181.00–186.85	185.85
22	—	1,548	184.00–186.00	184.64
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,525	178.50	178.50
92	—	1,373	177.00–189.75	184.27
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,636	182.00–182.75	182.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,539	180.50–189.00	185.39
261	—	1,472	188.00–196.00	191.68
51	—	1,424	181.50–188.00	184.71
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,677	185.00–190.00	187.64
6	—	1,733	189.00–193.50	192.74
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,095	150.00–190.00	174.65
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,217	171.00–190.00	179.05
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,074	196.50–219.50	201.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	70.00	70.00
9	—	1,773	166.00–181.00	173.01
9	—	1,746	126.00–163.00	150.40
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	111.00–130.00	120.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,240	107.50–117.00	111.72
7	—	1,114	67.50–103.00	89.70
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	772	60.00–83.00	66.54
3	—	925	113.00–116.00	114.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,798	118.00–123.00	120.73
22	—	1,525	133.00–152.00	138.33
19	—	1,440	125.00–133.00	128.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,291	123.00–145.00	135.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,371	105.00–112.00	107.90
31	—	1,308	116.00–124.00	120.61
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	132.50	132.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,126	118.00–150.00	130.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,361	167.50–183.75	181.53
92	—	1,220	179.00–189.75	185.90
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,338	180.50–181.50	180.59
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,610	160.00–183.50	180.07
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,103	178.00–184.50	180.94
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
382	—	1,358	180.50–195.50	189.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,442	187.00–188.50	188.41
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,145	160.00–185.00	174.32
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	164.00	164.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,438	160.50–164.00	161.18
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,632	156.50–178.00	170.37

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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