Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 147 priced lines covering 3,915 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,237 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 878 head.

Mon Oct 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,237Last week 3,943Year ago 7,882

Slaughter CattleReceipts 878Last week 1,501Year ago 1,997

Compared to last week: A light offering of steer and heifer calves, not well compared to last week. Too few yearling steers and heifers to make a full complete comparison, higher undertones noted. Very good demand for spring born steer and heifer calves, yearling operators had a very profitable year and want to get these light cattle bought while they are available. Cash fed cattle up to 189.00 this week, which is really building a bullish psychology amongst cattle feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	294.00–359.00	317.21
8	550–600	593	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	597	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	708	200.00	200.00
22	950–1000	984	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	871	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1300–1350	1,317	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	324	416.00	416.00
18	400–450	423	355.00	355.00
11	550–600	593	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	668	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
99	300–350	328	355.00–384.00	375.72
30	350–400	377	345.00–385.00	350.57
20	400–450	442	330.50–340.00	332.55
24	450–500	479	288.00–345.00	310.04
50	500–550	517	291.00–315.00	301.56
144	550–600	573	270.00–294.00	286.49
67	600–650	624	273.00–290.00	281.05
23	650–700	674	250.00–291.50	271.34
28	700–750	710	250.00–263.00	259.17
320	750–800	779	256.00–279.50	271.56
32	800–850	827	241.00–254.00	251.24
234	850–900	866	222.50–258.50	253.67
113	900–950	927	250.00–253.50	251.82
64	950–1000	999	227.25	227.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	625	256.00–269.00	263.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	245.00	245.00
6	550–600	594	248.00	248.00
4	600–650	628	257.00	257.00
17	750–800	756	238.75	238.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	377.50	377.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	1000–1050	1,028	198.00–204.00	201.18
19	1050–1100	1,053	213.00	213.00
5	1100–1150	1,127	172.00	172.00
4	1300–1350	1,308	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	621	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	482	245.00	245.00
8	550–600	580	230.00–245.00	235.61
14	600–650	620	210.00	210.00
12	650–700	677	220.00	220.00
4	750–800	776	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	337	360.00	360.00
8	350–400	398	317.50	317.50
3	450–500	482	285.00	285.00
4	500–550	541	258.00	258.00
7	550–600	552	271.50	271.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	300–350	316	295.00–380.00	373.11
28	350–400	383	300.00–360.00	329.74
21	400–450	426	298.00–335.00	325.97
17	450–500	484	274.00–295.00	289.33
97	500–550	519	237.50–292.00	270.56
24	550–600	571	252.20–276.00	266.95
42	600–650	625	246.00–259.00	250.58
161	650–700	673	255.00–270.00	269.02
107	700–750	721	242.00–260.00	255.20
97	750–800	763	239.50–250.25	248.06
29	800–850	825	231.00–235.00	233.50
49	850–900	857	216.00–232.75	230.82
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,136	174.00	174.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	250–300	293	315.00	315.00
18	300–350	313	310.00	310.00
20	350–400	357	295.00	295.00
24	550–600	591	240.00	240.00
32	600–650	645	230.00	230.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	434	205.00	205.00
22	750–800	787	203.00	203.00
24	850–900	896	200.00	200.00
24	900–950	905	200.00	200.00
14	950–1000	962	195.00	195.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	300–350	326	315.00–335.00	322.02
8	400–450	405	325.00	325.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	345	260.00	260.00
8	400–450	444	260.00	260.00
9	500–550	505	256.00	256.00
16	600–650	606	250.00	250.00
12	700–750	713	215.00–217.50	216.23
14	850–900	866	210.00	210.00
6	1100–1150	1,100	170.00	170.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	334	335.00	335.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	299	175.00	175.00
12	550–600	555	150.00	150.00
6	650–700	657	140.00	140.00
6	700–750	723	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	543	200.00	200.00
12	650–700	686	192.50	192.50
28	700–750	721	170.00–180.00	177.11
16	800–850	819	175.00	175.00
10	850–900	853	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	328	292.50	292.50
12	350–400	378	260.00	260.00
60	400–450	448	250.00–275.00	262.54
16	450–500	461	240.00	240.00
20	600–650	635	211.00	211.00
18	700–750	747	210.00	210.00
18	850–900	872	192.50	192.50
16	900–950	901	172.50	172.50
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	349	140.00	140.00
6	650–700	650	145.00	145.00
20	750–800	787	135.00	135.00
8	950–1000	954	137.50	137.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,131	174.00	174.00
22	1150–1200	1,185	171.00	171.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,131	174.00	174.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,267	178.00–180.00	179.06
5	—	1,537	182.50	182.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,437	185.00	185.00
10	—	1,577	190.00–192.00	190.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,523	183.00–185.60	184.78
66	—	1,434	187.00–194.00	190.66
93	—	1,424	181.75–185.75	184.40
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,650	184.00–191.00	185.86
3	—	1,725	185.00–186.75	186.17
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,658	183.00–184.25	183.54
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,218	175.00–184.00	181.53
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	160.00–171.00	167.40
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,335	184.00–184.50	184.14
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,403	176.00–186.00	183.46
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	172.00	172.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,671	174.50–183.25	180.91
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,671	173.00–176.00	174.70
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,563	164.00–171.00	166.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	117.00–118.00	117.53
9	—	1,842	141.00–158.00	150.35
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,255	140.00–170.00	147.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,172	81.00–98.00	92.90
10	—	1,258	104.00–114.00	109.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,663	108.00–115.00	110.81
7	—	1,452	123.00–131.50	126.21
1	—	1,895	136.00	136.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,375	116.00–122.00	118.46
9	—	1,376	105.00–114.00	108.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,355	126.00–136.00	132.69
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	100.00–107.00	103.58
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,100	114.00–160.00	124.38
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,600	185.50	185.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,163	181.50	181.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,056	179.00–201.00	183.31
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
208	—	1,380	181.00–192.25	187.77
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,339	183.50–185.85	184.86
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,374	174.00–179.00	176.90
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,235	180.00–185.00	181.51
23	—	1,381	180.00–181.75	181.27
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,351	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	180.00	180.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	166.50	166.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,225	177.75	177.75

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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