Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 100 priced lines covering 7,615 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,523 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,135 head.

Mon Oct 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,523Last week 4,237Year ago 4,008

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,135Last week 878Year ago 1,422

Compared to last week: Too few steer and heifer calves last week to offer a complete comparison with this week, higher undertones evident. Yearling feeder steers mostly steady, heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves as the cash fed cattle market spiked up to 192.00 and the Live Cattle futures moved higher as well. Yearling operators had a very profitable year and want to buy these lightweight steer and heifer calves while they are available and are willing to chase the market a long ways to get their needs secured.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	350–400	376	277.50–345.00	318.75
51	400–450	433	281.00–347.50	314.18
99	450–500	477	267.50–310.00	287.67
139	500–550	527	247.00–284.00	276.62
139	550–600	577	242.00–273.50	262.69
143	600–650	614	222.00–268.00	257.60
174	650–700	675	245.00–264.00	258.31
90	700–750	723	230.75–258.25	246.84
34	750–800	779	235.00–238.00	236.71
68	800–850	815	223.00–240.50	236.24
77	850–900	858	230.00–240.75	239.10
4	900–950	923	216.00	216.00
18	950–1000	979	219.50–222.50	221.18
5	1000–1050	1,034	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	568	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	610	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	583	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	433	260.50–280.00	273.57
33	450–500	483	247.00–262.00	259.03
22	500–550	529	232.50–252.00	237.35
33	550–600	566	240.00–252.50	245.25
31	600–650	620	225.00–241.00	232.27
3	650–700	690	221.00	221.00
3	800–850	807	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	475	259.00–285.00	279.02
5	550–600	551	246.00	246.00
15	1000–1050	1,027	202.00–213.00	209.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	332	365.00–372.50	369.77
28	350–400	369	331.00–387.00	369.30
58	400–450	431	327.50–360.00	339.08
104	450–500	473	275.00–357.50	326.42
158	500–550	537	268.50–321.00	308.92
297	550–600	575	265.00–312.50	291.05
205	600–650	628	260.00–296.00	276.72
346	650–700	674	258.00–283.00	270.12
319	700–750	721	245.00–279.50	264.09
549	750–800	780	245.00–269.75	260.06
863	800–850	823	232.00–265.00	257.07
467	850–900	871	231.00–259.50	254.12
463	900–950	915	230.00–256.25	251.64
122	950–1000	960	225.00–250.10	244.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	387.50	387.50
12	450–500	458	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	443	305.00–310.00	306.14
10	500–550	500	268.00	268.00
5	550–600	560	255.00	255.00
23	600–650	637	250.00–262.50	255.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	316.00	316.00
58	450–500	473	311.00–327.00	320.34
66	500–550	531	250.00–288.00	267.65
81	550–600	577	240.00–271.00	260.94
6	600–650	629	238.00–265.00	251.41
10	650–700	680	235.00–245.00	240.92
39	700–750	721	233.00–255.00	246.90
16	750–800	788	230.00–250.00	243.77
29	800–850	839	234.00–251.00	245.35
13	900–950	928	230.00	230.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	497	272.00–298.00	286.44
3	1200–1250	1,237	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	242.50	242.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,821	130.00–168.00	149.39
2	—	1,743	170.00–174.00	171.74
1	—	1,305	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,064	130.00–178.00	149.74
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,627	164.50–185.50	170.56
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,175	130.00–159.00	149.55
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,376	160.00–162.00	160.42
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,486	159.00–168.00	164.90
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,080	165.00–196.00	190.23
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,607	171.00–185.25	181.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
638	—	1,367	182.00–196.00	190.93
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,563	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,380	175.00–184.50	182.40
144	—	1,295	180.00–189.50	186.54
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,254	182.00–190.50	185.51
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,368	185.50–190.00	188.60
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	955	103.00–111.00	107.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,237	100.00–115.00	110.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,288	115.00–124.50	118.98
3	—	1,450	106.00–112.00	109.88
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,612	132.00–148.50	137.98
43	—	1,469	123.00–134.50	128.99
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,147	116.00–136.00	126.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,286	127.00–159.00	137.76
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	878	120.00–143.00	132.05
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,649	185.75–191.25	188.24
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,528	181.00–188.85	187.07
350	—	1,458	189.00–196.50	192.85
61	—	1,433	183.00–187.50	185.20
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,593	184.50	184.50
24	—	1,416	185.50–189.00	187.39
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,614	190.00	190.00
4	—	1,398	185.75	185.75
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,157	170.00–192.00	185.64
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,074	171.50–233.00	201.77
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,379	179.00–189.50	186.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,324	186.50	186.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,554	182.00–185.85	184.46
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	175.00	175.00

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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