Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 123 priced lines covering 8,705 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,167 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,589 head.

Mon Oct 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,167Last week 6,523Year ago 9,214

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,589Last week 2,135Year ago 1,435

Compared to last week: Steer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher, except 450-500 lbs 3.00 lower. Heifer calves 2.00 to 3.00, except 450-500 lbs 4.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers not well compared. Good demand for steer and heifer calves as the fall run continues. Yearling operators are wanting to get their light cattle bought while they are available and are willing to chase the market to get it done. Cash fed cattle market at 190.00 helped to support the feeder cattle market at the auctions but the back months of the CME Live Cattle futures are causing some concern as they are only at 178.00-180.00.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	254.00	254.00
6	550–600	581	243.00	243.00
9	650–700	673	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	316	322.50–345.00	338.08
34	350–400	377	312.00–326.00	313.98
10	400–450	417	287.00–300.00	294.99
105	450–500	480	263.00–304.00	285.57
59	500–550	522	225.00–276.00	257.57
114	550–600	566	235.00–262.00	249.95
50	600–650	630	243.00–266.00	248.49
16	650–700	661	232.50–244.00	237.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	332.50	332.50
31	350–400	383	300.00–355.00	331.40
116	400–450	423	282.00–335.00	306.75
300	450–500	474	264.00–314.00	291.61
311	500–550	528	264.00–291.00	275.43
200	550–600	571	237.50–280.00	265.29
127	600–650	626	229.00–270.00	245.39
122	650–700	676	223.00–255.00	240.97
231	700–750	726	230.00–252.35	247.66
80	750–800	777	222.00–245.00	239.30
269	800–850	825	222.00–244.00	236.46
86	850–900	880	227.50–229.00	227.98
141	900–950	911	214.00–225.50	223.85
64	950–1000	970	220.00–222.25	222.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	312.50	312.50
9	400–450	416	302.50	302.50
18	450–500	491	237.50–258.00	251.22
39	500–550	521	255.00–262.50	260.11
32	550–600	587	207.00–250.00	230.25
28	600–650	627	235.00–240.16	237.93
11	650–700	666	195.00	195.00
26	800–850	807	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	686	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	500–550	505	302.00–307.00	305.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	331	375.00	375.00
12	350–400	395	300.00–345.00	326.17
12	400–450	427	320.00	320.00
83	450–500	479	275.00–332.00	305.68
39	500–550	514	271.00–322.00	294.90
127	550–600	572	258.00–301.00	271.92
103	600–650	620	243.00–274.00	265.75
90	650–700	664	231.00–264.50	256.20
28	700–750	704	246.50–256.00	250.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	390.00–420.00	404.48
51	350–400	378	327.00–386.00	355.64
77	400–450	426	319.00–367.50	346.06
229	450–500	482	292.00–341.00	323.32
313	500–550	528	270.00–330.00	312.57
409	550–600	573	279.00–311.75	296.93
261	600–650	630	250.00–299.00	279.25
117	650–700	680	246.00–285.50	262.33
195	700–750	717	230.00–270.25	256.64
244	750–800	767	240.00–260.00	251.41
380	800–850	835	220.00–265.00	255.67
498	850–900	873	233.50–256.75	251.15
276	900–950	917	222.00–259.25	250.70
135	950–1000	988	223.00–247.00	242.72
21	1000–1050	1,008	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	320.00	320.00
8	650–700	653	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	399	299.00	299.00
4	400–450	437	300.00	300.00
12	450–500	471	290.00–300.00	297.45
42	500–550	526	261.00–292.00	272.13
60	550–600	587	246.00–275.00	264.19
43	600–650	622	230.00–267.00	253.96
9	650–700	678	220.00–248.00	229.43
5	700–750	702	239.00	239.00
6	750–800	764	236.00	236.00
20	800–850	819	230.00–249.25	245.40
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	526	276.00	276.00
8	550–600	572	262.00–274.00	268.06
103	1000–1050	1,024	213.00–241.00	238.21
72	1050–1100	1,054	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
171	550–600	584	278.00–310.00	286.24
59	600–650	605	319.75	319.75
96	650–700	659	263.50–274.00	270.38
60	750–800	756	278.25	278.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	539	240.00–261.00	250.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	322.50	322.50
6	500–550	525	235.00	235.00
4	550–600	575	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	372.50	372.50
2	350–400	397	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	413	307.50	307.50
16	500–550	521	272.00–280.00	273.44
14	550–600	556	265.00–267.00	265.71
2	650–700	657	211.00	211.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,278	155.00–157.00	156.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,654	170.00–175.00	173.99
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	125.00	125.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,330	180.00–189.25	186.13
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,248	183.75–193.50	186.89
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,456	188.50–190.75	189.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,392	185.00–190.25	187.61
18	—	1,576	189.50–190.00	189.55
347	—	1,467	189.50–194.75	192.33
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,190	175.00–191.50	185.35
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,776	188.75–191.00	189.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	110.00–142.00	125.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,817	130.00–160.00	145.79
3	—	1,797	111.00–115.00	113.33
7	—	1,975	165.00–174.00	171.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,555	131.50–143.00	134.30
9	—	1,621	113.00–122.00	117.62
39	—	1,486	125.00–131.00	127.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	100.00–107.50	104.01
39	—	1,401	115.00–124.00	119.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,216	100.00–115.00	108.44
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	110.00–115.00	112.90
4	—	924	84.00–92.00	86.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,314	123.00–170.00	137.26
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	924	117.50–170.00	135.41
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,107	118.00–175.00	141.25
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,358	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,166	186.50–189.75	187.41
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,296	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,089	183.00–194.50	185.99
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
349	—	1,343	185.00–194.75	191.60
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,255	180.00–189.00	186.27
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,028	172.00–196.00	184.89
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,505	184.75	184.75

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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