Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 149 priced lines covering 14,445 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,724 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,617 head.

Mon Nov 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,724Last week 7,049Year ago 8,500

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,617Last week 1,968Year ago 505

Compared to last week steer calves less than 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher and over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers less than 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher and over 600 lbs sold mostly steady except 8 weights sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter steers sold 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers trending 2.00 higher on the week. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher with the advance on the lean cows. Slaughter bulls sold steady. Demand was moderate to good. Getting into a few more longtime weaned calves as Iowa has some good wean vac programs cattle producers can capitalize on.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	247	1,025.00	1,025.00
2	250–300	292	367.50	367.50
3	250–300	295	1,300.00	1,300.00
21	300–350	326	345.00–460.00	393.18
117	350–400	376	310.00–411.00	362.67
130	400–450	425	295.00–387.50	349.55
279	450–500	478	279.00–362.00	338.26
762	500–550	525	295.00–336.00	321.27
782	550–600	576	250.00–322.50	304.20
1,076	600–650	627	250.00–306.25	285.83
721	650–700	673	241.00–293.00	268.85
889	700–750	720	241.00–280.50	265.30
423	750–800	767	240.00–278.00	260.58
468	800–850	826	229.00–264.00	256.38
649	850–900	880	240.00–260.75	257.09
202	900–950	916	228.50–255.50	250.92
27	950–1000	958	222.00–235.00	233.51
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	542	292.00	292.00
13	600–650	641	234.00–265.00	250.79
10	750–800	783	229.00	229.00
17	1150–1200	1,156	181.00	181.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	461	240.00	240.00
19	550–600	580	261.00	261.00
20	600–650	641	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	438	245.00	245.00
23	450–500	480	220.00–315.00	289.41
21	500–550	527	275.00–305.00	288.66
70	550–600	581	215.00–296.00	273.26
65	600–650	629	250.00–274.00	267.28
67	650–700	680	240.00–260.00	252.63
34	700–750	727	210.00–251.50	242.04
14	750–800	754	225.00–241.00	230.45
4	850–900	875	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	834	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	375.00–397.50	386.45
17	350–400	380	337.50–346.00	344.07
3	400–450	400	323.00	323.00
61	450–500	477	279.00–334.00	304.23
69	500–550	528	257.50–311.00	295.77
138	550–600	570	261.00–314.00	287.72
337	600–650	616	262.00–296.50	284.25
167	650–700	681	244.00–275.50	264.24
68	700–750	719	236.00–266.50	248.79
29	750–800	770	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	434	252.00	252.00
3	500–550	513	271.00	271.00
14	550–600	567	260.00–282.50	274.42
7	600–650	624	248.00–263.00	256.40
4	650–700	672	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	522	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	372	275.00–320.00	307.68
32	400–450	429	270.00–312.00	286.62
44	450–500	475	250.00–304.00	269.37
145	500–550	522	240.00–280.00	258.71
72	550–600	584	235.00–260.00	246.69
228	600–650	617	224.00–261.00	247.03
14	650–700	664	226.00–241.00	235.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	535	295.00	295.00
29	550–600	569	295.00	295.00
26	650–700	657	279.00	279.00
14	900–950	929	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	245.00	245.00
24	400–450	439	260.00–297.50	279.89
114	450–500	482	242.50–296.00	270.41
47	500–550	532	220.00–275.00	252.46
94	550–600	578	200.00–265.00	250.23
25	600–650	620	192.50–250.00	223.98
3	650–700	685	228.00	228.00
4	700–750	733	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	265.00	265.00
3	500–550	512	220.00–225.00	221.71
10	550–600	584	225.00–244.00	236.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	291	1,050.00–1,075.00	1,064.84
3	300–350	330	1,150.00	1,150.00
59	300–350	332	310.00–362.50	333.78
92	350–400	373	275.00–352.50	324.66
212	400–450	429	255.00–333.00	307.61
446	450–500	470	250.00–325.00	295.58
702	500–550	526	240.00–310.00	283.81
586	550–600	574	245.00–288.00	266.26
628	600–650	621	234.00–267.00	252.73
291	650–700	670	224.00–267.00	246.88
351	700–750	720	228.00–259.00	241.37
46	750–800	775	220.00–240.00	233.26
167	800–850	825	229.75–245.50	242.18
174	850–900	866	215.00–244.50	229.23
20	900–950	907	200.00–222.75	219.21
6	950–1000	957	208.00	208.00
6	1050–1100	1,066	212.00–214.00	212.99
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	446	280.00	280.00
26	550–600	569	254.50	254.50
11	600–650	601	248.00	248.00
13	650–700	658	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	534	200.00	200.00
14	550–600	595	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	444	307.50–322.50	317.92
63	450–500	479	321.00–344.00	324.71
25	500–550	517	277.00–281.00	280.36
12	550–600	561	285.00	285.00
22	600–650	632	263.00–268.00	265.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	225.00	225.00
3	700–750	742	215.00	215.00
3	800–850	840	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	320.00	320.00
7	400–450	426	310.00–335.00	321.03
7	450–500	473	335.00	335.00
8	500–550	539	268.00	268.00
14	550–600	563	284.00–300.00	293.12
17	600–650	633	250.00–259.00	255.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
3	600–650	644	220.00–247.50	229.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	493	270.00	270.00
6	600–650	637	254.50	254.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,501	117.00–129.00	122.92
41	—	1,583	130.00–148.00	136.49
14	—	1,588	101.00–116.00	110.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,212	93.00–109.00	102.18
31	—	1,102	50.00–95.00	78.92
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	905	120.00–177.50	156.66
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	927	92.00–104.00	98.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,248	117.00–180.00	137.98
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	982	94.00–117.00	106.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,319	108.00–119.00	114.15
23	—	1,402	90.00–112.00	102.60
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,110	108.00–180.50	138.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
397	—	1,370	180.00–193.50	188.13
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,188	175.50–183.25	181.57
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,073	100.00–179.00	167.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,290	169.50–171.00	169.69
67	—	1,253	170.00–184.00	180.58
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,402	179.50–184.00	182.69
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,504	183.75	183.75
397	—	1,487	184.00–193.00	188.72
19	—	1,365	180.00–183.50	181.28
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,813	178.75	178.75
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,418	180.75–182.00	181.26
3	—	1,638	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,385	170.00–184.00	181.29
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,215	164.00–184.00	174.77
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,355	180.00–183.00	181.43
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,790	172.00–186.50	179.67
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,598	172.50–180.50	176.20
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,447	151.00–164.50	159.29
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,574	165.00–176.00	169.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,833	151.50–171.00	166.14
4	—	1,453	80.00–115.00	98.75
47	—	1,757	119.00–164.00	146.21
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,224	159.00–163.00	160.75
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,272	140.00	140.00

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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