Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 151 priced lines covering 13,772 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,852 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,669 head.

Mon Dec 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,852Last week 18,820Year ago 12,201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,669Last week 1,700Year ago 1,601

Compared to last week fly-weight steers sharply higher on the week. Steers less than 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher, most weight over 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers less than 500 lbs sold sharply higher, over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher, slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher and bulls steady. Demand was good for turn-out (stockers) and feeder cattle with moderate to good demand for slaughter cattle. One more full week of marketing of livestock for the month of December with sporadic sales the last two weeks of the year.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	150–200	191	1,250.00	1,250.00
3	200–250	203	1,000.00	1,000.00
13	250–300	264	1,210.00–1,300.00	1,260.93
135	300–350	329	410.00–465.00	452.72
34	350–400	364	392.50–446.00	424.81
188	400–450	428	327.00–417.50	379.65
351	450–500	477	338.00–395.00	373.68
361	500–550	521	300.00–365.00	342.16
689	550–600	574	285.00–348.50	328.90
826	600–650	627	279.00–322.50	307.67
614	650–700	676	272.00–308.00	290.29
729	700–750	722	231.00–286.25	276.43
390	750–800	779	250.00–277.50	267.54
413	800–850	825	235.00–267.75	259.17
423	850–900	872	240.00–266.00	260.74
228	900–950	932	241.35–256.75	247.36
149	950–1000	970	210.00–256.00	242.40
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	340.00	340.00
26	550–600	565	324.00	324.00
37	600–650	629	265.00–300.00	293.66
57	650–700	691	282.50–283.50	283.18
13	700–750	722	250.00–259.00	256.97
31	750–800	782	258.50	258.50
3	850–900	850	250.00	250.00
5	1000–1050	1,007	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
125	400–450	418	399.75	399.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	700–750	734	278.50–286.25	282.03
8	750–800	759	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	380	325.00–405.00	373.93
27	400–450	431	282.50–355.00	333.89
59	450–500	483	300.00–360.00	326.25
77	500–550	526	255.00–335.00	314.57
87	550–600	574	247.50–317.00	292.81
52	600–650	625	265.00–285.00	276.07
22	650–700	689	220.00–270.00	255.42
36	700–750	728	243.00–262.50	251.29
82	750–800	778	249.00–257.00	252.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	434	320.00–360.00	339.61
21	450–500	480	338.00	338.00
20	550–600	592	276.00–298.00	289.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	300	370.00	370.00
11	350–400	366	355.00–385.00	373.02
21	400–450	425	349.00–394.00	370.60
31	450–500	464	355.00–372.00	361.68
104	500–550	523	299.00–342.50	323.79
148	550–600	578	271.00–328.50	308.65
90	600–650	625	282.50–310.50	294.26
64	650–700	658	260.00–299.00	287.40
33	700–750	709	268.00–274.00	270.91
6	750–800	786	242.00	242.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	608	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	351	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	431	275.00	275.00
11	450–500	489	252.50–280.00	263.91
3	500–550	540	235.00	235.00
15	550–600	574	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	300.00	300.00
46	300–350	313	305.00–402.50	395.42
10	350–400	367	342.00–353.00	347.75
74	400–450	433	282.50–337.50	319.58
34	450–500	481	288.00–320.00	309.64
52	500–550	527	274.00–306.00	290.36
44	550–600	571	263.00–283.00	269.44
55	600–650	624	240.00–262.00	252.39
7	650–700	682	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	323	340.00–357.50	346.61
42	350–400	380	311.00–347.50	336.38
50	400–450	430	280.00–330.00	299.82
35	450–500	482	280.00–310.00	295.13
53	500–550	530	242.00–298.00	264.82
68	550–600	575	230.00–285.00	266.08
21	600–650	622	240.00–252.00	245.35
12	650–700	685	230.00–235.00	231.22
12	700–750	725	230.00	230.00
9	750–800	791	226.00	226.00
3	900–950	928	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	555	252.50	252.50
12	650–700	669	245.00–271.00	264.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	641	275.00	275.00
23	650–700	659	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	294	410.00	410.00
3	250–300	268	1,250.00	1,250.00
20	300–350	327	405.00	405.00
6	350–400	379	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,212.25
151	350–400	361	337.50–399.00	386.09
261	400–450	425	310.00–378.00	359.01
511	450–500	472	275.00–355.00	335.22
3	450–500	453	1,320.00	1,320.00
438	500–550	524	270.00–327.50	309.39
617	550–600	574	262.00–312.50	293.41
540	600–650	625	250.00–287.00	270.24
363	650–700	678	241.00–274.75	258.84
583	700–750	724	232.50–265.75	254.38
289	750–800	764	229.00–263.35	247.03
83	800–850	805	172.00–236.35	232.52
332	850–900	867	232.35–238.25	236.38
107	900–950	907	204.00–232.10	222.70
3	950–1000	960	183.00–191.00	185.71
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	325.00	325.00
82	500–550	532	290.00–311.00	302.87
7	550–600	563	265.00–295.00	277.91
76	600–650	644	274.50	274.50
19	650–700	689	264.00	264.00
36	750–800	764	244.50	244.50
6	1050–1100	1,092	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	661	253.50	253.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	295.00	295.00
3	400–450	406	348.00	348.00
1	500–550	545	255.00	255.00
4	550–600	596	271.00	271.00
9	600–650	601	267.00	267.00
11	650–700	662	252.50–262.00	261.15
4	700–750	718	246.00	246.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	390.00	390.00
12	450–500	490	284.00–319.00	301.50
3	600–650	610	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,180	94.00–107.00	102.16
48	—	1,126	44.00–95.00	84.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,412	100.00–108.00	104.05
84	—	1,329	108.00–118.00	112.83
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	954	133.00–170.00	152.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,372	115.00–170.00	131.13
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,013	96.00–108.00	104.25
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,171	110.00–160.00	126.08
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,518	118.00–129.50	123.96
36	—	1,640	130.00–146.00	135.63
4	—	1,581	105.00–113.00	108.86
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	938	85.00–99.00	92.12
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,303	179.50–184.00	181.75
79	—	1,300	180.00–189.00	185.19
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,088	158.00–183.00	173.94
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,173	185.00–189.00	188.09
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,665	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
263	—	1,375	187.50–199.00	194.10
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,417	191.10–193.25	192.70
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,403	180.00–189.50	185.62
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,390	189.50–193.25	192.40
5	—	1,691	187.00–190.00	189.44
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
388	—	1,494	190.00–199.00	194.55
11	—	1,563	189.50–192.25	190.42
11	—	1,391	187.50–191.50	190.02
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,133	162.50–189.00	178.76
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,278	188.00–189.00	188.44
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,433	128.50–145.00	139.87
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,590	165.00–174.25	170.80
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,486	154.50–165.50	160.30
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,926	107.00–114.00	110.54
3	—	1,788	164.00–172.00	168.31
16	—	1,727	120.00–156.00	142.10
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	126.00–130.00	127.95

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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