Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 88 priced lines covering 8,199 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,855 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,838 head.

Mon Dec 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,855Last week 14,852Year ago 2,669

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,838Last week 1,669Year ago 2,171

Compared to last week, steers less than 500 lbs sold 10.00 lower, 500 to 700 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower and over 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers less than 500 lbs followed their same weight brothers selling lower on the week, 500 to 800 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and over 800 lbs steady. Slaughter steers and heifers sold 3.00 higher and slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Demand was good throughout the week. Some of the weaned calves starting to show a little extra flesh condition due to the warm winter weather.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	311	420.00	420.00
31	350–400	369	395.00–431.00	411.57
89	400–450	423	361.00–393.00	376.03
75	450–500	470	340.00–385.00	354.68
347	500–550	531	315.00–360.00	340.37
333	550–600	573	304.00–342.50	323.53
451	600–650	626	285.00–320.50	301.47
774	650–700	670	272.50–309.00	295.61
478	700–750	723	261.00–290.00	281.49
493	750–800	775	250.00–283.75	268.34
241	800–850	814	249.00–273.00	266.27
67	850–900	882	239.00–266.00	246.22
83	900–950	910	250.50–253.00	251.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
17	400–450	429	335.00–352.00	346.52
44	450–500	486	310.00–340.00	324.69
71	500–550	529	310.00–331.00	316.29
39	550–600	586	285.00–305.00	291.61
26	600–650	628	271.50–287.00	276.91
87	650–700	678	251.00–280.00	272.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	750–800	753	268.50	268.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,015	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	275	950.00	950.00
13	300–350	344	325.00–341.00	332.41
3	350–400	361	345.00	345.00
73	400–450	417	324.00–350.00	335.82
122	450–500	473	310.00–340.00	322.95
291	500–550	522	297.00–330.00	307.66
647	550–600	568	276.00–315.50	297.88
416	600–650	623	262.00–301.00	279.83
296	650–700	682	242.00–270.50	263.14
283	700–750	711	241.00–270.00	258.86
72	750–800	771	230.00–250.00	242.08
31	800–850	817	225.00–250.50	237.32
12	850–900	875	212.50–226.00	217.11
8	900–950	923	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	371	327.50–335.00	330.42
11	400–450	444	316.00	316.00
28	450–500	477	285.00–306.00	298.15
50	500–550	528	277.00–296.50	288.36
8	550–600	586	270.00–271.00	270.63
41	600–650	620	251.00–272.50	269.08
11	750–800	794	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
34	600–650	637	310.00	310.00
98	650–700	690	269.00–271.00	270.19
15	700–750	709	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,000	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	476	326.00	326.00
71	600–650	627	292.25	292.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,272	94.00–107.00	101.51
40	—	1,138	50.00–94.00	82.55
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	898	120.00–147.50	134.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,506	119.00–129.50	123.29
22	—	1,709	100.00–115.00	110.00
12	—	1,622	130.00–140.00	133.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,417	91.00–111.00	103.21
84	—	1,412	108.00–117.50	112.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,320	116.00–192.00	133.73
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,136	114.00–192.00	132.03
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,085	184.00–211.50	195.74
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
390	—	1,394	191.50–202.50	197.68
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,274	180.00–192.00	188.32
10	—	1,407	184.00–189.50	187.18
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,260	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,084	164.00–196.00	186.91
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,213	187.00–190.50	188.64
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,583	178.00–180.50	179.83
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,318	193.00–197.00	194.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
433	—	1,512	192.00–204.00	197.91
10	—	1,579	200.25	200.25
6	—	1,370	193.00–197.00	193.89
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,356	199.50	199.50
3	—	1,596	190.00–195.50	193.47
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	189.50–194.00	191.01
31	—	1,743	185.00–203.00	199.21
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,539	197.50	197.50
3	—	1,455	198.50	198.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,338	189.00–192.00	191.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,232	162.00–199.00	184.64
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	189.00–193.00	189.80
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,380	180.00–192.00	187.82
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,592	165.00–175.75	171.17
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,343	139.00–149.00	144.39
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,463	154.00–164.00	159.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,618	105.00–116.00	110.14
40	—	1,803	120.00–159.50	142.16
4	—	1,875	161.00–169.00	165.08
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	150.00–157.50	153.76

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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