Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 87 priced lines covering 13,152 head across feeder cattle. USDA puts receipts at 14,946 head.

Mon Dec 30, 2024

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

Receipts 14,946Last week 7,855Year ago 21,934

First test of the market in a couple of weeks a market trend is not applicable. Nice run of mostly weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers the last of 2024 and into the New Year of 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	341	340.00–465.00	413.84
27	350–400	368	370.00–430.00	395.36
71	400–450	428	360.00–420.00	384.47
199	450–500	478	325.00–375.00	355.07
379	500–550	524	320.00–370.00	344.37
515	550–600	577	300.00–350.00	326.29
1,074	600–650	624	280.00–334.00	311.99
942	650–700	678	275.00–335.00	295.61
1,371	700–750	722	267.00–296.00	284.19
1,040	750–800	776	250.00–284.75	270.48
742	800–850	825	244.00–279.50	267.86
425	850–900	870	249.00–273.50	262.54
104	900–950	906	246.00–260.25	256.32
73	950–1000	960	250.00–256.00	252.66
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	743	244.00	244.00
21	1000–1050	1,005	242.00	242.00
10	1050–1100	1,059	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	386	400.00–405.00	404.06
4	400–450	430	377.00	377.00
25	450–500	462	312.50–335.00	321.79
53	500–550	519	263.00–327.50	307.40
84	550–600	581	272.50–304.00	287.08
54	600–650	636	265.00–305.00	293.30
82	650–700	682	250.00–286.00	274.38
24	700–750	733	230.00–260.50	258.12
13	750–800	785	230.00–256.00	246.60
9	850–900	895	241.50–244.00	242.89
3	900–950	918	235.00	235.00
13	950–1000	996	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	459	275.00	275.00
6	550–600	563	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	373.00	373.00
7	500–550	525	337.00	337.00
11	550–600	563	308.00–314.00	311.75
28	600–650	619	300.00–312.00	305.78
19	650–700	655	302.00	302.00
26	700–750	745	261.00–261.50	261.44
11	750–800	756	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	750–800	768	230.00–259.00	250.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	325.00	325.00
7	400–450	417	313.00–321.00	317.49
4	450–500	483	324.00	324.00
8	500–550	544	278.00–283.00	281.12
12	550–600	567	282.00–290.00	286.66
15	600–650	642	261.00	261.00
38	650–700	674	244.00–267.00	251.67
7	700–750	737	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	468	354.50	354.50
4	500–550	541	326.00	326.00
98	550–600	559	323.50–340.50	338.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	291	1,275.00	1,275.00
5	250–300	270	270.00	270.00
19	300–350	328	401.00	401.00
5	350–400	361	1,200.00	1,200.00
67	350–400	379	349.00–377.50	356.94
128	400–450	429	307.50–371.00	339.05
302	450–500	483	301.00–343.00	321.90
252	500–550	521	284.00–326.00	308.81
780	550–600	575	275.00–319.50	294.18
1,025	600–650	628	255.00–304.00	282.58
726	650–700	670	250.50–296.50	269.64
836	700–750	718	242.00–278.50	257.87
669	750–800	775	237.00–266.00	251.77
87	800–850	825	233.00–250.75	243.16
46	850–900	877	231.00–234.00	231.78
8	900–950	929	200.00–219.00	211.92
4	950–1000	984	226.00	226.00
4	1100–1150	1,131	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	288	355.00	355.00
17	350–400	393	301.00–320.00	306.59
23	400–450	433	240.00–330.00	308.47
20	450–500	478	245.00–312.50	298.61
30	500–550	536	220.00–291.00	271.31
105	550–600	576	232.50–285.00	270.54
44	600–650	609	233.00–279.00	253.35
37	650–700	672	212.50–257.00	246.08
23	700–750	722	227.00–246.00	235.23
4	750–800	798	227.50	227.50
2	850–900	865	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
8	450–500	464	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	580	307.50	307.50
45	700–750	713	299.00	299.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	350.00	350.00
5	500–550	541	279.00	279.00
7	550–600	599	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	689	261.00	261.00

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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