Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 111 priced lines covering 19,715 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 21,492 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,327 head.

Mon Jan 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21,492Last week 27,196Year ago 13,258

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,327Last week 2,202Year ago 664

Compared to last week, most weights of steer calves and yearling sold uneven ranging from 2.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Heifer feeder calf trade saw all weight classes steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was very good. Cattle producers continue to see the rises in the market week after week and those prices have been impressive as ranchers are currently marketing cattle at prices they have never previously received.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	325	355.00–372.50	360.17
10	350–400	366	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,220.79
119	350–400	379	317.00–377.50	361.36
204	400–450	425	336.00–371.00	352.32
316	450–500	474	297.00–351.00	327.48
768	500–550	528	284.00–343.00	321.03
1,091	550–600	577	265.00–320.00	302.69
919	600–650	625	260.00–310.50	288.63
845	650–700	674	250.00–293.50	272.65
576	700–750	724	245.00–293.50	269.16
659	750–800	769	230.00–276.00	252.09
110	800–850	820	230.00–268.00	250.85
195	850–900	862	237.00–255.00	248.19
22	900–950	917	225.00–230.00	229.33
12	950–1000	955	239.00	239.00
14	1100–1150	1,111	188.00–190.00	189.00
7	1150–1200	1,166	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	600–650	638	301.00	301.00
76	650–700	684	270.00–284.00	271.07
72	700–750	716	262.50–274.00	265.87
30	750–800	766	259.00–267.00	262.18
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1000–1050	1,010	204.00–228.00	222.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	377.00	377.00
89	550–600	575	288.00–325.00	304.54
77	600–650	616	299.75–311.00	303.38
118	650–700	675	266.25–300.50	281.54
28	700–750	716	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	469	300.00–301.00	300.76
11	550–600	591	274.00–289.00	279.46
73	600–650	622	269.00–274.00	270.50
38	650–700	661	255.00–266.00	258.28
5	700–750	730	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	441	312.50–330.00	317.13
21	450–500	486	300.00–314.00	309.63
67	500–550	521	272.50–312.00	291.22
48	550–600	576	255.00–280.00	267.71
31	600–650	632	237.50–273.00	259.77
84	650–700	686	241.00–277.00	269.43
24	700–750	736	248.00–255.00	251.59
15	750–800	787	244.00–246.00	245.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	448	327.50	327.50
13	600–650	631	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	532	311.00	311.00
8	600–650	647	280.00	280.00
10	700–750	719	274.00	274.00
5	750–800	782	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	492	366.50	366.50
15	500–550	524	387.00	387.00
112	550–600	557	383.00	383.00
95	600–650	611	320.00–353.50	337.54
96	650–700	660	303.25–329.00	324.64
73	700–750	731	294.75	294.75
179	750–800	764	290.25–299.75	294.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	350.00	350.00
22	400–450	431	302.50–355.00	344.76
53	450–500	481	329.00–340.00	332.28
92	500–550	532	257.50–335.00	321.50
149	550–600	581	275.00–330.00	316.77
229	600–650	620	252.50–316.00	297.64
84	650–700	680	210.00–294.50	278.45
48	700–750	729	253.00–287.00	264.53
67	750–800	764	242.00–265.00	252.60
35	800–850	821	227.00–269.00	253.74
9	850–900	867	240.00–256.00	253.16
12	900–950	929	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	337	422.50–430.00	426.34
52	350–400	377	357.00–425.00	396.57
133	400–450	427	345.00–407.50	379.09
298	450–500	475	335.00–390.00	364.28
460	500–550	526	322.50–380.00	353.23
1,123	550–600	577	305.00–364.00	338.90
1,038	600–650	626	288.00–342.50	316.26
1,612	650–700	676	275.00–322.00	308.04
1,669	700–750	722	271.00–318.75	292.51
1,268	750–800	775	262.50–293.00	277.87
1,509	800–850	824	252.50–300.00	273.88
561	850–900	866	245.50–280.00	272.98
227	900–950	915	235.00–269.00	259.21
127	950–1000	966	240.00–253.00	251.48
9	1000–1050	1,025	226.00	226.00
10	1100–1150	1,142	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	900	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,044	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	440	338.00–365.00	358.24
34	600–650	600	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	901	242.00	242.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	718	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	588	286.00–320.00	300.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	704	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	969	53.00–94.00	74.97
18	—	1,331	90.00–109.00	103.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,315	107.00–109.00	108.26
35	—	1,353	110.00–120.00	114.43
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	107.00–112.00	109.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,336	124.00–177.50	141.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,475	120.00–131.00	125.02
58	—	1,536	130.00–159.00	139.45
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,164	120.00–195.00	134.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
278	—	1,413	204.00–218.50	212.17
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,262	190.00–207.00	202.73
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,088	161.00–200.50	189.25
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,404	156.00–171.00	164.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,372	121.00–147.00	131.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,587	173.00–188.00	178.68
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,379	190.00–207.75	203.33
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
402	—	1,518	205.00–218.25	211.87
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,125	174.00–208.00	193.17
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,780	205.00–218.50	214.60
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,403	191.00	191.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,902	158.50–189.00	171.48
27	—	1,922	124.00–162.00	147.13

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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