Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 141 priced lines covering 19,187 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 20,545 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 749 head.

Mon Jan 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20,545Last week 21,492Year ago 21,034

Slaughter CattleReceipts 749Last week 1,327Year ago 1,545

Compared to last week offerings, steers weighing less than 500lbs sold 6.00 higher, 500 to 700lbs steers sold 4.00-5.00 higher, steers weighting 700lbs sold unevenly steady. Heifers weighing less than 500lbs sold 8.00-9.00 higher, while heifers weighing more than 500lbs sold. Demand was very good with plenty of momentum from record high cash cattle prices as seen during the recent weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1100–1150	1,108	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	400.00	400.00
8	250–300	279	380.00–407.50	399.55
26	300–350	338	365.00–455.00	418.98
66	350–400	370	355.00–436.00	404.71
189	400–450	434	345.00–425.00	393.70
376	450–500	481	325.00–405.00	372.16
372	500–550	525	318.00–390.00	356.77
969	550–600	573	300.00–363.00	343.60
1,500	600–650	626	291.00–341.50	323.55
1,451	650–700	678	281.00–327.50	310.45
1,462	700–750	725	274.00–307.50	294.66
1,078	750–800	775	263.00–289.50	280.63
742	800–850	827	256.00–285.00	272.41
717	850–900	866	250.00–279.00	266.33
329	900–950	917	235.00–268.25	263.30
159	950–1000	978	224.00–259.50	254.02
11	1000–1050	1,022	228.50	228.50
4	1050–1100	1,073	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	372.50	372.50
25	450–500	480	300.00–355.00	327.55
60	500–550	531	257.50–360.00	332.09
118	550–600	580	270.00–326.00	311.90
82	600–650	635	272.50–319.00	306.10
107	650–700	684	250.00–297.00	275.51
20	700–750	735	251.00–279.00	268.97
96	750–800	788	250.00–279.00	263.97
7	800–850	835	255.00	255.00
4	950–1000	993	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	276	305.00	305.00
6	350–400	354	320.00–345.00	336.53
2	400–450	435	335.00	335.00
15	450–500	456	316.00–330.00	319.09
8	600–650	620	251.00–255.00	251.97
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	654	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	419	379.00–407.00	391.30
30	450–500	483	320.00–357.50	347.71
14	500–550	520	272.50–350.00	317.44
38	550–600	562	292.50–330.00	321.91
17	600–650	618	289.00–313.00	301.80
43	650–700	664	288.00–294.00	291.20
19	700–750	715	258.00–292.75	285.33
13	750–800	791	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	375.00–399.00	385.30
24	450–500	453	361.00	361.00
33	550–600	569	300.00	300.00
4	650–700	675	255.00	255.00
4	700–750	710	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	550–600	569	350.00–377.50	356.89
15	600–650	619	329.00	329.00
59	650–700	677	306.50–317.25	308.77
72	700–750	729	299.50	299.50
53	750–800	757	284.50	284.50
44	800–850	809	268.25	268.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	650	258.00	258.00
6	900–950	928	255.00	255.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	337.50	337.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
5	400–450	447	322.50	322.50
14	450–500	470	320.00–345.00	330.57
6	600–650	608	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	516	300.00	300.00
6	600–650	615	255.00	255.00
6	700–750	732	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	395	399.00	399.00
15	400–450	419	380.00–390.00	382.76
13	450–500	455	365.00	365.00
28	550–600	561	306.00–310.50	308.74
142	600–650	622	281.00–292.00	288.55
81	650–700	686	268.00–280.50	276.66
91	700–750	739	253.00–280.00	258.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	280	380.00	380.00
23	300–350	338	345.00–390.00	373.38
52	350–400	371	347.50–409.00	375.86
298	400–450	432	312.00–375.00	358.64
357	450–500	475	289.00–354.00	329.64
616	500–550	521	281.00–340.00	316.09
1,231	550–600	573	273.00–333.00	305.93
971	600–650	623	252.50–305.00	284.53
1,085	650–700	671	250.00–291.75	274.84
791	700–750	729	247.50–272.00	260.66
752	750–800	768	239.00–270.75	255.38
289	800–850	826	229.00–264.00	256.45
242	850–900	875	231.00–247.25	243.04
63	900–950	905	233.00–241.65	241.22
4	1100–1150	1,105	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	330	345.00	345.00
9	350–400	371	335.00–360.00	348.46
11	400–450	435	334.00	334.00
53	450–500	486	307.00–320.00	315.29
25	500–550	522	285.00–310.00	295.52
67	550–600	580	251.00–285.00	269.43
55	600–650	627	232.50–277.00	265.64
47	650–700	678	249.00–270.00	257.31
6	700–750	741	230.00–240.00	236.87
22	800–850	839	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	308	300.00–335.00	314.92
16	350–400	364	316.00–335.00	323.32
8	400–450	425	292.50–307.50	301.84
3	500–550	533	260.00–279.00	266.29
6	550–600	576	271.00	271.00
32	600–650	630	266.00–267.50	267.36
27	700–750	719	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	525	305.00	305.00
7	850–900	861	233.00–244.50	239.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	648	288.00	288.00
116	650–700	671	288.00–312.75	298.15
31	700–750	722	279.00	279.00
47	750–800	780	266.00–273.00	270.88
21	800–850	804	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	367	335.00–392.50	369.05
5	400–450	434	351.00	351.00
11	550–600	596	260.00	260.00
12	600–650	640	256.00–256.50	256.16
3	1000–1050	1,038	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	305	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	535	275.00	275.00
10	700–750	728	228.00–235.00	230.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	107.00–109.00	107.92
16	—	1,228	112.00–127.00	120.11
12	—	1,358	132.00–144.00	139.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,194	111.00–118.50	116.18
6	—	1,168	65.00–103.00	81.17
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	886	140.00–215.00	190.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,613	111.00–127.00	119.95
41	—	1,577	133.00–166.00	147.08
30	—	1,446	121.00–139.00	132.08
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,153	130.00–197.50	153.58
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,331	132.00–165.00	146.39
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	204.00–205.00	204.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	1,554	215.50–230.00	220.59
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,243	199.00–208.00	203.67
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,387	200.00–215.00	211.43
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,411	214.00–226.00	220.90
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,194	195.00–205.00	203.12
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,383	201.00–215.00	210.56
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,507	166.00–174.00	170.27
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,688	178.00–199.00	183.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,763	141.00–167.00	157.99
7	—	2,027	160.00–192.00	175.47
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	170.00	170.00

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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