Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 117 priced lines covering 14,075 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,368 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 846 head.

Mon Feb 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,368Last week 13,346Year ago 18,577

Slaughter CattleReceipts 846Last week 1,719Year ago 592

Compared to last week, steers weighing less than 700lbs sold steady, while steers over 700lbs sold 13.00 to 14.00 lower. Heifers weighing less than 500lbs sold steady, while heifers weighing 500 to 700lbs sold 4.00 lower. Heifers weighing more than 700lbs sold 12.00 to 13.00 lower. Slaughter steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold unevenly steady. Demand for quality reputation calves was still good, while the cash market and futures have weakened.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,588	202.00	202.00
93	—	1,480	212.00–220.00	216.27
4	—	1,423	202.50–208.25	205.87
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,168	189.00–204.00	192.52
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,601	211.25	211.25
4	—	1,492	211.00	211.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,517	205.50	205.50
4	—	1,335	200.50–202.50	202.03
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,547	221.50–231.50	225.89
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,433	196.00–210.00	204.85
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,154	200.50–213.00	207.29
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,531	208.00	208.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,804	195.00–219.00	210.63
Steers — Choice and Prime · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,757	225.00–232.00	226.79
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,174	186.00–203.50	197.20
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,127	175.00–203.00	189.15
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	182.50–185.00	183.77
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,350	205.00–210.25	209.66
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,290	202.00–212.75	208.26
27	—	1,349	194.00–201.50	199.32
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,361	205.50–220.00	213.09
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,742	195.00–205.00	202.45
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,417	221.00–231.50	226.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,570	138.50–148.00	142.92
21	—	1,524	129.75–139.00	133.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,401	133.00–169.00	146.54
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	114.00	114.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,033	65.00–83.00	75.27
7	—	1,202	93.00–112.00	102.91
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,107	128.00–197.50	160.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,370	115.00–212.00	125.42
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	205.00	205.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,516	182.50–187.00	183.97
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,893	170.00–188.00	178.48
10	—	1,817	140.00–166.00	158.85
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	185.00–202.00	193.22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	1,225.00	1,225.00
4	300–350	300	1,225.00	1,225.00
4	300–350	324	400.00–420.00	415.21
25	350–400	387	357.50–388.00	375.76
149	400–450	430	328.00–376.00	360.01
223	450–500	472	322.00–357.50	339.80
497	500–550	523	290.00–345.00	322.58
620	550–600	576	278.75–319.75	305.05
806	600–650	622	273.50–306.00	289.19
871	650–700	669	257.00–302.50	283.76
502	700–750	727	243.00–276.00	259.47
503	750–800	777	232.50–271.25	254.53
191	800–850	835	220.00–253.00	244.81
54	850–900	859	237.00–255.00	250.98
33	900–950	928	210.00–230.00	211.91
10	950–1000	969	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	340.00	340.00
23	350–400	379	390.00	390.00
8	400–450	427	280.00–345.00	324.74
54	500–550	509	249.00–321.00	306.28
5	550–600	578	261.00	261.00
13	600–650	602	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	317.50	317.50
16	400–450	442	330.00–340.00	332.42
108	450–500	486	291.00–325.00	314.23
67	500–550	528	260.00–318.00	297.75
132	550–600	587	242.00–294.75	273.94
166	600–650	631	236.00–277.00	267.61
65	650–700	686	245.00–263.00	257.06
8	750–800	772	242.00–242.50	242.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	859	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	306	445.00	445.00
15	550–600	566	314.50	314.50
52	700–750	720	272.00–298.00	291.76
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	310.00–320.00	316.76
4	400–450	442	305.00	305.00
8	450–500	483	301.00–316.00	312.22
3	500–550	543	284.00	284.00
2	600–650	637	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
34	600–650	614	309.00–310.00	309.41
33	700–750	740	305.75	305.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	881	200.00	200.00
4	950–1000	991	218.50	218.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	390.00	390.00
3	300–350	325	1,400.00	1,400.00
33	350–400	382	370.00–424.00	398.86
107	400–450	423	360.00–417.50	397.88
217	450–500	466	352.00–410.00	385.71
465	500–550	525	339.00–389.00	369.88
554	550–600	570	323.00–374.00	352.87
867	600–650	626	292.00–344.00	325.12
1,215	650–700	677	283.50–328.50	310.10
1,071	700–750	725	275.00–313.75	295.00
784	750–800	779	255.00–292.00	276.53
740	800–850	821	255.00–280.00	272.18
459	850–900	872	245.00–273.00	262.07
367	900–950	924	230.00–259.00	252.32
243	950–1000	971	226.50–252.85	242.99
70	1050–1100	1,070	220.00–228.75	227.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	427	327.50–367.50	343.57
33	450–500	474	325.00–372.50	351.39
87	500–550	539	301.00–360.50	334.89
142	550–600	582	280.00–337.00	320.72
121	600–650	635	275.00–318.00	304.24
129	650–700	685	270.00–307.00	288.07
19	700–750	734	265.00–271.00	267.95
7	750–800	783	250.00	250.00
46	800–850	826	241.00–262.50	251.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	325.00–330.00	326.45
6	400–450	437	325.00–352.50	343.59
6	550–600	574	282.50–290.00	286.19
5	600–650	620	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	337	440.00	440.00
23	350–400	398	415.00	415.00
24	400–450	427	362.50–387.50	382.16
2	450–500	492	350.00	350.00
36	550–600	570	311.00	311.00
18	600–650	631	274.00–296.00	288.22
13	650–700	692	286.00–297.00	292.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	608	287.00	287.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	400.00	400.00

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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