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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 25

● As filed67 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 67 priced lines covering 2,503 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,957 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 941 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,957Last week 14,777Year ago 4,171

Slaughter CattleReceipts 941Last week 1,284Year ago 1,610

Compared to last week: Too few feeders steers and heifers offered to allow a good market comparison. Much lighter auction receipts, as is usual for this time of year as most auction markets are hosting feeder cattle sales on an every other week basis. Cash fed cattle market, up to 191.00 in the country at late week, is helping to support the feeder cattle market regardless of the futures contracts. April Live Cattle futures at 184.00, 6.00-7.00 lower than the cash trade is causing cattle producers to pay little attention to the board and instead focus on the market fundamentals.

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	340	340.00	340.00
10	350–400	352	345.00–352.50	350.21
37	400–450	434	340.00–361.00	347.48
16	450–500	473	301.00–345.00	323.21
78	500–550	527	310.00–352.50	340.70
76	550–600	569	285.00–331.00	319.13
25	600–650	624	301.00–310.00	306.32
149	650–700	670	270.00–300.00	290.24
59	700–750	733	260.00–287.00	282.36
34	750–800	766	254.00–266.00	262.13
99	800–850	829	236.00–252.00	245.71
78	850–900	861	235.00–254.60	246.46
24	900–950	915	233.50–237.00	235.84
35	950–1000	990	212.00–215.00	213.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	332.50	332.50
5	500–550	533	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	566	287.00	287.00
10	600–650	613	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	588	322.50	322.50
36	700–750	703	288.50	288.50
36	800–850	817	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	515	293.00	293.00
22	600–650	626	267.25	267.25
8	800–850	831	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	385	315.00–335.00	326.26
38	400–450	418	300.00–322.50	313.02
43	450–500	479	261.00–308.00	288.73
34	500–550	513	265.00–304.00	285.84
76	550–600	580	261.00–284.00	274.93
145	600–650	619	249.00–283.00	269.56
269	650–700	688	236.00–250.75	247.56
15	700–750	743	250.00	250.00
49	750–800	767	215.00–232.50	222.04
81	800–850	810	211.00–234.00	228.81
28	850–900	879	211.00–223.50	221.26
3	950–1000	968	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	562	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	492	308.00	308.00
3	550–600	596	277.50	277.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,423	91.00–106.00	100.02
20	—	1,784	152.00–190.50	167.30
12	—	1,733	127.00–149.00	138.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,105	160.00–170.00	163.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,245	187.50–188.35	188.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	187.10–187.25	187.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,372	184.00–199.00	193.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,302	175.00–185.50	181.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	126.00–133.00	129.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,544	158.00–173.00	165.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,354	141.00–156.00	151.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,296	176.00–185.50	180.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,139	159.00–177.00	172.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,275	188.50	188.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,335	184.25–187.00	185.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,426	185.00–197.50	191.59
2	—	1,392	185.25	185.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,655	181.00	181.00
1	—	1,705	183.25	183.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,415	119.00–129.00	122.94
85	—	1,512	127.00–139.00	132.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,266	110.00–119.00	114.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,102	87.50–109.00	99.44
7	—	791	42.50–79.00	57.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,789	140.00–144.00	141.07

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.