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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, May 13

● As filed81 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 81 priced lines covering 6,315 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,892 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 242 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,892Last week 7,737Year ago 4,873

Slaughter CattleReceipts 242Last week 1,518Year ago 884

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers as the optimism in the industry continues to build. The bearish tone that the futures contracts held, changed this week as large daily gains were made. Cash fed cattle jumped up to 191.00 as packers had to give more money to get the high quality grading cattle that they need. Cattle feeders and backgrounders know just how limited feeder cattle are and they want to make sure they have their cattle needs secured, which creates a very active market at the auctions. Cattle are turned out on grass and corn is in the ground and growing.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	392.50	392.50
107	400–450	446	370.00–386.50	384.68
169	450–500	480	325.00–378.00	356.87
58	500–550	513	335.00–368.00	358.70
443	550–600	569	300.00–347.00	334.90
304	600–650	624	280.00–319.00	306.49
248	650–700	678	275.00–296.00	290.49
210	700–750	719	271.00–280.50	275.71
277	750–800	773	245.50–280.50	270.32
428	800–850	830	239.00–257.00	252.06
342	850–900	868	238.00–254.00	248.04
449	900–950	916	229.50–246.25	241.87
6	950–1000	961	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	438	400.50	400.50
105	500–550	526	337.50–369.50	368.28
32	600–650	610	294.00–322.50	318.74
17	650–700	650	280.00–281.00	280.18
9	700–750	729	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	435	369.00	369.00
42	450–500	485	284.00–342.00	324.98
28	500–550	534	267.50–324.00	299.44
61	550–600	581	293.00–319.00	311.36
18	600–650	639	286.00–289.00	287.83
10	750–800	750	249.00	249.00
13	850–900	898	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	755	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	900–950	942	220.25	220.25
131	1000–1050	1,021	199.00–228.75	222.28
9	1100–1150	1,130	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	770	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	353	426.00	426.00
19	400–450	438	415.00	415.00
33	550–600	560	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	535	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	335	360.00–380.00	371.09
48	350–400	372	337.50–352.50	346.00
118	400–450	436	309.00–334.00	322.98
237	450–500	461	296.00–336.50	323.73
71	500–550	533	272.00–305.00	292.17
448	550–600	567	263.50–305.50	295.48
170	600–650	620	253.50–291.75	274.27
141	650–700	675	242.00–276.00	260.29
297	700–750	729	236.00–255.00	247.41
155	750–800	762	239.25–244.25	242.79
169	800–850	824	215.00–248.00	233.11
82	850–900	893	213.00–223.00	216.09
113	900–950	917	215.00–216.25	215.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	500–550	513	317.00	317.00
25	550–600	552	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	413	334.00	334.00
49	450–500	477	323.00	323.00
25	500–550	537	272.00–294.00	281.67
11	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
6	600–650	625	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	485	295.00	295.00
28	500–550	533	258.00–294.00	284.80
37	550–600	586	260.00–270.00	266.07
14	600–650	627	230.00–260.00	246.87
21	650–700	686	233.00–248.00	243.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	688	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	412	345.00	345.00
6	450–500	456	296.00	296.00
16	500–550	521	281.00–288.00	282.80
5	650–700	689	245.00	245.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,309	139.00–154.00	143.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	850	50.00–91.00	63.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,182	96.00–112.00	107.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,429	136.00–146.00	141.41
12	—	1,447	128.00–135.00	131.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,158	122.00–140.00	131.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	115.00–116.00	115.56
9	—	1,359	115.00–126.00	121.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,553	186.00–194.00	191.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,228	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,367	187.50–193.00	190.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	180.00–181.00	180.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	157.50	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,035	156.00–162.00	159.03
5	—	1,512	127.00–146.00	138.16

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.