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Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 5

● As filed50 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 50 priced lines covering 2,486 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,506 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,443 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,506Last week 4,100Year ago 3,637

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,443Last week 1,415Year ago 1,591

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers not well compared with last week's much larger offering, too few offered to allow a good comparison. Moderate to good demand for the cattle that were offered in the auctions this week, auction markets remain on their summer sale schedules. Cash fed cattle traded lower, but at 193.00, still holding a very wide, positive basis over the futures contracts. The Live Cattle futures for the winter months are barely at 180.00, causing cattle feeder to refigure their breakeven prices much lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,403	86.00–101.00	94.21
22	—	1,581	134.00–169.00	157.82
15	—	1,984	170.00–202.00	183.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,148	126.00–169.50	148.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,345	188.00–195.00	191.33
371	—	1,416	192.00–199.25	195.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,117	199.50	199.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,208	190.00–198.50	195.44
3	—	1,070	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,740	185.00	185.00
7	—	1,541	191.00–192.00	191.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,134	186.85–199.00	194.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,328	181.00–192.50	188.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
281	—	1,280	187.75–198.00	193.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,305	183.00–193.00	189.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	994	178.00–195.00	186.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,618	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,088	185.00–192.25	190.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,544	173.00–181.00	177.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,450	134.00–143.00	138.99
35	—	1,474	142.00–157.50	146.97
3	—	1,710	120.00–127.00	123.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,256	124.00–134.50	129.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,217	106.50–123.00	115.96
4	—	1,214	72.00–94.00	86.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,118	123.00–146.00	133.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,247	135.00–155.00	146.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	873	108.00–111.00	109.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	130.00	130.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	284.00	284.00
8	600–650	613	270.00	270.00
158	750–800	773	230.00–245.00	238.48
179	850–900	863	225.00–236.00	231.67
10	900–950	928	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	682	244.00	244.00
6	900–950	936	189.50	189.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
111	1000–1050	1,005	205.00–207.50	205.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	294.00	294.00
44	550–600	580	290.00	290.00
93	650–700	676	273.00–286.00	275.47
4	700–750	732	260.00	260.00
79	750–800	782	246.00–257.00	253.73
192	850–900	862	238.00–254.25	250.71
6	900–950	920	245.00	245.00
130	950–1000	959	230.50–248.00	244.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	850	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	1000–1050	1,016	216.00–221.00	219.98
57	1050–1100	1,053	227.50	227.50
38	1100–1150	1,108	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	900–950	945	223.00	223.00

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.