NW_LS785 Des Moines, IA Mon, Apr 22, 2019 USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market News Iowa Weekly Weighted Average Slaughter Cattle Report For Week Ending: Saturday, Apr 20, 2019 Market: Tama, IA 4/17/2019 Market: Sheldon, IA 4/18/2019 Receipts: 851 Last Week 321 Slaughter Steers Choice 2-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 1245 1245 126.50 126.50 177 1320-1493 1429 126.00-133.50 128.82 Slaughter Steers Select and Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 1105-1290 1193 121.00-124.00 122.17 15 1380-1475 1436 120.00-125.00 123.53 Slaughter Steers Select 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1150-1283 1238 112.00-114.00 113.02 17 1335-1485 1428 110.00-118.00 115.30 Slaughter Holstein Steers Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 10 1190-1293 1270 92.00-93.00 92.09 12 1153-1298 1206 96.00-104.00 98.61 Value Added 68 1307-1492 1387 91.00-95.50 93.53 32 1322-1489 1377 96.00-104.00 98.10 Value Added 13 1535-1650 1593 82.50-95.00 88.56 2 1540-1545 1543 96.00-101.00 98.50 Value Added Slaughter Holstein Steers Select and Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 1290-1295 1291 88.00-89.00 88.75 48 1340-1489 1388 72.50-89.00 86.53 13 1516-1585 1537 85.00-88.00 87.45 Slaughter Heifers Choice 2-4 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 38 1250-1392 1325 127.00-134.00 129.52 Slaughter Heifers Select and Choice 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 25 1000-1195 1126 120.00-129.50 126.93 27 1207-1375 1249 120.00-127.50 123.87 Slaughter Heifers Select 2-3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 19 1005-1170 1116 110.00-119.00 116.31 29 1220-1310 1241 113.00-119.00 116.31 Slaughter cows: Pct Lean Weight Avg Dress High Dress Low Dress Breakers 76-80 1280-1935 57.00-69.00 70.00-75.00 -- Boners 81-85 1205-1675 47.50-56.00 -- -- Lean 86-90 845-1560 37.50-46.00 -- 25.00-35.00 Slaughter bulls: Weight Avg Dress High Dress Low Dress Yield Grade 1 1170-1325 75.00-82.00 -- -- 1935-2375 61.50-86.00 -- -- Source: USDA-IA Dept of Ag Market News, Des Moines, IA Bruce Thomas 515-284-4460 Desm.LGMN@ams.usda.gov 24 Hour recorded market information 515-284-4830 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/NW_LS785.txt www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews 1400C bat