# Improved calf price data available for Iowa

> USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service now publishes separate Iowa and Missouri direct feeder cattle reports, giving more localized calf prices. Iowa auctions handled about 385,000 feeder cattle in 2020, down 8% from 2019.

- Date: 2021-01-29 · published 2021-01-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/49298-improved-calf-price-data-available-for-iowa
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Better local price data helps producers value calves, but the report itself has little direct price impact; higher feeding costs are noted as a offset to smaller calf crops.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2017-08-24 | [Cattle available for slaughter give meatpackers options - Progressive Cattle \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69613-cattle-available-for-slaughter-give-meatpackers-options-progressive-cattle-ag.md) | +0.9% | +8.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-05-04 | [Improvements and Cautions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41544-improvements-and-cautions.md) | -2.1% | +4.5% |
| FCATTLE | 2023-12-28 | [Real feeder cattle prices lag \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32847-real-feeder-cattle-prices-lag-ag-proud.md) | +0.1% | +6.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-10-31 | [Cattle Feeders Place More Heifers on Feed - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56728-cattle-feeders-place-more-heifers-on-feed-center-for-commercial-agriculture.md) | +0.5% | -1.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2021-04-23 | [Higher cow slaughter and shift in fed cattle slaughter \| Ag Proud](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47537-higher-cow-slaughter-and-shift-in-fed-cattle-slaughter-ag-proud.md) | +1.7% | +2.6% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/management/improved-calf-price-data-available-for-iowa

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