Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 125 priced lines covering 18,240 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,483 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,333 head.

Mon Jan 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,483Last week 27,881Year ago 22,923

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,333Last week 1,813Year ago 2,212

Compared to last week: Choice steers to weak and choice heifers1.00 lower. Feeder steers 400 to 499 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher, 500 to899 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, 900 to999 lbs steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 400 to 749 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, 750 to 949 lbs steady to 7:00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,194	127.00–133.75	130.58
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	127.00–132.00	129.56
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,345	123.00–134.25	130.62
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
280	—	1,381	132.50–146.50	139.26
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,091	110.00–115.00	113.04
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,170	122.00–125.00	123.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,509	68.00–75.00	70.64
5	—	1,541	76.00–84.00	79.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,053	20.00–46.00	36.65
29	—	1,259	45.00–55.00	50.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,346	54.50–67.00	61.74
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,424	88.00–98.00	91.40
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,229	130.00–136.75	134.48
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,910	103.50	103.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
305	—	1,493	134.00–145.25	140.46
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,399	121.00–135.50	131.04
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,078	100.00–119.00	112.30
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,447	112.00–120.00	115.64
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,422	107.00–110.00	108.59
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	110.00–112.00	110.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,731	69.00–99.00	83.07
8	—	1,710	59.00–67.00	63.41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	356	152.00	152.00
22	—	481	142.50–170.00	162.31
7	—	538	138.00	138.00
18	—	425	143.00–160.00	149.60
28	—	571	134.00–147.00	140.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	607	142.00	142.00
10	—	507	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	667	157.25	157.25
46	—	750	150.50	150.50
27	—	736	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	625	131.00–147.50	143.22
105	—	522	131.00–165.00	152.41
34	—	772	130.00–142.50	135.42
25	—	672	139.00–141.00	140.10
29	—	375	141.00–170.00	155.60
17	—	428	138.50–152.50	145.39
33	—	476	134.00–152.00	144.54
149	—	577	139.00–155.00	148.17
4	—	335	140.00–170.00	162.72
28	—	729	131.00–138.50	137.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	339	560.00–600.00	577.58
4	—	270	160.00	160.00
797	—	725	138.00–154.25	146.38
741	—	522	142.50–206.50	165.20
258	—	771	135.00–150.00	144.36
1,244	—	625	133.50–166.75	153.15
111	—	856	128.00–141.50	137.39
757	—	574	140.00–170.00	155.88
35	—	384	157.50–174.00	163.63
35	—	338	156.00–186.00	175.20
4	—	1,140	128.50	128.50
10	—	914	130.00–138.00	135.71
255	—	478	146.00–178.00	164.26
294	—	426	147.00–179.00	167.71
142	—	819	137.00–151.75	145.23
875	—	673	136.50–159.00	149.45
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	350	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	757	160.00–160.25	160.19
8	—	520	173.00	173.00
40	—	560	174.75–175.00	174.83
39	—	670	152.00–159.75	155.19
46	—	726	154.00–167.00	158.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	616	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,085	118.00–128.00	124.18
21	—	1,158	121.50	121.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	691	152.00–161.00	152.47
10	—	586	163.00–165.00	163.70
26	—	475	156.00–180.00	165.65
15	—	726	132.00–141.00	135.81
10	—	539	161.00	161.00
12	—	614	146.00–153.00	148.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,284	—	624	160.00–186.75	176.69
4	—	390	630.00	630.00
3	—	320	560.00	560.00
1,297	—	724	148.00–173.10	165.27
1,357	—	778	143.50–168.25	159.03
60	—	381	185.00–215.00	203.81
17	—	336	195.00–228.00	205.56
6	—	268	200.00	200.00
857	—	865	140.50–161.00	155.70
490	—	528	174.00–204.00	191.25
847	—	574	168.50–198.00	183.21
838	—	826	136.25–164.00	157.22
84	—	993	134.00–148.50	147.41
123	—	426	188.00–221.00	202.54
1,716	—	679	158.50–179.75	170.91
224	—	925	142.00–156.30	150.32
333	—	476	172.00–220.00	198.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	655	182.75–184.00	183.36
35	—	800	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	150.00–170.00	159.61
114	—	680	151.00–160.50	156.48
3	—	873	140.00	140.00
3	—	423	175.00–182.50	177.54
87	—	627	146.00–169.00	163.69
8	—	382	150.00–200.00	188.80
71	—	534	157.00–186.00	176.82
11	—	936	131.00–140.00	139.19
140	—	580	150.00–175.00	164.60
13	—	805	133.00–147.00	143.86
13	—	470	180.00–185.00	183.46
9	—	966	135.00–140.00	139.45
125	—	726	141.00–156.75	151.54
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	590	168.00	168.00
18	—	661	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	387	170.00–202.50	178.70
6	—	839	134.00	134.00
21	—	571	171.00–177.00	173.54
1	—	470	176.00	176.00
32	—	505	181.50–197.00	188.92
15	—	637	163.50	163.50
14	—	704	154.50	154.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	500	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	673	127.00–127.50	127.42
4	—	701	129.00–131.00	130.00
2	—	958	113.00	113.00
9	—	553	150.00–151.00	150.89
2	—	420	166.00	166.00
1	—	490	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	635	123.50	123.50
6	—	478	160.00	160.00
17	—	686	119.00–135.00	132.23
4	—	430	217.50	217.50

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.

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