Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 93 priced lines covering 10,511 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,210 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 174 head.

Mon Jan 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,210Last week 17,075Year ago 15,704

Slaughter CattleReceipts 174Last week 1,492Year ago 894

Compared to last week: Choice steers and and heifers to few receipts for market test. Feeder steers 400 to 549 lbs 9.00 to 10.00 higher, 550 to 799 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher 800 to 8.99 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher Feeder heifers 400 to 549 lbs 9.00 to 10.00 higher, 550 to 799 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 800 to 849 llbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,028	124.50	124.50
227	—	481	160.50–182.75	176.17
8	—	984	136.00	136.00
4	—	238	570.00	570.00
12	—	319	590.00–660.00	608.69
3	—	335	176.00–177.50	176.51
14	—	911	134.50	134.50
457	—	576	154.50–174.00	162.82
362	—	767	142.00–151.50	147.32
697	—	668	143.00–162.50	156.17
108	—	433	165.00–195.00	178.79
15	—	810	135.50–144.50	140.60
90	—	863	137.50–144.00	141.84
964	—	624	145.00–170.00	158.70
51	—	383	162.50–204.00	185.40
535	—	725	141.00–153.00	150.51
373	—	526	164.50–179.50	174.12
11	—	1,057	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	586	148.50	148.50
9	—	519	143.00–154.00	148.93
11	—	345	175.00	175.00
43	—	694	139.00	139.00
32	—	473	159.00–168.00	163.79
32	—	636	149.50	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	540	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	586	135.00–155.00	149.13
15	—	662	139.00–144.00	140.44
41	—	634	151.00–155.00	153.46
20	—	439	161.00–170.00	166.47
4	—	881	131.00	131.00
22	—	720	125.00–138.00	132.73
26	—	513	142.00–154.00	147.85
7	—	772	131.00–134.00	131.88
12	—	479	146.00–156.00	150.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	812	153.00–159.00	154.20
51	—	713	154.50–159.00	155.71
9	—	878	156.75	156.75
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	528	151.00–158.00	154.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	778	155.75	155.75
97	—	639	142.00–178.50	170.10
23	—	718	155.00–162.00	158.46
3	—	363	200.00	200.00
27	—	584	152.50–179.25	169.01
4	—	401	181.00	181.00
63	—	681	143.00–170.50	162.77
47	—	512	155.00–185.00	172.80
7	—	488	181.00–190.00	184.88
3	—	878	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	783	150.00–152.50	150.77
5	—	667	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
199	—	479	189.00–227.00	208.94
781	—	671	165.00–189.00	177.17
738	—	729	155.00–178.50	169.20
429	—	830	149.00–164.00	157.83
536	—	867	148.00–160.00	157.41
33	—	383	216.00–233.00	226.24
26	—	340	235.00–257.50	250.21
5	—	290	239.00	239.00
342	—	526	186.00–216.00	200.38
558	—	773	155.00–173.10	164.44
325	—	575	180.00–206.25	196.43
119	—	1,002	142.50–150.25	149.07
701	—	625	170.00–201.50	185.36
233	—	915	148.60–153.10	151.48
137	—	981	147.50–150.25	149.65
64	—	426	197.50–238.00	215.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	519	180.50–191.00	187.50
7	—	415	204.00	204.00
8	—	576	185.50	185.50
67	—	624	158.00–169.75	168.08
6	—	393	197.50	197.50
48	—	751	150.00–151.00	150.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	556	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	762	170.50	170.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	829	131.00	131.00
5	—	365	195.00–198.00	197.37
4	—	730	131.00–135.00	131.96
2	—	750	138.00	138.00
8	—	681	130.00–144.00	136.85
2	—	518	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,410	129.50–130.50	130.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,420	133.00–141.30	139.64
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,250	128.00–129.50	128.74
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	115.00	115.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,324	133.00–139.50	136.91
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,227	128.50–130.00	129.05
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,282	132.00–139.50	137.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	128.00–129.50	128.72
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,418	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,404	134.50–141.25	139.47
Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,438	101.50–102.50	102.32
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,252	90.50–94.00	92.36

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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