Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 106 priced lines covering 16,783 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,771 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,686 head.

Mon Feb 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,771Last week 11,210Year ago 10,428

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,686Last week 174Year ago 1,147

Not enough slaughter steers and heifers last week to compare with, however a higher undertone noted. Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to 4.00 higher, while heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	498	128.00	128.00
9	—	615	154.50	154.50
4	—	559	163.00	163.00
17	—	533	172.00–186.00	176.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	266	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	313	217.50	217.50
9	—	639	154.50	154.50
25	—	425	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	675	137.50–143.00	140.97
79	—	523	144.00–163.50	155.33
61	—	619	127.00–156.00	145.76
40	—	713	130.00–142.00	138.87
8	—	318	157.50–185.00	167.43
22	—	771	128.00–128.50	128.29
175	—	582	139.00–160.00	152.70
18	—	438	151.00–175.00	171.32
5	—	957	126.50	126.50
41	—	462	149.00–168.00	160.20
4	—	875	125.00	125.00
4	—	375	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	813	138.50–146.75	144.55
68	—	884	129.50–142.00	137.48
37	—	387	174.00–200.00	186.85
11	—	1,059	138.75	138.75
37	—	335	182.00–208.00	201.18
4	—	970	136.50	136.50
1,162	—	629	151.00–179.00	159.77
629	—	723	144.00–159.00	151.85
43	—	913	127.00–154.75	137.94
274	—	773	128.00–155.00	147.03
808	—	576	150.00–178.25	167.55
798	—	675	143.75–159.75	154.41
11	—	1,232	131.50	131.50
542	—	524	159.75–190.00	174.05
301	—	483	164.50–189.75	178.98
211	—	421	170.00–198.00	184.34
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,025	127.25	127.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	694	159.00	159.00
138	—	821	150.50–155.25	154.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	633	150.00	150.00
13	—	563	153.00	153.00
3	—	395	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	685	139.50	139.50
17	—	569	139.00	139.00
9	—	602	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,528	—	772	154.00–174.25	164.45
262	—	923	146.50–154.85	152.38
396	—	528	185.00–213.00	200.04
1,210	—	822	143.00–164.35	159.58
1,243	—	725	161.00–181.75	171.96
1,143	—	676	162.50–187.00	176.91
1,284	—	625	174.00–197.75	186.60
234	—	483	192.00–230.00	213.12
136	—	427	205.00–236.00	217.86
71	—	982	134.00–149.00	142.48
468	—	873	144.00–160.50	155.74
9	—	1,219	139.00	139.00
658	—	575	184.00–214.50	196.76
6	—	1,086	142.00	142.00
17	—	317	237.50–244.00	240.01
3	—	1,155	140.00	140.00
39	—	374	215.00–226.00	217.85
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	949	138.00	138.00
3	—	1,010	138.00	138.00
5	—	1,278	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	539	200.00	200.00
19	—	681	167.75–172.00	169.80
3	—	373	210.00	210.00
13	—	614	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	560	180.00	180.00
6	—	485	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	673	150.00–170.00	163.70
13	—	836	141.50	141.50
4	—	411	204.00	204.00
88	—	779	145.00–154.00	151.73
129	—	633	147.50–179.50	173.57
115	—	731	151.00–162.00	157.42
99	—	574	161.00–193.50	179.67
28	—	474	154.00–180.00	170.35
34	—	521	165.00–190.00	175.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	550	208.00	208.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,860	103.50–108.00	105.47
4	—	1,575	61.00–70.00	65.75
28	—	1,845	75.00–99.50	90.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,497	80.00–87.00	83.02
142	—	1,447	71.00–83.00	77.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,130	50.00–63.00	56.41
16	—	1,116	26.00–49.00	43.66
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,566	96.00–116.00	107.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,332	57.00–75.00	68.62
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,706	133.00–139.85	136.23
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,285	132.50–139.00	136.65
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,170	102.00–130.00	121.51
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,060	106.00	106.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
455	—	1,474	133.00–152.75	146.08
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,359	127.00–139.50	134.42
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,542	112.00–119.00	116.98
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,608	120.00–126.50	123.72
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
399	—	1,366	132.50–152.25	146.03
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,066	114.00–127.00	121.81
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,138	120.00–125.00	122.03
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,210	129.50–139.50	134.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,319	125.00–139.75	134.84
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,515	102.00–115.00	108.69

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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