Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 96 priced lines covering 11,791 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,284 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 541 head.

Mon Feb 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,284Last week 16,771Year ago 9,848

Slaughter CattleReceipts 541Last week 1,686Year ago 1,518

Compare to last week on a light test, Choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower on a light test; 500 to 800 lbs steady to 2.00 higher; over 800 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers sold steady 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
583	—	622	150.00–169.75	162.06
244	—	527	156.00–188.00	174.57
183	—	472	157.00–191.00	180.40
595	—	676	145.00–162.00	155.63
7	—	290	199.00	199.00
584	—	722	131.00–157.25	150.13
92	—	430	166.00–193.00	181.74
353	—	773	131.00–158.00	150.92
29	—	388	167.50–195.00	181.32
19	—	338	191.00–197.50	193.11
180	—	817	134.00–151.00	145.09
1	—	940	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,125	134.00	134.00
3	—	1,028	140.00	140.00
60	—	865	121.00–144.00	136.88
538	—	573	151.00–187.50	168.33
18	—	964	120.00–142.50	134.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	717	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	577	160.00	160.00
4	—	443	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	824	162.00–168.25	166.60
73	—	735	165.50–176.50	171.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	649	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	631	129.50–143.00	134.17
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	870	138.25	138.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	634	135.50–155.00	149.03
14	—	829	131.00–132.50	131.86
7	—	733	140.50	140.50
9	—	762	125.00–140.50	137.24
73	—	581	149.00–162.00	157.49
4	—	334	152.50	152.50
5	—	369	140.00–173.00	166.29
11	—	426	170.00–181.00	174.31
21	—	490	165.00–171.00	166.09
33	—	518	140.00–162.00	151.98
16	—	692	136.50–149.00	142.82
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	765	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,017	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	590	165.00–173.00	168.97
13	—	728	160.50	160.50
6	—	537	164.00–167.00	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,012	141.00	141.00
4	—	285	210.00–235.00	216.37
612	—	576	183.00–210.50	197.12
133	—	975	121.00–151.00	142.12
38	—	383	200.00–222.50	213.60
175	—	920	135.00–152.35	149.25
317	—	527	185.00–217.00	204.05
35	—	420	200.00–228.00	215.75
1,257	—	727	154.50–180.50	170.62
13	—	322	217.00–238.00	224.65
727	—	673	166.00–190.00	178.73
703	—	823	146.00–166.00	155.36
746	—	628	160.00–200.00	187.44
928	—	767	155.00–176.00	166.58
1,090	—	868	139.00–160.75	156.07
169	—	481	200.00–225.00	212.12
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,096	131.00–135.25	133.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	798	146.75	146.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	585	158.00–180.50	169.69
19	—	727	140.00–161.50	158.05
15	—	484	165.00–181.00	177.72
3	—	413	190.00	190.00
43	—	623	147.50–177.00	171.58
13	—	817	130.00–147.50	140.36
88	—	785	140.00–157.00	149.93
39	—	676	132.50–171.50	163.96
38	—	526	136.00–187.50	178.11
19	—	870	130.00–145.00	142.76
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	736	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	498	180.00	180.00
8	—	667	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	168.00	168.00
5	—	618	157.00	157.00
4	—	524	168.50	168.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,204	130.00–140.75	136.08
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	95.50	95.50
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,346	131.00–148.50	144.14
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,329	124.00–139.25	134.60
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	120.00–123.00	121.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	970	40.00–49.00	44.12
6	—	1,206	50.00–61.00	56.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,513	80.00–87.00	82.81
16	—	1,442	73.00–79.50	75.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,276	62.00–71.00	66.73
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,203	132.00–142.00	135.70
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,980	118.50	118.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,381	131.00–139.50	137.86
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,465	110.00–114.00	112.72
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	1,454	135.00–148.00	143.67
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	128.00	128.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,045	126.00	126.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,620	124.50	124.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,748	84.00–98.00	87.94
1	—	1,940	100.00	100.00

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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