Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 104 priced lines covering 16,932 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,586 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 964 head.

Mon Feb 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,586Last week 12,284Year ago 21,267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 964Last week 541Year ago 2,284

Compared to last week, Choice Steers and Heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers sold uneven; 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher; over 750 lbs steady to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	174.00–191.00	183.33
10	—	830	142.50	142.50
21	—	897	144.00	144.00
5	—	927	137.00	137.00
38	—	432	180.00–207.00	202.72
48	—	472	176.00–205.00	188.02
50	—	530	162.00–201.00	188.94
45	—	724	144.00–157.00	151.27
43	—	777	136.00–155.00	142.74
148	—	682	150.50–176.00	166.49
100	—	632	156.00–176.00	172.23
61	—	570	171.00–187.00	180.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
502	—	577	177.50–209.75	199.51
101	—	482	194.00–236.00	215.05
650	—	910	140.00–161.00	152.77
4	—	320	210.00–220.00	217.42
179	—	1,038	134.00–143.50	141.76
771	—	630	171.00–199.75	186.17
9	—	1,192	135.25	135.25
11	—	1,085	138.00	138.00
1,360	—	674	162.00–194.00	178.90
1,315	—	724	153.00–179.75	169.67
1,268	—	773	145.00–171.75	161.38
19	—	374	202.50–231.00	215.47
442	—	525	190.00–228.00	211.73
258	—	967	134.00–147.25	144.71
1,003	—	824	143.50–166.75	156.98
953	—	865	144.00–164.00	155.34
77	—	422	193.00–237.00	212.83
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	514	182.00	182.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,078	135.25	135.25
72	—	785	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	664	192.75–193.00	192.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	676	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	762	171.25	171.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	473	170.00	170.00
10	—	321	217.00	217.00
6	—	571	144.00	144.00
18	—	384	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	922	135.00–140.50	136.63
10	—	1,117	115.00–124.00	120.44
567	—	525	158.00–187.50	178.48
63	—	376	180.00–205.00	188.97
172	—	883	130.00–144.00	137.84
139	—	428	179.00–200.75	191.70
397	—	820	131.00–152.00	144.15
557	—	572	148.00–186.00	170.61
13	—	322	179.00–217.00	196.57
1,209	—	716	137.00–163.50	150.11
342	—	767	139.00–150.25	146.35
191	—	476	169.00–196.00	181.49
846	—	674	146.00–163.50	157.11
7	—	974	132.50–135.00	133.57
1,098	—	626	147.00–177.50	162.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	817	161.25	161.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	729	149.00–150.00	149.24
45	—	561	189.50–191.75	190.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	772	135.00–140.00	137.76
4	—	995	126.00	126.00
44	—	528	130.00–171.00	153.72
6	—	370	159.00–165.00	162.89
10	—	897	127.50	127.50
53	—	670	126.00–148.00	144.73
163	—	579	140.00–166.50	154.08
7	—	325	152.50–181.00	166.28
18	—	729	131.00–147.50	139.12
7	—	475	155.00–175.00	169.69
18	—	621	128.00–155.00	148.96
19	—	414	155.00–177.00	168.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	825	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,113	133.50	133.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	660	138.00–152.00	146.67
4	—	583	145.00	145.00
2	—	470	172.50–180.00	176.29
5	—	877	118.50–125.00	121.06
2	—	358	192.00	192.00
7	—	946	123.00	123.00
6	—	528	163.00–169.00	166.46
10	—	727	125.00–145.00	140.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	433	181.00	181.00
21	—	344	218.00	218.00
3	—	497	164.00	164.00
7	—	620	153.00	153.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,329	127.00–141.50	135.78
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,071	100.00–121.00	109.30
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	1,352	141.50–152.50	147.05
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,503	90.00–115.00	100.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,170	26.00–48.00	41.58
24	—	1,169	50.00–64.00	56.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,558	80.00–89.00	84.80
75	—	1,467	73.00–83.00	78.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,323	64.00–73.00	68.57
11	—	1,265	75.00–84.00	78.71
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	96.00	96.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,585	123.50–129.00	125.16
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	112.00	112.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,318	130.00–143.00	135.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
233	—	1,462	140.00–152.00	147.37
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,144	91.00–127.00	111.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,629	79.00–101.00	93.53
15	—	1,893	103.00–117.00	106.93
2	—	1,780	53.00–66.00	60.34

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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