Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 101 priced lines covering 7,649 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,746 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,544 head.

Mon Mar 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,746Last week 4,249Year ago 8,714

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,544Last week 1,133Year ago 1,216

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers under 600 lbs no price comparison but a higher undertone noted, while those more than 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers less than 700 lbs sold 9.00 to 11.00 higher, while those more than 700 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
738	—	623	155.25–170.00	162.12
22	—	319	198.00–220.00	215.74
115	—	419	167.00–194.00	188.65
162	—	681	148.50–168.50	156.50
70	—	883	131.25–137.00	135.32
260	—	534	160.00–189.00	178.52
386	—	721	141.00–158.25	150.81
138	—	574	159.00–181.00	170.92
93	—	815	133.50–142.50	139.32
51	—	767	137.50–143.50	141.21
39	—	380	175.00–199.00	186.26
3	—	975	130.00	130.00
4	—	913	125.50	125.50
131	—	472	174.00–189.00	178.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	688	137.00–149.00	143.40
5	—	322	166.00	166.00
4	—	974	115.00	115.00
18	—	742	130.50–139.00	137.13
3	—	392	167.50	167.50
26	—	435	150.00–161.50	154.98
48	—	474	155.00–172.00	161.64
29	—	530	148.50–158.00	151.88
23	—	576	151.00–154.00	152.76
6	—	754	134.00	134.00
17	—	630	136.00–154.50	143.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	555	153.00	153.00
7	—	547	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	197.00	197.00
9	—	462	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	837	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	598	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	793	124.75	124.75
10	—	738	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	365	190.00	190.00
34	—	530	175.00–190.00	181.42
19	—	674	157.50–173.00	165.07
28	—	728	151.00–158.00	154.33
18	—	470	179.00–200.00	188.24
12	—	775	145.00–153.75	151.54
39	—	585	171.00–188.00	182.63
12	—	423	191.00–202.50	196.84
6	—	886	139.50–143.00	141.27
43	—	632	167.00–175.50	172.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
285	—	780	150.00–159.00	157.12
409	—	729	158.75–177.50	166.13
77	—	917	141.25–146.50	142.54
169	—	576	190.00–207.75	199.25
190	—	531	199.00–218.00	210.10
120	—	426	213.00–244.00	225.74
576	—	622	169.00–195.50	188.21
34	—	336	215.00–244.00	236.65
21	—	382	200.00–230.00	215.44
115	—	479	193.00–226.50	215.02
237	—	674	168.00–193.00	179.25
607	—	869	148.50–157.50	153.83
331	—	825	144.00–161.00	152.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	704	181.10–182.25	181.68
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	736	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	536	174.00	174.00
6	—	713	146.50	146.50
8	—	582	162.50–175.00	170.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	423	209.50	209.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	498	187.00	187.00
4	—	984	103.00	103.00
3	—	555	159.00	159.00
8	—	723	145.00	145.00
7	—	795	127.00	127.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,337	101.00–107.00	102.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
257	—	1,341	131.00–150.25	143.06
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,294	123.00–140.75	133.88
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,137	105.00–131.00	114.79
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,287	128.00–139.00	136.06
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,214	118.00–130.00	126.56
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	113.00–118.00	115.48
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,581	125.00–130.00	128.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,106	24.00–53.00	43.51
29	—	1,141	51.00–65.00	59.91
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,434	96.00–104.00	98.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,400	79.00–86.00	83.31
55	—	1,544	86.00–94.50	90.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,298	66.00–79.00	73.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,819	110.00–117.00	112.80
27	—	1,831	83.00–109.00	99.45
2	—	1,588	60.00–70.00	64.99
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,367	119.00–126.00	119.44
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	111.00–135.00	119.80
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,281	129.00–140.00	135.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
390	—	1,470	132.00–147.25	141.17
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	115.00–117.00	115.99
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,341	123.00–139.50	133.69
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,155	92.00–101.00	97.02
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,382	102.00–105.00	103.91
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	971	79.00	79.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,479	116.75–129.00	118.99
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,375	115.00–121.00	115.81
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,147	82.50–86.00	83.68
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,219	82.50–100.00	86.47
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,412	116.00–120.75	119.77
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,534	120.00–128.50	123.50
24	—	1,682	125.00–135.00	127.11
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,488	111.00–120.50	118.85

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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