Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 107 priced lines covering 5,651 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,166 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,059 head.

Mon Mar 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,166Last week 6,746Year ago 6,224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,059Last week 1,544Year ago 1,790

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers under 550 lbs steady to 2.00 higher; 550 to 750 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower; over 750 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers overall sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,193	121.00	121.00
11	—	1,080	117.00–128.50	124.32
53	—	1,035	132.25–133.50	132.98
26	—	734	120.00–131.00	123.33
13	—	608	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	972	128.00	128.00
3	—	378	710.00	710.00
3	—	416	750.00	750.00
78	—	377	179.00–204.00	192.31
14	—	1,012	123.00–124.00	123.86
4	—	286	207.00	207.00
2	—	300	198.00	198.00
99	—	480	161.00–182.00	174.76
178	—	625	145.00–164.75	156.79
85	—	912	131.00–136.75	133.40
114	—	522	166.00–189.00	176.60
253	—	669	136.50–163.75	152.79
230	—	573	141.00–179.75	165.96
67	—	883	136.75–139.00	136.89
45	—	428	170.00–188.00	180.95
143	—	768	130.50–151.75	139.00
237	—	832	128.25–145.25	138.56
169	—	732	132.00–152.00	142.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	610	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	776	122.00–136.00	131.98
32	—	469	130.00–165.00	154.64
2	—	1,135	92.50	92.50
34	—	513	135.00–162.00	150.70
3	—	917	102.00	102.00
4	—	364	142.50	142.50
3	—	618	151.00	151.00
3	—	335	152.50	152.50
13	—	678	120.00–144.00	132.33
6	—	405	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	671	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	434	195.00	195.00
37	—	476	193.00–195.75	194.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	820	140.50–157.00	145.51
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,141	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
493	—	820	144.75–158.75	153.70
171	—	775	148.75–164.75	157.15
191	—	619	164.50–197.00	185.84
174	—	573	183.00–201.00	195.20
119	—	914	140.00–148.75	145.17
97	—	479	181.00–230.00	215.73
137	—	716	153.00–173.00	163.54
28	—	376	207.50–245.50	235.39
43	—	954	138.50–147.75	147.05
167	—	672	145.00–184.00	173.03
128	—	868	140.00–155.00	150.57
81	—	424	203.00–237.00	223.41
19	—	1,026	131.00	131.00
109	—	519	196.50–221.00	212.40
10	—	333	218.00–230.00	225.18
7	—	264	225.00–231.00	229.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	553	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	665	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	168.00	168.00
13	—	735	153.50–160.75	156.66
7	—	475	175.00–187.00	182.09
3	—	623	169.00	169.00
9	—	775	139.00–141.00	140.12
33	—	579	160.00–183.00	173.01
34	—	880	136.50	136.50
29	—	535	167.50–195.00	182.16
6	—	288	219.00	219.00
4	—	809	132.50	132.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	861	130.00–139.50	137.04
8	—	654	165.00	165.00
3	—	1,185	133.00	133.00
3	—	968	128.00	128.00
13	—	1,060	134.00	134.00
9	—	639	159.00–160.00	159.77
3	—	758	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	658	181.75	181.75
291	—	725	172.50–175.25	173.15
15	—	475	209.50	209.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	734	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	171.00	171.00
4	—	423	196.00	196.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	1,362	137.50–150.00	145.11
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	110.00–111.00	110.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,330	121.50–140.50	132.27
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,131	129.00–135.10	132.92
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,086	108.00–129.00	122.55
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,238	132.00–139.50	137.85
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	956	30.00–51.00	43.07
20	—	1,198	57.00–65.00	61.12
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,477	98.00–105.00	100.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,469	78.00–85.00	82.75
74	—	1,471	86.00–95.00	88.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,347	66.00–79.00	74.21
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
220	—	1,456	138.75–149.50	145.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,339	122.00–140.00	135.50
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	101.00–110.00	105.79
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,223	125.00–130.00	127.06
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,799	136.00–140.00	137.73
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,150	137.00–140.00	138.28
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,552	120.00–130.00	126.83
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	89.00	89.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,150	117.00–118.00	117.58
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	107.00–108.00	107.67
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,400	119.75	119.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,355	60.00–66.00	62.19
20	—	1,921	80.00–109.00	101.31
18	—	1,942	111.00–122.00	115.90

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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