Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 106 priced lines covering 8,074 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,116 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,017 head.

Mon Mar 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,116Last week 5,166Year ago 8,619

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,017Last week 1,059Year ago 1,533

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers under 700 sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher; 700 to 850 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher; over 850 sold on a light test with a weak undertone. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower; 600 to 800 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher; over 800 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	821	146.25	146.25
20	—	481	200.00–207.50	202.89
7	—	439	200.00	200.00
106	—	582	155.00–184.00	175.33
16	—	546	181.00–181.50	181.31
29	—	719	139.00–156.00	145.78
66	—	620	167.00–180.00	175.13
74	—	679	155.00–169.75	162.32
11	—	395	191.00–210.00	201.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	223.00	223.00
220	—	820	150.50–164.00	158.90
149	—	521	194.00–221.50	207.80
171	—	575	188.00–209.50	196.00
44	—	424	210.00–235.00	223.07
129	—	876	139.25–155.50	146.00
41	—	384	212.50–247.00	232.59
314	—	624	172.00–199.00	186.80
706	—	720	155.50–179.00	168.45
18	—	962	140.00–141.50	140.63
140	—	479	211.00–229.00	218.61
715	—	783	153.25–166.50	161.44
232	—	915	144.50–149.00	147.15
219	—	669	163.00–184.25	172.87
6	—	1,103	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	785	149.50	149.50
18	—	831	134.00–138.75	137.72
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,095	128.50	128.50
32	—	1,003	137.50–138.25	138.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	338	207.00–220.00	213.54
14	—	378	222.50–235.00	233.72
5	—	662	161.00	161.00
11	—	607	160.00–170.00	166.32
12	—	485	194.00–196.00	194.65
52	—	566	170.00–192.00	184.30
29	—	431	205.00–230.00	217.26
62	—	528	190.00–216.00	199.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	483	194.00–209.00	200.83
8	—	552	155.00	155.00
7	—	445	190.00–201.00	197.86
4	—	730	139.00	139.00
13	—	613	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	618	147.00–153.50	150.43
17	—	456	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	575	151.25–161.00	153.43
3	—	315	180.00–188.00	185.42
49	—	486	149.00–175.50	161.84
9	—	613	138.00–146.00	140.77
20	—	413	162.50–184.00	172.53
29	—	513	160.00–164.00	162.87
12	—	385	170.00–198.00	179.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	835	146.00–152.50	148.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	590	175.75	175.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	479	150.00–154.00	152.25
10	—	624	144.00–145.00	144.61
10	—	371	160.00–187.50	171.02
26	—	680	134.00–143.00	137.99
21	—	585	159.00	159.00
11	—	321	150.00–167.50	159.07
25	—	431	156.00–172.00	163.49
99	—	522	138.00–164.00	154.64
31	—	709	135.00–143.00	139.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
590	—	670	141.50–166.00	155.67
372	—	623	155.00–173.00	163.50
7	—	984	134.10	134.10
224	—	578	153.50–177.75	164.98
69	—	419	161.00–199.00	180.54
125	—	862	133.00–141.50	135.61
175	—	478	141.00–185.00	172.63
340	—	774	135.00–147.25	141.77
470	—	724	142.25–156.25	148.66
15	—	916	126.00–131.00	129.68
4	—	337	173.00–182.00	176.33
185	—	525	158.00–178.25	167.43
28	—	369	187.00–208.00	200.75
89	—	813	125.00–141.00	136.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	641	145.75–151.00	147.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	163.00	163.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	494	195.00	195.00
5	—	548	177.00	177.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	100.00–115.00	107.54
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,283	126.00–140.50	134.06
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	1,338	133.75–149.50	144.60
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,222	133.00–142.00	139.97
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,137	122.00–131.50	126.98
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,086	105.00–135.00	118.75
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	137.25	137.25
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,146	51.00–69.00	63.20
5	—	999	36.50–49.00	43.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,516	87.00–94.00	90.10
63	—	1,449	80.00–86.00	83.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,302	70.00–80.00	75.23
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,646	96.00–110.00	100.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
219	—	1,439	134.00–149.75	145.13
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,275	123.00–140.00	135.36
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,247	130.00–132.00	130.86
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,162	109.00–134.00	121.85
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,737	134.75–137.60	137.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,427	110.00–121.00	114.67
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,243	134.00–145.00	140.29
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,480	118.00–120.00	119.08
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,435	123.00–129.50	126.18
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	113.00	113.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,294	70.00–78.00	76.32
10	—	1,698	111.00–120.00	114.90
25	—	1,737	86.00–110.00	102.77

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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