Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 128 priced lines covering 9,836 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,147 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,584 head.

Mon Apr 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,147Last week 8,116Year ago 12,255

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,584Last week 1,017Year ago 1,620

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers under 650 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower; 650 to 850 lbs sold on a light test with a weak undertone; over 850 lbs sold on a light test with a firm undertone. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold on a light test with a firm undertone; 600 to 750 lbs steady to 2.00 lower; over 750 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	731	130.00–150.00	146.31
13	—	417	160.00–190.00	171.34
11	—	826	145.00–147.00	146.25
3	—	346	175.00	175.00
2	—	885	121.00–122.00	121.50
18	—	683	150.00–166.00	156.54
27	—	577	160.00–180.00	173.09
156	—	616	149.00–177.25	173.07
7	—	397	182.50–187.50	186.81
61	—	479	165.00–195.00	179.54
24	—	531	170.00–191.00	181.43
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	458	180.00	180.00
4	—	585	150.00–154.00	152.02
3	—	538	155.00	155.00
1	—	395	180.00	180.00
82	—	1,014	131.00–143.25	141.91
3	—	1,280	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	240	230.00	230.00
269	—	576	182.00–203.50	192.46
465	—	776	140.00–166.00	157.19
279	—	435	202.00–239.00	218.22
406	—	923	134.00–160.00	147.31
621	—	823	140.00–163.75	158.47
215	—	1,020	137.85–139.75	138.80
216	—	672	161.00–186.00	174.05
275	—	475	191.00–233.00	213.48
191	—	623	168.00–195.00	180.94
203	—	725	148.00–176.25	162.13
419	—	869	143.00–155.50	153.42
33	—	338	195.00–227.50	210.28
113	—	381	200.00–238.00	224.21
332	—	527	190.00–217.00	208.07
3	—	285	220.00	220.00
25	—	966	138.50–144.50	140.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	600	178.00	178.00
29	—	390	198.00	198.00
51	—	488	189.00–209.00	194.96
14	—	400	224.50	224.50
4	—	317	222.50–227.50	226.32
16	—	654	161.50	161.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	523	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	436	165.00–179.00	170.63
11	—	371	167.50–185.00	175.38
40	—	559	140.00–148.50	146.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	526	187.35	187.35
11	—	460	178.00–183.00	181.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	516	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	903	133.00	133.00
175	—	426	170.00–214.00	190.34
46	—	334	165.00–197.50	186.20
474	—	679	137.00–157.00	148.50
71	—	823	134.00–150.00	142.08
343	—	567	155.00–175.00	165.37
185	—	474	161.00–195.00	180.48
436	—	721	135.00–158.00	147.13
432	—	765	132.00–151.00	143.09
369	—	527	165.00–194.00	174.46
64	—	384	180.00–196.00	189.82
120	—	859	130.00–147.50	140.82
417	—	618	155.00–174.00	163.43
3	—	265	500.00	500.00
6	—	417	650.00–700.00	675.69
3	—	300	600.00	600.00
4	—	398	650.00	650.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	741	158.00	158.00
24	—	965	139.75	139.75
16	—	756	165.00	165.00
45	—	810	154.00	154.00
11	—	855	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	630	135.00–150.00	146.78
61	—	576	130.00–160.00	148.42
12	—	717	120.00–137.00	128.20
62	—	484	140.00–172.50	163.80
42	—	525	140.00–161.00	155.54
8	—	771	124.00–129.00	127.16
35	—	689	120.00–142.00	133.54
14	—	367	165.00–177.00	171.88
3	—	265	181.00	181.00
71	—	432	127.50–183.00	167.23
9	—	807	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	794	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	131.00	131.00
13	—	638	144.50–145.00	144.69
2	—	1,225	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,045	112.00	112.00
1	—	1,125	113.00	113.00
3	—	822	125.00	125.00
1	—	1,070	120.00	120.00
16	—	694	140.00	140.00
1	—	985	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	210.00	210.00
5	—	435	192.00	192.00
3	—	505	178.00	178.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	156.00	156.00
1	—	325	180.00	180.00
11	—	1,024	97.00	97.00
1	—	1,180	91.00	91.00
3	—	950	91.00	91.00
1	—	900	112.00	112.00
1	—	585	142.00	142.00
1	—	355	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,480	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,306	124.50–141.75	135.95
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	125.00–128.00	126.42
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,106	127.00–139.00	133.01
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,116	116.00–125.50	120.20
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,008	96.00–127.25	107.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
331	—	1,336	134.00–153.00	145.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,156	50.00–69.00	62.57
4	—	933	35.00–45.00	40.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,492	86.00–94.00	88.50
87	—	1,442	80.00–87.00	82.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	106.00	106.00
1	—	1,360	98.00	98.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,314	66.00–79.00	73.97
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,462	122.00–132.00	126.72
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,376	106.00–119.00	113.97
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,198	99.00–112.00	107.29
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	90.50	90.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,379	125.00–141.50	137.79
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
281	—	1,466	137.00–150.50	145.21
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	932	110.00–119.00	116.28
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,237	135.00–145.00	138.57
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	130.00–132.00	130.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	64.00–76.00	69.03
18	—	1,829	112.00–126.00	118.69
24	—	1,612	83.00–110.50	103.66

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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