Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 115 priced lines covering 12,557 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,700 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,405 head.

Mon Apr 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,700Last week 9,147Year ago 9,898

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,405Last week 1,584Year ago 2,036

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower; 550 to 800 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher; over 800 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower; 650 to 800 lbs steady to 1.00 lower; over 800 lbs sold on a light test with a weak undertone noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
324	—	877	144.00–150.00	147.86
114	—	430	190.00–247.50	221.87
692	—	780	151.25–169.10	161.34
23	—	1,042	122.00	122.00
360	—	530	185.00–211.00	199.79
728	—	671	155.00–186.00	174.73
848	—	825	146.00–164.75	156.23
607	—	575	173.00–203.50	192.03
30	—	314	210.00–230.00	218.48
489	—	725	147.00–175.00	165.56
120	—	954	134.00–149.10	146.73
526	—	627	167.00–190.00	181.91
208	—	474	194.00–225.00	208.33
300	—	914	135.00–147.10	144.80
109	—	383	210.00–240.00	227.30
17	—	294	202.50–215.00	209.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	120.00	120.00
47	—	485	180.00–194.50	186.87
27	—	673	141.00–167.00	154.55
13	—	332	172.00–188.00	183.21
12	—	781	145.00–148.00	147.26
1	—	930	125.00	125.00
25	—	424	185.00–207.50	196.55
64	—	730	135.00–150.50	143.96
129	—	527	171.50–186.00	179.38
34	—	374	193.00–208.50	202.34
60	—	584	158.00–180.00	172.42
61	—	621	160.00–177.00	167.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	486	191.00	191.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,030	129.50–134.50	131.68
3	—	1,050	129.00	129.00
23	—	1,113	125.50–126.50	125.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	637	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	399	194.00	194.00
20	—	418	225.50–235.00	230.27
15	—	677	150.00–158.00	155.90
106	—	566	164.00–202.00	196.10
38	—	521	174.00–211.00	198.41
88	—	476	196.00–206.50	201.16
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	618	174.00	174.00
15	—	523	177.00–187.00	182.13
2	—	300	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	392	178.00	178.00
43	—	559	155.75–176.50	168.53
79	—	511	177.00–181.00	179.08
11	—	402	190.00	190.00
54	—	466	163.00–168.00	165.88
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	444	162.00	162.00
20	—	550	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
475	—	580	150.00–177.00	165.97
12	—	287	174.00–193.00	183.51
90	—	382	170.00–211.00	189.02
82	—	921	121.00–126.50	122.32
204	—	470	155.00–181.00	174.00
250	—	824	131.75–139.50	136.86
220	—	424	169.00–191.00	180.33
410	—	527	156.50–180.00	170.42
365	—	774	136.50–145.25	142.81
439	—	621	150.00–168.00	159.88
37	—	338	182.00–204.00	194.75
760	—	681	141.50–159.85	151.46
105	—	879	124.00–136.50	129.79
10	—	1,004	114.00	114.00
509	—	720	136.00–156.50	146.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	558	176.00–179.50	177.46
76	—	535	179.00–180.50	179.52
4	—	645	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	591	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	527	147.00–163.00	156.35
27	—	424	170.00–180.00	172.58
74	—	581	136.00–162.00	148.55
69	—	475	140.00–166.00	157.10
7	—	707	131.00–139.00	137.80
14	—	773	129.00–139.50	133.48
15	—	324	150.00–170.00	163.67
45	—	624	140.00–150.00	143.52
119	—	674	129.00–150.25	136.84
4	—	835	123.50	123.50
26	—	375	160.00–187.50	171.45
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,077	124.00–131.00	128.26
6	—	1,012	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	825	148.00–157.00	154.24
76	—	872	145.00–154.00	150.98
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,210	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,605	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,433	107.00–114.00	112.89
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,345	133.25–152.00	143.69
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,188	124.50–131.00	127.52
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,145	100.00–117.00	107.78
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,277	133.00–143.00	137.46
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,356	120.00–140.50	133.83
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	99.00	99.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,170	40.00–49.00	45.87
27	—	1,137	55.00–69.00	63.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,418	80.00–86.50	83.42
32	—	1,509	87.00–96.00	89.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,321	70.00–79.50	74.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,397	125.00–140.50	135.20
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,434	119.50	119.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,177	100.00–128.25	120.09
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,281	122.00–132.00	129.46
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,272	132.00–142.00	137.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
390	—	1,495	133.25–150.50	142.93
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,574	129.00–137.00	132.14
31	—	1,491	122.00–133.00	126.80
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,442	129.00–133.00	130.99
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,347	106.00–115.00	109.38
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,209	92.00–100.00	97.34
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,572	110.00–124.50	120.18
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,298	101.00–108.00	104.39
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,543	102.50	102.50
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,233	95.00–96.00	95.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,820	89.00–111.00	104.52
7	—	1,566	112.00–117.00	114.03

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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