Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 85 priced lines covering 3,876 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,801 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,548 head.

Mon Apr 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,801Last week 12,700Year ago 6,246

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,548Last week 1,405Year ago 1,771

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder steers sold on a light test with a firm undertone. Feeder heifers sold on a light test with a weak undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	588	130.00	130.00
6	—	482	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	625	143.50–165.00	159.02
52	—	484	166.00–181.00	173.66
7	—	321	180.00–215.00	210.17
55	—	421	154.00–194.00	176.44
12	—	367	160.00–201.00	179.07
27	—	931	126.50–137.50	135.92
153	—	721	132.00–148.00	141.08
39	—	860	138.25–143.25	141.91
52	—	826	131.00–145.00	139.23
104	—	525	159.00–174.50	169.05
149	—	679	141.00–164.00	154.97
193	—	578	150.00–170.00	164.84
13	—	764	139.00–140.00	139.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	160.00	160.00
10	—	497	152.00	152.00
3	—	572	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	667	166.00–166.20	166.15
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,126	120.00–122.50	121.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	414	166.00	166.00
17	—	536	148.00–160.00	156.28
18	—	839	120.00	120.00
6	—	329	157.50–160.00	158.69
2	—	358	152.50	152.50
16	—	678	131.00–150.00	135.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	625	151.00–199.50	186.56
126	—	714	163.00–177.00	169.64
193	—	881	152.50–156.25	155.13
233	—	812	147.00–168.25	164.90
38	—	424	185.00–223.00	208.99
19	—	360	207.50–241.00	235.40
95	—	524	181.00–219.00	201.28
73	—	574	168.00–204.00	189.75
91	—	669	157.00–177.50	169.29
64	—	478	185.00–216.00	205.14
179	—	769	150.25–168.25	163.65
27	—	903	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	540	154.00–175.00	165.89
20	—	632	175.00–177.50	175.38
5	—	808	148.00	148.00
8	—	682	151.00–153.00	152.01
14	—	485	162.00–175.00	170.73
17	—	581	154.00–183.00	171.12
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	628	151.00	151.00
4	—	496	171.00	171.00
7	—	674	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	184.00	184.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,029	141.25	141.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	695	136.00	136.00
3	—	485	162.00	162.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,574	97.50–115.00	108.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,147	53.00–71.00	65.54
8	—	1,071	51.00–59.00	55.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,372	71.00–79.00	75.62
5	—	1,450	65.00–69.00	66.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,591	87.00–96.00	90.81
76	—	1,448	80.00–86.50	83.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,336	130.00–142.00	136.79
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,523	99.00–113.00	105.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
355	—	1,459	133.00–155.50	149.28
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,236	122.50–135.50	130.40
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,067	100.00–125.00	112.50
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,240	130.00–148.75	144.88
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,201	130.00–150.00	144.25
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,613	113.50–126.00	121.38
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
233	—	1,389	138.00–155.50	147.80
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,280	120.00–140.00	131.34
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,411	91.00–121.00	111.91
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,176	127.50–137.00	133.16
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,014	90.00–123.00	100.70
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	90.00	90.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,569	110.00–122.00	111.73
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,139	112.00–124.50	113.19
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,535	101.00–103.00	101.47
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,563	114.00–121.50	117.47
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,641	123.00–140.00	131.58
40	—	1,571	123.00–131.75	126.65
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,394	110.50–120.00	116.17
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,288	105.00–108.00	106.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,904	99.00–105.00	102.64
26	—	1,685	84.00–111.00	104.50
14	—	1,771	112.00–120.00	115.48
3	—	1,183	64.00–76.00	71.68
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,184	93.00–99.50	95.49

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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