Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 110 priced lines covering 9,147 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,944 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 266 head.

Mon Apr 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,944Last week 2,801Year ago 9,897

Slaughter CattleReceipts 266Last week 1,548Year ago 1,811

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher; 500 to 700 lbs 4.00 lower; 700 to 900 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 lower; over 900 lbs sold on a light test with a a firm undertone. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold uneven, 1.00 lower to 1.00 higher; 500 to 700 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower; 700 to 850 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher; over 850 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
281	—	875	140.00–155.00	151.60
49	—	384	197.50–240.00	228.50
344	—	959	136.25–147.50	144.43
409	—	624	151.00–194.50	182.56
487	—	776	141.00–165.00	158.91
90	—	418	200.00–229.00	215.70
96	—	904	137.00–154.75	151.53
556	—	576	160.00–201.00	192.06
272	—	724	153.00–166.00	162.85
227	—	669	159.50–181.00	171.51
267	—	821	136.00–159.75	155.89
3	—	240	230.00	230.00
482	—	526	185.75–210.00	197.29
7	—	271	207.00–220.00	210.95
324	—	474	190.00–222.50	210.81
24	—	343	205.00–231.00	219.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	341	130.00–202.00	180.63
4	—	854	122.00–124.00	123.49
2	—	840	134.00	134.00
29	—	732	130.00–155.00	146.67
15	—	429	130.00–190.00	174.43
57	—	521	153.00–187.00	176.02
52	—	475	134.00–200.00	180.68
23	—	377	160.00–192.50	184.18
85	—	630	120.00–175.00	163.66
26	—	666	143.00–158.00	148.68
44	—	583	150.00–180.00	170.21
6	—	756	149.50	149.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	689	150.00–158.00	151.47
20	—	625	164.50–172.00	167.13
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	727	146.00–152.00	150.89
18	—	1,093	130.25	130.25
12	—	579	176.00–179.00	177.55
57	—	1,031	138.75	138.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	442	201.75	201.75
32	—	383	192.00–215.00	204.07
84	—	470	188.00–211.00	199.98
36	—	673	154.00–160.50	158.10
6	—	610	183.00	183.00
18	—	559	185.00–201.50	194.07
53	—	524	170.00–200.00	189.64
6	—	712	153.00	153.00
30	—	334	213.00–228.50	221.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	652	186.50–187.50	187.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	484	171.00	171.00
22	—	640	159.00–166.00	159.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	479	163.00–177.50	174.42
18	—	270	175.00–197.00	185.02
84	—	534	150.00–164.50	161.87
19	—	385	146.00–188.00	178.15
62	—	426	178.50	178.50
19	—	563	144.00–160.00	153.11
11	—	693	134.00	134.00
20	—	615	143.00–158.50	149.05
21	—	340	168.00–169.25	168.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	477	147.00–171.00	157.22
51	—	583	131.00–149.00	143.66
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
22	—	625	130.00–153.00	141.77
24	—	776	120.00–137.50	133.88
14	—	686	120.00–135.50	133.88
49	—	531	146.00–163.00	154.48
5	—	419	132.50–160.00	154.69
28	—	368	131.00–176.00	158.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
287	—	477	155.00–184.00	172.43
131	—	865	127.00–139.75	135.49
281	—	766	127.00–148.50	144.10
49	—	909	121.50–135.00	130.76
9	—	332	680.00–700.00	688.35
262	—	581	140.00–168.50	159.65
237	—	428	150.00–186.00	175.55
371	—	522	154.00–179.00	167.59
262	—	677	139.00–167.00	152.60
29	—	320	150.00–185.00	172.09
264	—	718	131.00–158.00	145.93
334	—	620	141.00–172.75	161.49
44	—	970	127.50–133.75	131.04
24	—	281	180.00–213.00	190.96
360	—	822	121.00–150.00	140.98
5	—	375	670.00	670.00
94	—	374	170.00–189.00	180.73
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,039	132.75	132.75
30	—	677	135.00–137.00	136.40
48	—	773	135.00–136.00	135.83
5	—	954	123.00	123.00
4	—	860	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	510	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	856	143.00	143.00
69	—	817	160.00–162.75	161.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	562	178.00–180.00	179.30
13	—	412	184.00	184.00
30	—	548	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	585	152.00–162.00	156.91
8	—	695	144.00	144.00
7	—	792	156.00	156.00
23	—	456	184.00–212.50	200.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,418	146.00–155.00	151.20
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,438	137.00–145.00	143.40
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	115.00–120.00	117.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,333	147.00–155.50	151.43
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,298	135.25–144.00	141.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,122	61.00–70.00	65.84
3	—	1,127	41.00–51.00	44.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,513	80.00–86.00	83.34
15	—	1,534	87.00–91.50	88.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,364	73.00–79.00	76.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,844	96.00–107.00	102.17
3	—	1,018	65.00–71.00	67.21
1	—	1,965	115.00	115.00

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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