Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 86 priced lines covering 6,394 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,008 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,036 head.

Mon May 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,008Last week 9,944Year ago 4,378

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,036Last week 266Year ago 1,364

Compared to last week, choice steers and heifers were sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers overall sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher; 600 to 700 lbs steady to 4.00 lower; over 700 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	473	166.00–180.00	174.28
17	—	990	127.50–128.00	127.74
306	—	628	143.00–165.00	157.67
24	—	336	185.00–191.00	187.20
17	—	379	180.00–190.00	184.76
151	—	680	143.00–160.50	152.59
285	—	870	138.00–147.50	141.00
26	—	431	179.00–186.00	183.95
202	—	580	155.00–170.00	165.09
198	—	776	140.00–148.25	145.26
201	—	732	143.00–148.75	146.74
191	—	821	141.00–145.50	144.54
129	—	523	164.00–177.75	171.62
3	—	945	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	391	170.00–170.50	170.13
117	—	694	131.00–144.00	132.69
14	—	590	142.00–152.50	147.19
3	—	425	166.00	166.00
6	—	312	170.00	170.00
18	—	520	151.00–160.00	155.32
3	—	267	171.00	171.00
43	—	618	131.50–140.00	132.49
32	—	481	150.00–158.00	155.51
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,160	117.00	117.00
3	—	1,023	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	834	144.75–145.25	145.02
20	—	865	148.25	148.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	455	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	905	154.75	154.75
74	—	981	143.25–151.10	149.25
186	—	564	187.50–207.00	196.35
63	—	438	198.00–227.50	218.53
211	—	778	150.00–166.75	163.01
300	—	869	153.50–166.70	159.98
336	—	827	154.25–167.00	162.48
116	—	524	195.00–215.00	202.84
257	—	722	153.00–176.75	166.02
72	—	471	195.00–220.00	209.87
7	—	323	200.00–230.00	216.96
34	—	366	207.00–225.00	212.10
150	—	628	183.50–199.25	189.50
132	—	673	174.50–192.00	179.74
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,066	138.75–139.00	138.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	426	170.00–180.00	176.34
69	—	619	150.00–175.00	158.98
63	—	945	145.00	145.00
3	—	333	181.00	181.00
8	—	821	140.00–150.50	146.66
33	—	576	161.00–185.00	176.36
75	—	516	170.00–191.00	173.77
102	—	683	164.00–171.50	169.41
15	—	739	150.00–155.00	154.04
6	—	795	147.00	147.00
3	—	490	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	723	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	230.00	230.00
3	—	415	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,707	125.00–129.50	126.44
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,466	100.00–116.00	110.51
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,289	118.00–144.50	135.31
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,084	122.00–129.00	126.45
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,112	101.50–125.00	109.96
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,156	134.00–148.00	141.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
324	—	1,374	135.00–156.00	147.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,152	55.00–68.00	63.38
33	—	1,123	20.00–57.00	48.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	1,444	80.00–86.50	83.15
40	—	1,504	87.00–94.00	88.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,372	69.00–79.50	74.87
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,460	110.00–115.00	112.67
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
526	—	1,457	137.00–155.00	148.17
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,339	121.00–145.00	138.23
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,905	128.00–134.00	129.48
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,156	120.00–137.00	130.61
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,079	110.00–128.00	119.31
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,286	139.00–149.50	144.82
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,462	109.00–119.00	113.05
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,626	117.50–127.00	120.63
28	—	1,520	120.00–131.75	123.74
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,246	95.00–114.00	107.32
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,565	110.00–114.75	114.18
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,155	87.00–99.00	93.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,875	86.50–109.50	99.90
8	—	1,699	111.00–120.00	114.68
7	—	1,307	66.00–79.00	72.93

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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