Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 116 priced lines covering 7,882 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,657 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 426 head.

Mon May 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,657Last week 5,008Year ago 7,540

Slaughter CattleReceipts 426Last week 2,036Year ago 1,132

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers less than 500 lbs sold on a light test with a firm undertone; 500 to 800 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower; over 800 lbs sold on a light test with a weak undertone. Feeder heifers less than 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher; over 750 lbs sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
598	—	533	180.00–224.00	206.41
551	—	577	178.00–206.50	193.93
420	—	629	165.00–195.00	179.21
26	—	335	197.00–231.00	214.09
8	—	296	240.00	240.00
148	—	825	149.00–162.75	156.90
47	—	377	197.50–232.00	216.04
31	—	871	144.00–149.50	146.97
213	—	729	150.00–174.50	166.52
103	—	415	195.00–228.00	216.35
382	—	770	149.00–165.75	161.69
335	—	479	190.00–225.00	211.45
3	—	915	143.00	143.00
474	—	663	159.75–186.00	177.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	197.00–205.00	199.41
7	—	727	148.00	148.00
45	—	683	142.00–163.00	146.86
54	—	639	156.00–174.50	167.35
148	—	569	168.00–182.50	177.59
26	—	424	180.00–201.00	192.40
12	—	372	181.00–187.00	184.71
44	—	485	170.00–205.00	187.04
53	—	521	169.00–198.50	181.38
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	763	150.00	150.00
13	—	674	157.00–161.25	159.57
8	—	933	103.00	103.00
36	—	1,013	130.00–135.00	134.57
3	—	538	165.00	165.00
16	—	631	160.75–168.00	166.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	765	164.10	164.10
16	—	605	194.50	194.50
70	—	729	166.60	166.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	758	150.50	150.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	492	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	337	224.00–227.00	226.35
47	—	424	199.00–227.00	211.23
5	—	391	210.00	210.00
27	—	573	169.00–183.00	175.54
17	—	462	204.00–217.00	212.24
5	—	670	162.00	162.00
57	—	524	184.00–212.00	201.06
35	—	615	164.00–175.00	170.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	475	180.00–185.00	183.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	518	150.00	150.00
4	—	664	158.00	158.00
6	—	414	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	318	165.00	165.00
3	—	353	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	288	177.50	177.50
29	—	656	140.00	140.00
22	—	420	164.00–183.00	170.04
15	—	318	170.00–200.00	187.37
107	—	519	152.00–163.00	156.18
19	—	479	167.00–184.00	176.85
57	—	582	147.00–163.00	151.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
342	—	665	144.00–168.00	157.72
131	—	771	130.00–146.00	141.15
132	—	431	170.00–188.00	180.41
433	—	621	146.00–175.00	163.54
292	—	477	165.00–186.00	178.51
284	—	569	153.25–178.50	168.81
355	—	522	158.00–184.00	174.35
19	—	882	126.00–133.00	129.49
50	—	732	140.00–158.00	146.84
106	—	819	129.00–141.00	135.09
11	—	343	189.00–200.00	192.31
94	—	382	179.50–196.00	185.34
28	—	990	128.25	128.25
7	—	278	197.50–207.00	204.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	445	187.00	187.00
67	—	660	167.10	167.10
59	—	567	175.50	175.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	379	167.50–171.00	169.55
9	—	694	138.00	138.00
189	—	580	141.00–159.50	151.95
63	—	474	143.00–160.00	152.48
6	—	348	176.00–177.00	176.50
58	—	426	155.00–172.00	166.45
82	—	539	141.00–167.00	160.11
73	—	624	129.00–150.00	145.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	501	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	518	143.00	143.00
2	—	592	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	642	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	464	150.00–160.00	157.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	369	194.00	194.00
13	—	530	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	775	130.00	130.00
4	—	633	150.00	150.00
2	—	670	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	735	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,292	132.00–141.00	138.48
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,100	131.00–137.25	134.48
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,120	105.00–114.00	108.76
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,605	136.00–139.00	137.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,290	141.00–152.25	144.75
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,216	138.00–150.50	142.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,153	51.00–69.00	62.79
3	—	1,077	40.00–43.00	41.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,590	65.00–70.00	67.78
17	—	1,451	80.00–86.00	82.62
5	—	1,484	87.00–98.00	91.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,409	71.00–79.00	76.10
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	111.00–121.00	115.98
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,409	139.00–153.50	146.20
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,279	138.00–143.00	141.14
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,150	127.00–136.50	132.81
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	126.00	126.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,739	138.00	138.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,332	133.00–140.50	138.34
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,257	115.00–124.00	120.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,418	100.50	100.50
12	—	1,388	85.00–108.00	95.67
2	—	1,458	60.00–67.00	62.70
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	101.00–111.50	106.10

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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