Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 97 priced lines covering 5,652 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,099 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,526 head.

Mon May 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,099Last week 3,852Year ago 5,575

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,526Last week 180Year ago 1,731

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers under 800 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher; over 800 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower . Feeder heifers overall sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	480	169.00–187.00	180.65
142	—	431	153.00–202.00	181.87
277	—	573	151.50–185.00	172.53
290	—	620	146.50–175.50	163.69
64	—	673	142.25–171.00	158.29
387	—	527	153.00–186.00	174.56
17	—	328	169.00–198.00	186.17
65	—	717	135.00–164.00	150.28
10	—	815	127.50–128.50	128.30
6	—	903	137.00	137.00
48	—	378	157.00–192.00	181.37
251	—	763	135.50–152.25	151.13
5	—	1,073	122.00	122.00
107	—	875	134.00–145.00	134.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	180.00–185.00	183.47
6	—	427	168.00	168.00
43	—	515	161.00–171.50	166.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	480	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	641	155.00–157.00	156.25
8	—	473	150.00–160.00	156.02
16	—	582	146.50–166.00	155.48
11	—	733	121.00–141.00	127.72
7	—	372	160.00–172.00	164.90
44	—	678	143.00–152.00	150.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	433	190.00–202.00	196.99
37	—	487	187.00–207.00	201.95
2	—	328	200.00–205.00	202.52
5	—	674	144.00–149.50	147.32
43	—	513	177.00–194.00	185.57
19	—	625	160.00–181.00	168.73
6	—	367	187.50–200.00	193.17
3	—	298	209.00	209.00
3	—	893	132.00	132.00
31	—	585	168.50–180.00	175.95
6	—	788	149.00–180.00	164.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	766	140.75–168.00	162.82
128	—	822	148.50–154.50	154.27
259	—	636	167.00–205.00	183.84
5	—	321	232.50	232.50
301	—	677	154.00–183.75	174.56
90	—	953	142.85	142.85
158	—	718	159.00–174.00	169.29
22	—	421	213.00–244.00	230.33
39	—	373	207.00–237.50	221.85
5	—	854	150.25	150.25
158	—	476	209.00–227.00	218.19
381	—	569	189.00–206.00	197.09
249	—	527	199.00–220.00	210.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	762	166.75	166.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	513	188.00–212.00	208.15
4	—	668	161.00	161.00
4	—	405	209.00	209.00
5	—	581	166.00	166.00
3	—	608	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	666	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	133.50	133.50
2	—	648	146.00	146.00
7	—	819	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	130.00	130.00
1	—	975	108.00	108.00
3	—	358	170.00–187.00	181.23
3	—	803	124.00	124.00
2	—	790	124.00	124.00
1	—	565	149.00	149.00
2	—	878	121.00	121.00
5	—	520	153.00–182.00	176.25
1	—	610	137.00	137.00
4	—	430	157.50–191.00	183.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,258	130.00–144.50	141.54
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,136	135.00–143.60	141.98
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,565	101.00–111.00	106.32
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,609	114.00–137.00	128.68
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,546	116.50–123.50	121.22
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,375	115.00–121.25	117.28
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,326	137.75–150.75	145.46
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,050	121.00–133.50	126.38
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,086	103.00–128.00	117.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,309	71.00–80.00	76.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,079	30.00–56.00	45.50
38	—	1,196	59.00–71.00	66.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,537	88.00–98.00	91.56
156	—	1,428	79.75–89.50	85.11
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,125	138.50–143.50	139.83
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,156	104.00–129.00	115.63
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	112.00	112.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
213	—	1,425	138.00–152.00	147.04
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,354	126.00–144.50	141.06
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,153	127.50–134.00	132.48
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,475	122.00–134.00	126.78
1	—	1,600	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,449	111.00–121.00	117.57
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,368	75.00–86.00	83.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,804	110.50–117.00	113.86
5	—	1,458	75.00–81.00	79.11
37	—	1,801	83.00–110.00	100.49
2	—	1,438	108.00–118.00	113.03
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,130	104.00–119.00	110.87

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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