Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 92 priced lines covering 8,753 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,821 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,982 head.

Mon May 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,821Last week 5,099Year ago 7,487

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,982Last week 1,526Year ago 1,126

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower; 550 to 800 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher; over 800 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher; over 750 lbs sold 8.00 to 11.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	422	186.00–230.00	219.97
4	—	293	225.00	225.00
389	—	775	150.00–170.00	164.98
5	—	246	242.50	242.50
372	—	567	190.00–210.00	200.60
19	—	330	222.50–242.00	227.03
512	—	724	156.00–176.00	170.62
390	—	531	184.00–222.00	207.98
249	—	884	159.50–162.80	160.96
44	—	385	198.00–229.00	219.36
442	—	623	180.00–201.00	188.77
90	—	969	137.00–155.00	150.50
106	—	814	150.00–164.00	159.87
547	—	677	170.00–190.00	180.45
162	—	466	198.00–229.00	216.43
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	105.00	105.00
19	—	749	152.50	152.50
136	—	1,012	146.25–150.75	149.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	596	163.00–190.00	184.78
28	—	475	165.00–208.00	189.31
74	—	523	161.00–192.00	189.31
3	—	438	195.00	195.00
25	—	362	199.00–212.50	204.66
4	—	730	160.00	160.00
60	—	675	153.50–175.50	166.90
4	—	308	200.00	200.00
79	—	622	161.00–183.00	173.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	678	198.50	198.50
51	—	550	229.50	229.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	205.00	205.00
16	—	618	181.00	181.00
11	—	557	193.00–204.00	198.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	773	149.50	149.50
22	—	862	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
330	—	676	151.00–168.50	160.37
374	—	526	160.00–190.50	178.05
132	—	724	141.00–156.50	152.19
556	—	620	153.00–175.00	166.70
214	—	480	170.00–190.00	181.66
111	—	378	180.00–195.00	185.12
398	—	573	161.00–183.00	172.82
7	—	335	187.50–190.00	188.92
79	—	421	176.00–188.00	182.97
144	—	788	145.00–148.00	146.06
5	—	854	142.00	142.00
40	—	833	135.50–140.00	139.21
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	932	133.00–140.00	138.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	417	161.00–180.00	166.00
52	—	633	141.50–150.50	147.89
29	—	479	150.00–171.00	163.27
30	—	576	145.00–167.00	158.22
54	—	527	151.00–169.00	161.01
52	—	686	122.00–149.00	141.52
7	—	374	164.00–174.50	168.66
8	—	263	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	562	173.50	173.50
5	—	621	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	556	190.00	190.00
70	—	519	193.50–194.50	194.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	442	191.00–215.00	201.68
10	—	636	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,339	100.00–110.00	104.46
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
428	—	1,312	134.00–150.00	143.34
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,251	118.00–142.00	134.51
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,085	115.00–131.00	122.76
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,028	132.00–134.00	133.05
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,534	130.00–135.00	132.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,129	40.00–55.00	48.43
27	—	1,196	57.00–71.00	65.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,404	80.00–89.50	84.34
41	—	1,507	88.00–97.00	91.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,321	70.00–79.00	75.47
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,202	105.00–117.50	109.47
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,338	119.00–141.50	136.91
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,827	126.00	126.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,080	111.00–130.00	121.46
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,216	135.00–144.00	136.84
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
600	—	1,430	134.00–151.00	144.15
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,046	123.00–131.50	126.72
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	107.00	107.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,525	121.00–132.00	125.48
25	—	1,470	122.00–131.00	126.20
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,327	107.50–121.00	117.38
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,265	101.00–112.50	109.92
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,168	106.00–113.00	112.36
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,125	125.00	125.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,393	115.00–127.00	121.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,616	110.00–118.00	113.53
41	—	1,628	82.00–109.00	101.80
3	—	1,415	55.00–80.00	66.64
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,350	101.00	101.00

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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