Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 74 priced lines covering 4,098 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,207 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,515 head.

Mon Jun 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,207Last week 8,821Year ago 2,006

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,515Last week 1,982Year ago 1,596

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeders steers under 700 lbs sold on a light test with a firm undertone; 700 to 800 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher; over 800 lbs 8.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold on a light test with a weak undertone; over 600 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	426	215.00–222.00	219.02
511	—	829	161.00–174.00	168.83
72	—	621	179.00–197.50	193.01
114	—	775	162.00–173.00	169.44
123	—	731	165.00–182.00	173.47
92	—	674	171.00–186.50	178.01
20	—	964	149.50–165.00	151.79
24	—	525	198.00–213.00	208.59
116	—	930	153.50–158.00	155.94
171	—	873	154.50–172.00	169.73
60	—	482	190.00–212.00	203.48
59	—	578	190.50–208.00	204.10
11	—	382	190.00–217.00	207.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	586	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	720	156.00–161.00	159.45
4	—	480	195.00	195.00
5	—	627	177.00	177.00
7	—	651	164.00–169.00	166.86
15	—	587	177.00–184.00	180.52
10	—	847	157.00	157.00
3	—	538	190.00	190.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	850	157.00	157.00
26	—	1,024	143.00–148.00	146.94
24	—	1,181	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	364	188.00–200.00	192.83
239	—	838	146.50–149.50	147.24
143	—	861	141.00–146.00	144.97
103	—	684	154.00–169.00	160.04
20	—	466	167.00–184.00	180.51
77	—	566	154.00–178.00	168.96
32	—	914	143.75–145.50	144.11
70	—	517	165.00–182.50	174.26
170	—	777	147.00–157.50	151.93
173	—	721	144.00–162.85	159.75
143	—	619	154.50–183.25	170.17
23	—	433	173.00–200.00	183.02
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,019	138.00–138.50	138.23
4	—	1,128	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	324	150.00	150.00
5	—	561	158.00	158.00
13	—	517	150.00–162.00	158.20
4	—	625	159.00	159.00
4	—	480	170.00	170.00
4	—	706	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	490	179.50	179.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	153.00	153.00
3	—	748	127.00	127.00
7	—	470	172.50–187.50	181.06
5	—	662	152.50	152.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,295	129.00–142.75	137.21
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	130.50	130.50
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,104	110.00–139.00	114.63
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,095	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	1,280	135.00–153.25	146.96
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,417	110.00–121.50	115.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,044	38.00–53.00	45.47
39	—	1,131	54.00–73.00	66.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,324	74.00–82.00	77.69
9	—	1,317	83.00–92.00	87.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,528	89.00–99.00	93.34
91	—	1,376	82.00–89.50	86.02
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,611	100.00–114.00	105.36
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,332	113.00–123.50	118.26
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,102	114.00–130.00	123.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
449	—	1,413	139.00–154.25	146.96
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,362	127.50–142.00	137.36
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,188	129.00–137.00	133.13
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,374	110.00–120.00	116.12
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,208	94.00–109.00	103.29
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,490	122.00–135.00	127.73
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,620	85.00–112.00	103.88
3	—	875	67.00–77.00	71.04
32	—	1,788	113.00–135.00	119.00

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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