Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 94 priced lines covering 9,688 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,569 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,687 head.

Mon Aug 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,569Last week 2,965Year ago 6,159

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,687Last week 1,835Year ago 2,276

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold on a light test due to light receipts last week, however a weak undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
287	—	677	148.00–177.00	168.51
329	—	821	146.50–165.00	159.83
280	—	626	160.00–191.00	175.16
301	—	754	155.25–164.60	162.88
42	—	418	182.50–214.00	203.26
3	—	290	800.00	800.00
17	—	967	142.00–155.50	148.36
11	—	472	183.00–210.00	197.87
252	—	528	168.00–188.25	183.04
3	—	395	212.00	212.00
3	—	305	790.00	790.00
727	—	724	142.00–175.25	170.30
38	—	876	142.00–156.50	154.32
28	—	932	149.00–151.50	150.20
252	—	581	161.00–191.00	179.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	705	157.50–159.75	158.06
9	—	368	202.50	202.50
26	—	575	162.00–178.50	172.48
20	—	824	121.00–151.00	130.62
5	—	444	151.00	151.00
16	—	539	132.00–182.00	155.80
219	—	630	135.00–168.50	167.45
8	—	489	151.00–180.00	161.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	416	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,029	137.00–146.50	142.31
7	—	1,132	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	725	171.75	171.75
47	—	833	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,051	159.60	159.60
64	—	885	171.25	171.25
31	—	770	170.50	170.50
22	—	904	156.50	156.50
31	—	700	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	589	169.00	169.00
39	—	775	156.00–171.00	167.41
41	—	637	160.00–186.00	170.43
28	—	539	175.00–189.00	185.21
158	—	743	157.00–180.50	177.34
6	—	680	175.00	175.00
15	—	895	156.50–165.00	158.18
9	—	464	165.00–219.00	188.68
15	—	996	150.00–151.00	150.20
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	925	164.25	164.25
26	—	1,063	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
346	—	632	180.00–204.00	198.01
4	—	373	900.00	900.00
6	—	264	840.00	840.00
101	—	473	197.50–240.00	218.87
833	—	833	164.00–182.50	178.77
14	—	434	210.00–234.00	220.10
946	—	878	156.50–183.00	176.15
190	—	926	151.00–174.25	167.82
3	—	345	880.00	880.00
223	—	963	153.50–169.00	164.86
216	—	726	162.00–203.00	182.41
1,111	—	784	160.00–187.35	182.21
133	—	576	175.00–215.50	198.10
103	—	528	196.00–235.00	218.60
281	—	676	163.00–203.00	187.91
11	—	389	209.00–244.00	229.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	478	157.00	157.00
8	—	574	152.00–187.00	164.65

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,228	122.00–143.50	139.15
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	1,298	134.50–151.75	145.16
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,376	102.50–125.00	115.01
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,146	134.00–145.25	137.61
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,085	130.00–132.00	130.90
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,035	110.00–138.75	130.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,481	92.00–97.00	94.28
26	—	1,402	84.00–92.00	88.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,176	60.00–76.00	66.49
1	—	815	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,328	75.00–84.00	80.26
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,293	126.00–143.75	137.56
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
533	—	1,402	136.00–155.00	144.83
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	110.00–117.00	112.99
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,124	111.00–142.50	131.84
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,173	137.00–148.50	140.21
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,171	129.00–144.75	137.83
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,338	114.00–122.00	116.88
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	111.00	111.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,238	123.00	123.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,359	124.00–130.00	128.30
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,142	102.00–108.00	104.29
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,380	121.00–127.00	124.32
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,451	124.00–139.00	130.29
26	—	1,695	133.00–140.00	135.78
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,472	111.00–113.00	111.77
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,283	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,144	82.00–116.00	102.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,622	79.00–97.00	90.67
4	—	1,714	114.00–123.00	118.66
24	—	1,595	82.00–112.00	102.93

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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