Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 101 priced lines covering 8,146 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,418 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 3,226 head.

Mon Aug 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,418Last week 2,823Year ago 5,583

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3,226Last week 1,296Year ago 1,487

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers overall sold 6.00 to 11.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold on a light test with a weak undertone; over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	820	186.75	186.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
388	—	680	177.00–204.00	193.13
305	—	917	155.00–173.50	169.07
79	—	476	201.00–233.00	222.96
4	—	355	840.00	840.00
51	—	536	195.00–210.00	202.64
150	—	570	189.00–211.00	203.08
255	—	628	192.00–213.60	205.45
42	—	432	200.00–236.00	219.14
1,058	—	830	163.00–190.75	185.11
231	—	774	178.00–192.50	184.04
122	—	977	163.00–175.50	174.57
21	—	1,005	165.00	165.00
19	—	358	218.00–230.00	225.35
295	—	726	179.00–196.75	189.33
174	—	865	169.00–185.00	178.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	188.00	188.00
5	—	602	160.00	160.00
10	—	671	169.00–177.50	172.28
3	—	852	167.00	167.00
10	—	375	217.00	217.00
17	—	574	170.00–209.00	191.92
20	—	465	155.00–196.00	170.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	786	185.75–189.25	187.11
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,029	148.00–162.50	152.73
5	—	1,058	156.50	156.50
45	—	1,147	157.50	157.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	415	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	822	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
3	—	400	775.00	775.00
5	—	473	208.00	208.00
21	—	304	850.00	850.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	425	210.00	210.00
Steers — Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,059	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	464	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
12	—	285	690.00	690.00
4	—	378	194.00	194.00
9	—	426	199.50	199.50
13	—	374	750.00	750.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	625	173.00–189.25	183.88
290	—	766	146.00–179.00	172.28
78	—	871	144.00–176.50	163.56
216	—	716	167.00–187.00	176.27
314	—	670	172.50–186.00	180.28
36	—	424	175.00–205.00	192.74
5	—	1,035	132.00	132.00
160	—	936	157.25–169.50	158.64
116	—	534	162.00–195.50	185.66
183	—	826	145.00–173.25	166.29
213	—	575	167.00–193.00	185.98
49	—	970	144.00–167.25	159.68
8	—	397	178.00	178.00
71	—	464	160.00–206.00	185.32
3	—	322	187.50	187.50
4	—	335	750.00	750.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,094	141.50	141.50
32	—	1,003	162.50–164.50	162.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	783	172.75	172.75
66	—	849	165.50	165.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	525	139.00–186.00	169.47
3	—	396	185.00	185.00
4	—	848	126.00	126.00
8	—	622	123.00–148.00	132.68
11	—	950	167.00	167.00
6	—	732	160.00–167.00	163.43
35	—	587	129.00–189.50	160.96
4	—	690	147.00	147.00
17	—	482	158.00–187.00	178.74
10	—	785	155.00	155.00
39	—	932	148.00–152.00	151.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	185.00	185.00
16	—	578	175.00	175.00
5	—	449	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,606	111.00–120.00	115.59
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	1,256	132.00–149.50	144.24
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,280	112.50–128.50	117.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
444	—	1,279	139.00–158.25	148.64
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,110	117.50–159.00	140.59
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,076	143.00–157.00	146.96
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,187	135.00–138.50	137.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,415	88.00–94.50	91.26
21	—	1,480	95.00–111.00	100.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	950	30.00–54.00	44.68
66	—	1,176	57.00–76.00	71.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,292	77.00–89.00	82.40
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,140	132.00–140.00	134.45
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,306	124.00–128.50	126.85
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
693	—	1,427	142.00–158.25	148.15
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
268	—	1,341	131.00–149.00	139.34
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,176	125.00–160.00	144.57
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,147	142.00–149.00	144.06
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,383	118.00–121.00	120.22
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,413	115.00–129.00	122.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,615	133.50–137.00	134.29
42	—	1,455	130.00–145.00	136.38
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,442	129.00–135.00	129.60
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,487	117.00	117.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,316	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,278	108.00–109.00	108.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,591	114.00–134.00	121.30
30	—	1,605	80.00–111.00	98.58

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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