Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 98 priced lines covering 5,447 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,898 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 157 head.

Mon Aug 29, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,898Last week 6,418Year ago 6,444

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 3,226Year ago 2,142

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold on a light test with a higher undertone; over 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher; over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	414	211.50	211.50
34	—	457	186.50–189.50	187.84
26	—	387	186.00–205.00	195.52
24	—	514	176.00–182.00	179.25
21	—	310	179.00–194.00	186.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	329	195.00–221.00	219.24
4	—	247	350.00	350.00
111	—	920	149.50–169.00	155.76
57	—	366	187.00–225.00	211.00
224	—	769	160.00–180.25	169.89
208	—	483	180.00–206.00	196.00
151	—	673	167.00–180.00	175.01
197	—	424	180.00–217.00	207.20
16	—	312	500.00–730.00	642.20
93	—	514	178.50–200.00	190.93
3	—	1,140	137.00	137.00
11	—	997	157.50	157.50
375	—	726	167.25–182.50	175.69
199	—	1,021	154.50–155.25	154.87
178	—	628	160.00–190.00	180.48
228	—	581	179.50–203.50	191.93
133	—	861	158.00–171.00	168.71
97	—	824	160.00–174.25	168.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	709	181.00	181.00
34	—	809	170.10	170.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	749	171.50	171.50
4	—	1,115	138.00	138.00
35	—	799	168.50	168.50
12	—	923	156.00–160.00	158.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	430	160.00–191.00	177.09
25	—	380	150.00–187.00	173.14
6	—	618	176.00	176.00
31	—	580	152.00–174.50	165.72
12	—	530	160.00–180.00	169.63
29	—	482	159.50–192.00	177.04
8	—	844	145.00–157.00	152.51
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,032	150.25	150.25
7	—	1,128	132.00–141.50	137.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	751	184.50	184.50
21	—	914	174.35	174.35
33	—	576	205.50	205.50
73	—	642	216.50	216.50
5	—	725	186.00	186.00
55	—	884	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	730	172.50–175.00	173.43
14	—	571	180.00–182.50	180.36
1	—	200	218.00	218.00
22	—	426	182.00–223.00	207.86
4	—	686	178.00	178.00
4	—	307	215.00–217.50	215.65
18	—	516	184.00–205.00	191.49
2	—	350	206.00	206.00
34	—	489	184.50–220.00	206.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	628	180.00–217.00	198.00
16	—	862	170.75–184.00	179.08
31	—	930	165.00–172.50	167.55
47	—	959	157.00–159.50	157.27
170	—	531	194.50–242.00	221.63
4	—	367	800.00	800.00
186	—	480	210.00–251.00	231.97
4	—	1,193	141.00	141.00
26	—	382	220.00–259.00	242.99
5	—	323	760.00	760.00
304	—	723	184.00–192.00	187.07
115	—	576	191.00–219.00	206.47
219	—	825	178.75–187.00	184.36
431	—	776	165.00–191.00	186.40
22	—	336	225.00–235.00	231.55
143	—	419	228.00–261.00	247.70
160	—	678	182.00–203.50	192.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	562	186.00	186.00
33	—	428	216.00–239.50	228.36
36	—	525	207.00	207.00
27	—	463	209.00–228.50	217.73
14	—	353	222.50–236.00	234.03
4	—	276	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	677	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	646	213.50	213.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	536	185.00	185.00
3	—	660	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	324	225.00–237.00	232.11
12	—	428	207.50	207.50
10	—	388	239.00	239.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,123	128.00–135.00	131.46
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,308	119.00–120.00	119.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,389	138.00–145.00	142.52
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,420	126.00–135.00	130.94
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,183	120.00–122.00	120.98
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,162	137.00–147.50	140.97
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,142	140.00–144.00	140.93
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,025	130.00–136.00	134.07
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	124.50	124.50
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,758	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,281	140.50–145.00	143.36
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,358	114.00–124.50	119.57
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	133.50	133.50

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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