Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 146 priced lines covering 11,691 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,803 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 884 head.

Mon Sep 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,803Last week 5,898Year ago 10,551

Slaughter CattleReceipts 884Last week 157Year ago 1,556

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower; over 550 lbs sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers overall sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	779	157.00–160.00	158.00
29	—	720	160.00–168.00	163.13
12	—	935	141.00	141.00
29	—	482	179.00–201.00	185.07
6	—	386	207.50	207.50
20	—	574	165.00–185.00	173.38
60	—	431	202.00–213.00	211.11
35	—	627	169.00–178.00	171.59
46	—	510	181.00–220.00	200.32
12	—	812	160.00–163.00	161.24
3	—	692	186.00	186.00
3	—	858	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
352	—	720	160.00–205.00	191.98
490	—	875	158.00–192.00	181.94
736	—	779	172.00–194.00	188.47
6	—	268	725.00–750.00	737.85
471	—	472	201.00–245.00	227.69
88	—	329	224.00–265.00	247.65
488	—	813	174.50–190.75	186.24
17	—	340	840.00–880.00	849.62
270	—	516	190.00–239.00	217.75
434	—	573	190.00–223.50	206.52
524	—	624	180.00–222.00	199.20
135	—	375	200.00–246.00	234.57
419	—	421	207.50–253.00	234.52
363	—	671	169.00–214.00	196.83
132	—	930	162.00–178.10	173.81
127	—	974	152.00–175.00	171.87
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	177.00	177.00
14	—	687	140.00–152.00	147.67
6	—	565	174.00	174.00
6	—	474	182.00	182.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	490	206.00	206.00
100	—	1,154	160.50–160.75	160.62
10	—	447	209.00	209.00
227	—	1,044	167.00–169.80	168.51
4	—	988	151.00	151.00
5	—	366	200.00	200.00
103	—	1,147	152.00–161.10	160.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	723	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	678	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	528	180.00	180.00
3	—	468	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	329	232.00–237.50	233.82
124	—	537	185.00–224.75	212.56
4	—	385	215.00–221.00	216.44
19	—	421	220.00–227.00	223.25
9	—	672	187.00	187.00
4	—	244	235.00	235.00
28	—	624	216.75	216.75
3	—	282	245.00–250.00	248.37
50	—	470	202.50–221.00	216.36
32	—	564	223.25–224.00	223.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	616	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	381	175.00–209.00	195.01
45	—	515	178.00–189.50	187.37
5	—	286	600.00	600.00
12	—	428	177.00–188.50	186.29
12	—	317	188.00–207.50	200.33
5	—	292	200.00	200.00
3	—	235	199.00	199.00
20	—	459	171.00–199.00	188.64
14	—	589	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	362	198.00	198.00
11	—	459	196.00	196.00
12	—	1,020	139.00–141.00	139.99
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	148.00	148.00
10	—	533	161.00	161.00
10	—	843	144.00	144.00
5	—	460	168.50	168.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	336	183.00–250.00	231.13
224	—	373	187.50–238.00	213.70
369	—	723	157.00–180.50	175.02
253	—	472	177.00–207.00	192.23
12	—	963	165.00	165.00
217	—	526	172.50–205.00	191.75
406	—	427	179.00–216.00	203.34
246	—	827	152.50–178.50	162.91
97	—	924	150.00–159.00	155.44
195	—	769	148.00–175.75	164.91
484	—	672	155.00–185.00	178.49
676	—	625	168.00–196.00	183.13
2	—	280	202.50	202.50
197	—	875	149.00–167.75	162.12
13	—	290	650.00	650.00
387	—	572	166.00–216.00	187.48
17	—	315	650.00–730.00	712.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	475	168.00–183.00	175.50
22	—	875	140.00–141.00	140.23
21	—	726	145.00–155.00	152.30
8	—	786	146.00	146.00
44	—	339	162.00–225.00	208.39
117	—	569	145.00–179.25	174.78
78	—	622	135.00–165.50	156.35
34	—	522	140.00–167.00	157.17
15	—	431	156.00–191.00	173.36
7	—	378	170.00–191.00	178.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	518	198.00–208.50	203.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,028	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,034	134.00	134.00
8	—	1,248	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	434	213.00	213.00
3	—	352	840.00	840.00
26	—	386	237.00	237.00
3	—	273	620.00	620.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	187.00	187.00
8	—	724	131.00–143.00	133.02
2	—	420	191.00	191.00
4	—	508	175.00	175.00
10	—	980	135.00	135.00
3	—	785	124.00	124.00
4	—	844	127.00	127.00
18	—	478	170.00–200.00	194.40
2	—	580	165.00	165.00
1	—	330	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	451	147.00–160.00	151.07
9	—	557	151.00	151.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,166	138.50–144.00	142.48
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,342	111.00–123.00	119.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,262	139.00–153.00	149.52
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,055	127.00–139.00	135.25
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,061	105.00–139.00	127.37
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,244	130.00–148.50	140.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,264	50.00–59.00	55.11
7	—	1,230	62.00–72.50	66.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,287	75.00–85.00	79.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,590	95.00–99.00	97.43
14	—	1,360	88.00–94.50	90.71
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,109	118.00–154.00	140.72
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
337	—	1,465	140.00–154.50	149.04
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,336	131.50–148.50	139.46
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,356	128.50–130.00	128.73
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	125.50–130.00	127.68
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	141.00	141.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,563	130.00–137.50	133.25
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,401	129.00–132.50	131.48
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,337	113.00–122.00	120.08
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,045	95.00	95.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,225	124.00–129.00	126.70
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,219	110.00–118.00	115.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,614	88.00–112.00	104.64
2	—	1,553	120.50–121.00	120.67

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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