Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 162 priced lines covering 10,684 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,337 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,556 head.

Mon Sep 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,337Last week 11,803Year ago 4,023

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,556Last week 884Year ago 2,139

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers under 650 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher; over 650 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers overall sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
207	—	685	162.50–213.00	188.87
378	—	524	187.00–233.00	220.36
455	—	832	169.00–190.25	183.57
388	—	881	166.00–177.00	172.68
80	—	978	156.00–167.00	163.68
269	—	466	211.00–255.00	237.94
3	—	252	232.50	232.50
115	—	378	210.00–247.50	235.19
244	—	622	180.00–219.00	205.35
89	—	416	210.00–250.00	241.73
355	—	579	189.00–225.00	209.42
488	—	768	167.25–201.50	183.06
34	—	327	217.50–272.50	245.05
345	—	909	166.00–185.00	179.92
247	—	736	181.00–200.00	189.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	792	169.50	169.50
22	—	533	182.00–197.50	189.69
45	—	425	151.00–218.00	195.43
11	—	382	186.00–215.00	203.49
3	—	337	172.50	172.50
95	—	473	160.00–213.00	192.19
43	—	622	161.00–192.00	175.74
46	—	580	155.00–200.00	193.88
7	—	671	157.50–174.00	168.67
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	880	169.00	169.00
30	—	733	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	857	182.75	182.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	180.00	180.00
48	—	865	175.50–192.25	186.48
3	—	1,027	145.00	145.00
11	—	901	170.75	170.75
12	—	448	200.00	200.00
5	—	1,212	142.00	142.00
12	—	604	175.00	175.00
20	—	517	190.00	190.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	951	169.00	169.00
28	—	899	176.50	176.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	488	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	617	180.00–206.00	198.38
65	—	914	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	643	185.00	185.00
20	—	576	216.00	216.00
8	—	344	242.00	242.00
59	—	436	200.00–247.50	241.97
30	—	388	228.00–259.00	248.52
44	—	483	219.00–233.00	227.51
160	—	514	207.00–227.00	219.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	457	220.00	220.00
11	—	693	185.00	185.00
4	—	558	195.00	195.00
24	—	614	196.25	196.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	624	201.50–206.00	202.57
8	—	695	187.50	187.50
130	—	722	178.00–199.25	192.95
102	—	817	190.35–195.10	192.19
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	493	218.00	218.00
15	—	561	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	592	157.00	157.00
13	—	378	191.00–195.00	192.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	376	160.00–233.00	200.15
12	—	518	180.00	180.00
48	—	435	190.00–206.00	201.49
17	—	296	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	605	190.25	190.25
17	—	454	209.00	209.00
103	—	672	182.50–188.50	187.59
10	—	583	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	514	187.50–190.00	189.11
5	—	456	189.00	189.00
36	—	555	191.50–195.00	194.13
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	150.00	150.00
6	—	338	155.00	155.00
10	—	676	145.00	145.00
5	—	1,073	147.50	147.50
22	—	522	156.00–159.00	157.32
17	—	911	165.00	165.00
4	—	453	155.00	155.00
4	—	950	163.00	163.00
55	—	1,037	156.75	156.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	805	172.35	172.35
61	—	565	194.00–199.00	196.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	912	166.25	166.25
13	—	446	197.00	197.00
55	—	965	163.50	163.50
70	—	698	180.50	180.50
24	—	588	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	572	170.00–190.00	184.29
231	—	633	172.00–185.50	180.20
63	—	958	148.50–164.85	162.46
278	—	729	161.50–193.00	175.50
11	—	270	170.00–173.00	170.29
143	—	793	153.00–168.50	164.57
37	—	920	159.00–164.75	161.69
135	—	383	175.00–224.00	216.02
3	—	1,015	160.00	160.00
225	—	430	167.50–222.50	200.14
25	—	885	155.00–158.50	157.12
264	—	475	176.00–210.00	190.22
103	—	805	154.00–169.00	163.51
30	—	318	190.00–215.00	201.77
212	—	528	170.00–199.00	187.91
89	—	668	158.00–184.00	175.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	711	150.00–157.50	153.42
86	—	528	157.00–185.00	176.22
1	—	310	160.00	160.00
2	—	930	140.00–142.00	141.01
20	—	471	161.00–174.00	168.15
3	—	633	150.00	150.00
24	—	378	160.00–193.00	178.75
3	—	772	151.00	151.00
27	—	560	129.00–173.00	161.31
109	—	677	135.00–178.75	176.01
52	—	424	147.00–180.00	165.13
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,089	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	479	174.50	174.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	519	178.00	178.00
12	—	402	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	929	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	460	158.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	277	232.50	232.50
21	—	415	204.00	204.00
28	—	382	191.00	191.00
4	—	480	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	180.00	180.00
3	—	435	185.00	185.00
2	—	600	156.00	156.00
6	—	515	189.00	189.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	992	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
417	—	1,323	138.50–155.00	148.30
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,462	104.50–129.00	123.40
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,300	120.50–148.00	140.33
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,157	136.00–145.50	142.43
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,198	122.50–139.50	136.33
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,166	100.00–137.00	124.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,169	60.00–75.00	69.24
13	—	1,089	30.00–51.00	41.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,391	87.50–95.00	90.96
24	—	1,599	95.00–100.00	96.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,297	75.00–87.00	81.41
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	1,376	124.00–148.50	139.54
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,328	117.00–128.75	124.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
588	—	1,438	139.00–154.75	148.05
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,205	121.00–139.00	131.31
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,179	113.00–140.00	131.95
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,123	140.00–156.00	144.74
Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	136.50	136.50
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,231	148.75–153.00	150.66
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,049	83.50–112.00	100.17
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,203	120.00–129.50	126.34
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,571	131.50	131.50
6	—	1,260	131.00–134.00	132.40
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,349	125.00–128.50	127.98
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,351	94.50–139.75	126.03
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,283	114.00–120.00	117.20
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,424	118.00–129.00	123.51
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,333	103.00–113.00	107.69
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,549	126.00–133.00	129.25
37	—	1,451	130.00–141.00	134.94
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,158	96.00	96.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,142	77.00–81.00	79.41
61	—	1,646	84.00–111.00	102.16
16	—	1,633	113.00–129.00	117.68

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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