Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 106 priced lines covering 10,741 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,699 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,048 head.

Mon Sep 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,699Last week 9,337Year ago 11,423

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,048Last week 2,556Year ago 1,603

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher and heifers sold 4.00 lower. Feeder steers under 650 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower; over 650 lbs sold uneven, 3.00 lower to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs sold steady to 1.00 higher; over 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	482	152.00–206.00	178.45
85	—	716	164.00–181.50	178.72
3	—	801	165.00	165.00
7	—	660	152.50–164.00	157.47
7	—	610	160.00–185.00	174.17
24	—	572	171.00–182.50	177.99
22	—	534	180.00–201.50	187.96
11	—	783	168.00	168.00
3	—	413	192.00	192.00
3	—	307	182.00	182.00
10	—	378	162.00–186.00	169.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
444	—	574	180.00–227.00	207.88
423	—	861	165.00–180.00	175.49
6	—	224	675.00	675.00
81	—	376	220.00–246.00	231.71
122	—	421	195.00–238.00	230.01
401	—	674	178.00–210.00	191.37
334	—	911	161.00–176.85	170.73
390	—	525	182.50–232.50	218.57
38	—	966	164.00–165.25	165.06
3	—	273	249.00	249.00
15	—	344	202.50–240.00	229.29
401	—	727	178.50–206.50	189.94
250	—	482	181.00–236.00	215.05
310	—	618	179.00–210.00	196.19
974	—	827	164.00–188.00	181.63
730	—	771	169.50–191.35	183.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	863	150.00	150.00
15	—	438	185.00–200.00	196.97
5	—	359	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	720	196.00	196.00
13	—	396	253.00	253.00
51	—	623	208.75	208.75
14	—	568	222.00	222.00
8	—	756	188.00	188.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,236	133.00–135.00	133.37
3	—	998	140.00	140.00
4	—	1,004	145.00	145.00
10	—	1,270	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	482	210.00–232.50	225.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	508	185.00	185.00
12	—	417	175.00–195.00	186.36
7	—	613	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	432	170.00–210.00	193.19
231	—	772	156.50–176.00	170.32
379	—	666	163.50–185.35	176.48
554	—	733	154.00–180.00	176.59
15	—	375	660.00–700.00	673.45
7	—	953	160.50	160.50
150	—	375	180.00–211.00	196.37
220	—	523	162.00–200.25	184.39
6	—	328	200.00–216.00	207.63
95	—	868	157.00–170.50	168.92
29	—	916	164.00–166.00	164.49
140	—	823	152.00–175.50	171.62
365	—	575	161.00–208.50	184.67
252	—	623	164.00–188.50	179.55
366	—	479	165.00–218.00	195.92
5	—	203	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	402	137.50	137.50
3	—	585	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	781	171.00–172.25	171.62
27	—	541	180.00	180.00
4	—	426	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	625	186.25–189.75	187.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	356	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	715	154.50	154.50
10	—	395	145.00–151.00	148.03
20	—	620	141.00–161.50	152.63
3	—	660	148.00	148.00
14	—	422	150.00–154.00	151.42
26	—	514	125.00–170.00	153.82
13	—	474	170.00–180.00	173.51
40	—	571	157.00–183.00	167.78
3	—	335	181.00	181.00
3	—	946	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	436	187.50	187.50
3	—	838	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	631	154.00–162.50	158.64
5	—	377	188.00	188.00
4	—	741	144.00	144.00
8	—	439	199.00	199.00
3	—	520	163.00	163.00
3	—	588	152.00	152.00
4	—	310	207.50	207.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,105	115.00–145.00	131.44
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,128	141.50–146.00	143.93
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
367	—	1,316	142.50–156.75	150.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,279	139.00–147.50	144.30
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,263	134.50–138.00	137.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,186	63.00–75.00	69.87
12	—	1,111	40.00–57.00	50.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,617	95.00–103.00	97.50
35	—	1,423	87.00–95.00	91.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,277	75.00–87.50	81.12
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,218	130.50–137.00	131.06
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,126	114.00–151.00	132.53
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
612	—	1,428	139.50–156.75	149.47
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	126.50	126.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,359	130.00–148.00	141.84
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,134	141.00–150.00	143.86
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,420	122.00–129.00	125.67
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,418	130.00–141.00	136.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,651	86.00–113.00	102.76
1	—	1,000	76.00	76.00
10	—	1,495	112.50–130.00	117.22

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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