Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 134 priced lines covering 6,282 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,848 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,119 head.

Mon Sep 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,848Last week 9,699Year ago 1,927

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,119Last week 2,048Year ago 1,610

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers sold steady to 1.00 higher and heifers sold 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers under 650 lbs sold on a light test with a weak undertone noted; over 650 lb sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,510	105.00–119.00	114.71
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,308	127.50–148.00	140.69
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
486	—	1,351	139.00–159.00	150.31
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,101	130.50–138.00	135.45
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,071	141.50–146.75	145.24
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,114	100.00–145.00	129.57
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,693	123.50–126.00	124.76
Heifers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,630	110.50–111.00	110.75
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	127.00–139.00	133.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,222	56.00–73.00	66.44
36	—	998	20.00–57.00	47.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,444	86.00–94.00	89.39
15	—	1,586	95.00–105.00	99.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,294	74.00–86.00	79.51
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
607	—	1,463	139.00–159.00	150.22
Steers — Select · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,893	103.50	103.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,165	118.50–150.00	131.87
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,166	139.00–144.50	141.88
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,420	148.50	148.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	1,368	128.50–148.00	141.26
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,337	117.00–128.00	122.14
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,092	130.00–137.00	133.65
Dairy Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,398	95.00	95.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	123.00	123.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,306	120.00–128.00	125.16
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,620	102.50	102.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,491	130.00–137.00	133.36
67	—	1,566	124.00–131.00	127.81
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,201	94.00–105.00	101.61
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	124.00	124.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,579	112.00–121.00	115.66
1	—	1,595	69.00	69.00
32	—	1,732	82.00–115.00	101.27

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	520	154.00	154.00
21	—	1,063	142.00–146.50	145.42
3	—	448	180.00	180.00
59	—	1,002	146.00–154.50	153.77
4	—	491	181.00	181.00
6	—	1,138	130.50	130.50
5	—	396	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	436	164.00–190.00	180.64
57	—	473	160.00–196.00	181.69
8	—	511	171.00	171.00
12	—	302	189.00	189.00
38	—	565	156.00–198.50	181.80
2	—	242	207.00	207.00
2	—	630	136.50	136.50
58	—	385	179.00–214.00	194.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	434	182.00	182.00
42	—	555	176.00	176.00
25	—	698	174.00	174.00
41	—	539	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	734	164.50–173.00	168.14
51	—	886	159.50–164.00	162.28
36	—	522	165.00–193.50	181.94
47	—	672	161.00–181.00	169.42
127	—	473	165.00–205.00	197.15
45	—	433	180.00–206.50	194.18
67	—	383	176.00–213.00	201.23
13	—	337	199.00–215.00	210.24
19	—	622	155.00–172.00	164.03
271	—	919	159.00–167.00	163.27
3	—	218	193.00	193.00
65	—	828	162.00–168.75	168.44
65	—	567	165.00–175.25	172.25
9	—	287	205.00–215.00	208.75
3	—	955	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	925	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	628	158.00	158.00
3	—	430	170.00	170.00
9	—	527	155.00–169.00	163.18
5	—	653	164.00	164.00
25	—	767	147.00–166.25	163.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	709	169.50	169.50
78	—	771	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,014	156.25	156.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	971	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	556	163.00	163.00
3	—	342	155.00	155.00
9	—	385	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	581	164.00	164.00
1	—	340	195.00	195.00
3	—	622	160.00	160.00
1	—	355	200.00	200.00
7	—	664	159.00	159.00
13	—	497	171.00	171.00
6	—	408	193.50	193.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	840	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	668	165.00	165.00
3	—	875	170.50	170.50
5	—	467	192.00	192.00
16	—	573	170.00–183.00	175.61
3	—	785	150.00	150.00
6	—	428	151.00–197.00	173.33
8	—	623	165.00–167.00	165.76
29	—	532	169.00–181.00	175.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
319	—	828	180.00–187.85	184.63
61	—	567	200.00	200.00
48	—	473	220.00–230.00	224.78
22	—	642	181.00	181.00
79	—	718	187.75	187.75
125	—	874	173.50–174.00	173.75
38	—	508	215.00–219.75	217.98
67	—	442	220.50–229.00	226.15
8	—	270	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	931	160.00	160.00
156	—	677	170.00–199.25	191.56
2	—	290	224.00	224.00
31	—	372	206.00–229.00	216.88
118	—	519	176.00–199.00	189.95
102	—	570	172.50–194.75	188.06
9	—	334	200.00–220.00	213.48
86	—	774	176.00–179.75	178.44
57	—	430	191.00–215.00	204.84
220	—	735	163.00–183.75	177.97
28	—	477	185.00–206.00	196.09
350	—	824	158.00–187.00	177.99
46	—	630	160.00–198.25	177.20
136	—	862	162.00–177.50	169.63
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	175.00	175.00
3	—	1,003	155.00	155.00
9	—	980	160.00–161.50	160.85
6	—	1,088	148.50	148.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	468	179.00–232.00	207.23
6	—	289	180.00	180.00
11	—	516	178.00–183.00	180.32
9	—	306	212.50–217.50	214.20
40	—	421	182.00–217.50	200.75
84	—	633	184.00–185.50	184.88
57	—	565	174.00–182.00	180.96
47	—	373	184.00–227.50	219.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	528	202.00	202.00
64	—	652	200.35	200.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	575	179.00	179.00

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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