Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 107 priced lines covering 9,056 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,974 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,962 head.

Mon Oct 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,974Last week 4,848Year ago 7,077

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,962Last week 2,119Year ago 1,521

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers under 650 lbs sold on a light test with a higher undertone noted; over 650 lbs sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	429	186.00–195.00	190.62
82	—	518	150.00–189.00	170.81
8	—	585	172.00–193.00	182.49
4	—	775	139.00	139.00
6	—	361	191.00–197.50	194.20
4	—	694	165.00	165.00
3	—	913	157.50	157.50
37	—	619	175.00–182.00	177.43
19	—	893	164.50–166.00	165.05
27	—	483	161.00–192.00	174.60
42	—	729	161.00–165.00	162.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
405	—	574	160.00–223.00	205.58
154	—	968	155.00–170.25	168.77
218	—	911	159.00–179.75	178.56
235	—	620	172.00–215.25	195.52
324	—	479	185.00–230.00	217.51
410	—	525	181.00–226.00	209.02
541	—	778	170.00–189.75	183.73
738	—	871	158.00–186.00	178.55
8	—	295	232.00–236.00	234.48
215	—	676	168.50–190.50	183.14
205	—	725	162.00–194.50	179.98
135	—	373	207.00–240.00	225.25
41	—	331	210.00–237.00	229.66
520	—	828	173.00–187.00	185.36
188	—	419	202.50–235.00	224.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	631	169.00	169.00
3	—	588	171.00	171.00
4	—	688	160.00	160.00
10	—	423	203.00	203.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,016	153.00–161.75	161.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	175.00	175.00
13	—	607	170.00–180.00	173.92
10	—	423	215.00–221.00	217.78
7	—	385	235.00	235.00
47	—	477	191.00–214.00	205.45
59	—	559	156.00–201.00	186.20
96	—	513	193.00–220.50	208.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	529	211.00	211.00
17	—	550	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	544	160.00–175.00	167.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	619	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	425	156.00–201.50	179.55
371	—	470	167.00–201.00	187.91
38	—	330	192.50–217.50	207.28
56	—	659	166.00–185.00	180.16
181	—	375	175.00–211.00	198.64
46	—	780	156.00–160.75	159.94
293	—	524	150.00–216.00	181.19
226	—	567	150.00–192.00	178.61
301	—	730	156.00–176.00	171.94
33	—	982	139.00–147.50	142.27
79	—	819	153.00–170.25	168.14
152	—	624	154.00–187.00	176.14
4	—	871	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	426	180.00–185.00	182.79
37	—	532	199.00–200.00	199.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	463	170.00–199.00	187.52
39	—	521	150.00–185.00	165.44
21	—	556	151.00–171.00	164.36
10	—	429	170.00–174.00	172.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	605	170.00	170.00
24	—	476	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,048	147.00	147.00
4	—	1,170	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	473	140.00–182.00	157.08
7	—	684	149.00	149.00
26	—	512	140.00–185.00	159.08
9	—	364	170.00–190.00	179.27
17	—	416	155.00–164.00	156.71
4	—	929	140.00	140.00
5	—	714	150.50	150.50
9	—	591	147.00–149.00	147.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	466	165.00–180.00	173.37
4	—	798	132.00	132.00
5	—	998	110.00	110.00
7	—	635	145.00–157.00	150.08
12	—	656	154.00–156.00	154.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
324	—	1,358	138.00–156.50	148.31
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,388	117.00–124.50	121.71
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	1,277	127.00–148.00	142.21
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,099	111.00–143.00	131.98
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,220	139.50–144.50	141.38
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,198	129.00–138.00	134.42
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,380	147.75–154.00	148.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,184	57.00–73.00	64.29
16	—	1,105	30.00–55.00	48.51
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	105.00	105.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,551	85.00–93.00	88.51
14	—	1,598	93.00–100.00	95.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,315	72.00–84.00	77.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,565	72.00–77.50	74.47
1	—	1,775	119.50	119.50
31	—	1,793	83.00–112.00	99.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
625	—	1,467	138.00–158.00	149.03
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,415	117.00–121.00	118.89
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,189	136.00–140.00	138.64
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,120	115.00–139.50	129.24
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,135	141.00–153.50	145.30
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,363	130.00–148.50	143.09
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	90.00	90.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,554	125.00–129.50	127.55
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,609	127.00–131.50	129.06
23	—	1,543	132.00–140.50	135.43
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,390	126.00–134.00	127.11
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	123.00	123.00
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,304	112.50–119.00	114.30

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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