Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 94 priced lines covering 3,436 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,066 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,846 head.

Mon Oct 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,066Last week 7,974Year ago 1,795

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,846Last week 1,962Year ago 1,221

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold on a light test, though a weak undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	559	176.00	176.00
16	—	808	172.25	172.25
13	—	604	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	513	167.50–198.00	176.38
24	—	619	150.00–152.00	150.57
42	—	782	164.75–170.00	167.91
7	—	676	155.00–156.00	155.56
180	—	924	163.25–165.35	164.35
70	—	588	151.00–180.75	171.43
11	—	441	179.50–181.00	180.31
54	—	726	161.00–163.50	163.08
14	—	371	195.00–202.50	198.09
1	—	340	205.00	205.00
56	—	986	156.75	156.75
63	—	470	163.00–178.00	171.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	688	180.35	180.35
74	—	769	173.10	173.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	492	174.00–176.00	175.07
7	—	558	169.50	169.50
7	—	339	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	669	179.50	179.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	491	149.00–156.00	153.84
2	—	683	142.50	142.50
7	—	613	130.00	130.00
21	—	541	146.00–165.00	162.25
17	—	703	139.00–157.00	148.55
5	—	807	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	545	153.00–154.00	153.38
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,290	143.00	143.00
5	—	913	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	435	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	820	186.25	186.25
30	—	761	194.50	194.50
25	—	623	187.00–190.00	187.94
9	—	445	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	277	235.00–242.50	239.11
80	—	872	159.00–182.00	179.05
36	—	776	170.00–176.50	175.41
82	—	532	196.00–207.50	201.20
11	—	369	205.00–235.00	232.26
110	—	685	156.00–194.25	185.24
11	—	917	171.00	171.00
38	—	845	181.75	181.75
53	—	627	161.25–205.00	181.03
48	—	586	170.00–186.00	178.04
10	—	967	169.50	169.50
43	—	711	171.00–190.00	187.66
54	—	470	195.50–218.00	206.51
2	—	328	227.50	227.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	534	185.00–189.50	186.83
2	—	578	163.00	163.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,004	160.50	160.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	885	153.50–154.00	153.65
12	—	606	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	593	183.00	183.00
18	—	510	204.00–204.50	204.14
6	—	608	170.00	170.00
6	—	403	216.00	216.00
19	—	650	182.00	182.00
10	—	484	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	637	179.50	179.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	398	222.50	222.50
7	—	677	155.00	155.00
4	—	615	167.00	167.00
13	—	527	171.00–180.00	178.60
2	—	448	184.00	184.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,444	84.00–93.00	87.89
14	—	1,630	93.00–101.00	96.29
4	—	1,591	67.50–71.00	70.20
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,340	111.00–116.00	113.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,321	71.00–85.00	77.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,052	32.50–55.00	46.54
64	—	1,171	57.50–71.00	66.14
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
329	—	1,339	139.00–157.00	150.52
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	1,318	126.00–148.00	140.90
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,405	113.50–121.00	118.93
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,119	120.00–135.50	132.45
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,043	109.00–142.50	126.81
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,160	137.00–144.00	139.79
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,540	125.00	125.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,359	125.00–147.50	141.47
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	112.00	112.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,180	137.00–143.50	140.63
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
568	—	1,479	136.00–157.00	149.52
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,159	128.00–136.00	132.85
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,187	120.00–140.00	135.53
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,265	95.00	95.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,455	130.00–137.00	133.85
26	—	1,534	123.00–127.00	123.58
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,546	118.00–129.00	120.62
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,208	95.00–110.00	105.19
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,529	116.00–118.00	117.35
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,758	114.50–117.00	115.49
21	—	1,583	80.00–109.00	95.11

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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