Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 129 priced lines covering 6,828 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 5,472 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,888 head.

Mon Oct 17, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,472Last week 2,066Year ago 9,521

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,888Last week 1,846Year ago 1,048

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower; 500 to 600 lbs 7.00 to 8.00 higher; 600 to 900 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 lower; over 900 lbs sold on a light test with a firm undertone noted. Feeder heifers overall sold on a light test with a higher undertone noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	416	160.00–174.00	168.04
16	—	639	155.00	155.00
28	—	519	188.00–190.00	189.03
7	—	475	150.00	150.00
6	—	868	158.00	158.00
9	—	320	165.00	165.00
8	—	575	153.00–175.00	164.01
6	—	801	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	900	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	982	157.25–176.50	170.89
198	—	775	170.00–185.00	180.80
108	—	622	161.50–188.00	177.71
195	—	686	159.00–192.75	180.84
10	—	346	195.00–220.00	202.44
166	—	733	162.25–186.00	178.83
98	—	527	188.00–218.00	209.08
292	—	836	151.00–185.00	180.52
7	—	370	210.00–216.00	212.75
140	—	577	170.00–199.00	185.98
70	—	430	205.00–231.50	226.24
43	—	467	170.00–215.00	202.97
552	—	874	156.00–182.50	178.09
193	—	917	160.00–180.40	177.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	518	174.50–223.00	186.37
15	—	618	188.50	188.50
72	—	811	183.50	183.50
8	—	731	174.00	174.00
71	—	899	179.00	179.00
14	—	769	171.00	171.00
31	—	443	234.00	234.00
62	—	556	192.00–216.00	212.03
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,077	129.00–142.00	134.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	715	141.00	141.00
6	—	491	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	466	210.00–235.00	230.46
3	—	410	217.50	217.50
12	—	831	150.00	150.00
28	—	611	141.00–200.25	184.99
221	—	530	121.00–230.50	217.56
39	—	715	164.50–165.50	164.96
45	—	657	166.00–186.00	178.80
77	—	568	165.00–206.00	200.37
3	—	330	220.00	220.00
22	—	367	229.00–240.00	230.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	300	242.00	242.00
13	—	476	185.00	185.00
9	—	382	185.00–191.00	188.40
24	—	608	150.00–163.00	160.30
3	—	786	140.00	140.00
21	—	671	158.00	158.00
58	—	426	177.00–215.00	196.88
13	—	701	154.00	154.00
11	—	817	131.00	131.00
54	—	572	160.00–190.25	181.89
168	—	507	167.00–211.00	197.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	703	130.00	130.00
4	—	607	131.00	131.00
4	—	490	166.00	166.00
5	—	552	163.00	163.00
3	—	360	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	544	190.00	190.00
29	—	456	188.50	188.50
20	—	613	161.50	161.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	793	137.00	137.00
6	—	740	137.00	137.00
32	—	568	149.00–181.00	168.80
4	—	649	156.00	156.00
4	—	886	95.00	95.00
37	—	653	154.50–177.00	172.70
5	—	413	155.00	155.00
4	—	950	153.00	153.00
3	—	1,006	118.00	118.00
21	—	819	112.00–171.00	159.58
8	—	470	152.50–165.00	158.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	473	172.00–190.00	180.51
134	—	630	152.00–185.50	172.82
155	—	961	121.50–164.75	156.58
14	—	786	148.00–157.00	154.49
95	—	666	154.00–180.25	174.71
64	—	521	162.00–180.00	171.58
104	—	571	142.00–184.50	173.04
220	—	713	156.50–177.10	168.47
52	—	432	184.00–201.00	189.42
54	—	1,025	156.25	156.25
10	—	337	202.00–215.00	207.15
49	—	821	151.00–172.50	162.61
27	—	381	186.00–190.00	188.13
66	—	911	125.00–165.75	162.54
26	—	875	144.00–161.50	153.27
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,149	88.00	88.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	646	170.00	170.00
10	—	545	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,111	100.00	100.00
4	—	793	131.00	131.00
4	—	355	217.50	217.50
10	—	630	145.00–158.00	154.03
4	—	538	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	698	134.00	134.00
4	—	502	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	337	182.50	182.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,470	130.00	130.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,194	56.00–71.00	65.41
28	—	1,129	30.00–55.00	49.06
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,458	84.00–91.00	86.44
22	—	1,683	92.00–101.00	96.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,324	60.00–83.00	76.63
8	—	1,412	60.00–69.00	64.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,316	127.00–146.25	142.26
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,101	137.00–144.50	139.92
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,103	110.00–137.50	129.74
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,042	120.00–138.00	134.05
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
449	—	1,361	137.00–157.25	147.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,639	82.00–107.00	94.97
2	—	1,940	110.00–112.00	111.01
4	—	1,039	55.00–76.00	65.66
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	121.00	121.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,218	110.00–149.00	135.62
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,105	137.00–143.00	141.21
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,383	127.00–146.75	141.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
577	—	1,495	138.00–155.25	145.96
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	136.50–137.00	136.73
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,456	116.00–125.00	122.68
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,369	131.00–133.00	131.25
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,383	116.00–129.00	121.31
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	75.00	75.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,577	124.00–130.00	126.42
17	—	1,504	130.00–142.00	134.57

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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