Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 128 priced lines covering 9,967 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,118 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,888 head.

Mon Oct 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,118Last week 7,451Year ago 7,480

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,888Last week 1,857Year ago 1,140

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers under 750 lbs sold 4.00 to 9.00 lower; over 750 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower; over 700 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	631	151.00–160.00	154.72
11	—	769	144.00–158.00	152.29
8	—	831	158.50	158.50
28	—	488	137.50–180.00	169.74
5	—	894	151.00	151.00
3	—	908	147.00	147.00
51	—	526	171.00–185.00	176.77
33	—	423	160.00–180.00	172.43
17	—	378	172.50–185.00	177.15
9	—	308	175.00–177.00	176.10
31	—	680	140.00–175.50	159.71
20	—	566	150.00–172.50	167.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	775	167.25	167.25
77	—	678	164.50–171.50	168.40
180	—	585	171.00–198.00	189.72
223	—	523	183.00–214.50	200.98
39	—	421	205.00–220.00	211.92
84	—	480	201.00–238.50	222.13
116	—	612	172.00–192.75	185.44
35	—	711	157.00–161.50	160.37
19	—	387	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	905	180.50–183.50	181.98
330	—	819	179.50–192.75	184.25
129	—	968	155.00–181.75	178.12
379	—	523	185.00–218.50	201.94
559	—	673	160.00–189.75	179.28
39	—	377	200.00–233.00	221.15
166	—	422	190.00–218.00	206.52
75	—	720	166.00–190.00	178.76
316	—	577	167.00–207.00	195.46
473	—	625	160.00–195.50	181.32
12	—	334	205.00–219.00	214.07
187	—	467	183.00–222.00	204.53
447	—	876	179.00–189.10	183.73
294	—	779	163.00–189.50	182.86
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,278	144.50	144.50
6	—	1,032	150.25	150.25
3	—	1,075	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	841	182.75	182.75
65	—	878	187.00	187.00
16	—	573	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	684	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	527	167.50–185.00	178.25
6	—	641	164.00	164.00
7	—	321	190.00	190.00
3	—	403	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	712	136.00	136.00
9	—	340	180.00–198.00	185.85
57	—	620	151.00–170.00	165.06
52	—	435	167.00–191.00	183.93
87	—	580	150.00–185.00	171.28
34	—	368	160.00–200.00	184.25
147	—	527	152.00–176.00	167.50
59	—	658	145.00–156.00	153.26
69	—	475	150.00–174.00	169.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	569	140.00–155.00	147.96
9	—	426	163.00–171.00	167.62
19	—	468	145.00–170.00	159.86
5	—	622	160.00	160.00
6	—	393	171.50	171.50
8	—	305	170.00–183.00	176.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	333	184.00–192.50	186.91
86	—	934	130.00–169.50	161.89
181	—	624	153.00–185.00	167.18
104	—	876	149.75–167.25	160.90
334	—	569	135.00–185.00	166.36
21	—	787	159.00–173.50	166.58
91	—	379	167.50–194.00	182.74
380	—	529	150.00–189.00	167.81
397	—	473	152.00–200.00	185.41
521	—	729	157.00–182.25	176.08
264	—	424	160.00–199.00	175.43
88	—	835	141.00–169.75	166.74
4	—	976	146.00	146.00
61	—	670	146.00–180.25	172.46
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,161	107.00	107.00
14	—	1,024	148.75–151.75	151.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	379	149.00–176.00	159.63
15	—	318	157.50–170.00	163.81
4	—	726	166.50	166.50
19	—	472	134.00–166.00	151.63
27	—	531	141.00–156.00	147.96
7	—	437	145.00–164.00	153.20
4	—	592	145.00	145.00
42	—	617	145.00–153.00	148.22
21	—	655	139.00–160.00	154.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	160.50	160.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	364	230.00	230.00
3	—	327	230.00	230.00
10	—	727	162.75	162.75
15	—	489	183.00–185.50	184.49
8	—	522	172.00	172.00
8	—	666	159.00	159.00
10	—	563	149.50	149.50
10	—	600	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	150.00	150.00
8	—	487	175.00	175.00
5	—	715	125.00	125.00
16	—	624	140.00–148.00	143.43
9	—	419	162.50	162.50
9	—	561	135.00–165.00	154.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,073	90.00–143.00	130.56
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,109	129.00–144.50	138.87
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,286	116.00–124.00	116.66
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,303	130.00–152.25	142.13
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
444	—	1,363	142.00–164.50	154.66
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,191	145.00–151.25	147.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,022	32.50–53.00	45.90
88	—	1,266	52.00–66.50	60.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,506	78.50–89.00	83.92
15	—	1,675	90.00–99.00	93.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,344	66.00–79.00	72.25
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,483	156.00	156.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,753	138.50–139.00	138.76
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,356	132.00–152.00	146.57
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	123.00–128.00	125.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
515	—	1,481	141.00–164.50	155.12
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,146	142.00–159.00	149.26
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	131.00–137.00	133.89
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,171	120.00–148.00	138.46
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,215	100.00–109.00	104.61
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,459	132.00–144.00	137.40
101	—	1,599	122.00–140.00	128.57
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,336	120.00–129.00	127.01
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,362	120.00–130.00	124.04
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	124.00	124.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,698	60.00–70.00	64.82
43	—	1,794	76.00–106.00	93.30

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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