Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 117 priced lines covering 10,527 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,286 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,600 head.

Mon Nov 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,286Last week 9,118Year ago 7,467

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,600Last week 1,888Year ago 1,546

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher; 500 to 600 lbs steady to 1.00 lower; 600 to 800 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher; over 800 lbs 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher; over 700 lbs steady to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	422	160.00–207.00	184.79
430	—	525	150.00–198.00	175.70
300	—	671	150.00–182.00	166.43
120	—	777	150.00–171.00	166.20
44	—	331	150.00–217.00	183.11
24	—	927	155.25–160.50	158.03
223	—	724	157.00–184.75	178.02
20	—	814	152.00–159.50	155.17
48	—	959	155.00–161.00	159.37
361	—	475	150.00–208.00	187.59
56	—	889	151.00–160.00	159.29
569	—	573	148.00–196.00	174.88
71	—	372	160.00–210.00	190.25
5	—	485	635.00	635.00
3	—	266	400.00	400.00
294	—	619	150.00–190.50	173.49
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,085	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	580	154.00–170.00	162.33
54	—	524	167.00–181.00	175.44
11	—	606	137.00–155.00	145.28
7	—	686	145.00	145.00
24	—	473	157.00–160.00	159.09
8	—	431	168.00–219.00	186.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	589	141.00–176.00	166.65
13	—	706	142.00–166.00	157.21
31	—	822	147.00	147.00
25	—	674	145.00–161.50	152.65
5	—	770	131.00–152.00	146.38
53	—	527	147.50–179.00	165.46
3	—	901	141.00	141.00
24	—	425	145.00–180.50	164.91
35	—	329	160.00–200.00	180.90
68	—	488	141.00–182.00	167.20
56	—	626	132.50–168.00	157.09
28	—	383	173.00–185.00	179.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	509	195.00	195.00
15	—	611	168.00	168.00
9	—	555	193.50	193.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	906	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	551	190.50	190.50
25	—	656	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	433	160.00–177.00	170.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	719	195.75–197.00	196.51
56	—	497	228.00	228.00
30	—	445	233.00	233.00
15	—	534	220.75	220.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	574	182.00–228.00	194.07
62	—	482	200.00–242.00	225.34
11	—	325	199.50	199.50
145	—	617	176.00–195.50	189.79
52	—	685	170.00–178.50	173.82
24	—	389	190.00	190.00
74	—	712	163.00–175.00	171.49
29	—	529	190.00–206.00	196.61
11	—	424	176.00–202.00	190.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	660	162.00	162.00
5	—	601	166.00	166.00
6	—	578	167.00–177.00	172.13
16	—	485	200.00–204.00	203.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	964	161.00–170.50	168.49
94	—	375	199.00–242.50	219.00
39	—	331	210.00–257.00	232.74
351	—	872	161.00–179.00	175.29
522	—	522	161.00–229.00	201.17
165	—	436	193.00–235.00	213.78
325	—	774	160.00–186.00	177.10
748	—	621	165.00–199.00	186.59
790	—	674	160.00–193.50	180.29
122	—	831	161.00–182.00	175.93
6	—	370	830.00	830.00
336	—	477	190.00–242.00	210.22
9	—	336	780.00–800.00	786.75
515	—	572	177.00–206.50	194.71
408	—	722	157.00–186.00	176.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	729	150.00–169.50	158.58
15	—	661	152.00–170.00	164.97
19	—	768	150.00–151.00	150.59
18	—	439	160.00–197.00	182.40
46	—	579	161.00–176.00	171.51
2	—	963	138.00–145.00	141.45
21	—	618	174.00–178.25	176.34
5	—	804	145.00	145.00
13	—	369	175.00–240.00	197.39
52	—	530	150.00–196.00	177.75
10	—	868	130.00–145.00	141.63
32	—	478	161.00–217.00	191.86
4	—	323	182.50–198.00	189.89
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,013	164.00	164.00
7	—	906	149.50	149.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	580	156.00–165.00	160.59
2	—	880	126.00	126.00
1	—	345	160.00	160.00
1	—	415	148.00	148.00
1	—	525	167.50	167.50
5	—	700	135.00	135.00
3	—	692	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	186.00	186.00
3	—	638	145.00	145.00
10	—	387	201.00–203.00	202.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,842	79.00–110.00	92.39
9	—	1,358	62.00–75.00	69.56
1	—	1,325	132.00	132.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,617	87.00–95.00	90.58
47	—	1,481	75.00–87.00	80.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,097	32.00–54.00	46.41
55	—	1,157	54.00–64.00	59.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,344	64.50–75.00	69.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,385	140.00–153.00	148.20
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,777	148.00–154.00	151.17
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,136	115.00–146.00	136.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
430	—	1,493	150.00–167.00	158.26
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,250	72.00–109.00	91.83
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,592	132.00–142.00	136.47
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,547	114.00–129.00	122.49
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,287	140.00–153.00	147.26
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
379	—	1,351	151.00–166.75	158.84
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,110	110.00–141.00	133.23

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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