Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 133 priced lines covering 16,025 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,411 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,237 head.

Mon Nov 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,411Last week 8,932Year ago 15,104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,237Last week 742Year ago 2,546

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers overall sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers overall sold 4.00 to 9.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	925	145.00–175.50	172.12
814	—	723	164.50–200.25	180.21
14	—	979	151.00–158.00	153.68
521	—	478	190.00–246.00	218.38
1,127	—	624	165.00–203.75	192.01
154	—	430	193.00–227.50	210.27
512	—	772	160.00–185.75	178.22
821	—	576	175.00–219.00	196.82
634	—	522	190.00–244.00	212.87
19	—	366	203.00–255.00	232.01
30	—	327	198.00–225.00	207.02
17	—	272	222.00–227.00	225.77
378	—	865	150.00–182.50	175.95
350	—	827	150.00–184.50	177.85
931	—	671	165.00–200.00	185.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	633	140.00–180.00	172.42
9	—	803	130.00–158.00	154.79
20	—	769	153.00–167.00	164.38
3	—	946	153.00	153.00
106	—	676	150.00–176.00	167.32
55	—	526	160.00–215.50	189.53
27	—	581	122.50–187.50	172.67
6	—	408	176.00–179.00	177.04
13	—	310	171.00–180.00	174.47
57	—	467	140.00–202.00	182.09
4	—	395	175.00	175.00
31	—	725	145.00–169.00	160.13
3	—	855	151.50	151.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	597	196.00	196.00
9	—	444	229.00	229.00
45	—	611	189.75	189.75
43	—	739	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	567	209.00	209.00
62	—	695	183.25	183.25
31	—	400	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	609	167.00	167.00
15	—	495	193.00–204.00	196.69
5	—	570	163.00	163.00
3	—	540	179.00	179.00
8	—	808	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	578	165.00–206.00	186.40
281	—	626	165.00–194.25	184.76
54	—	671	169.00–181.50	177.33
159	—	477	183.00–240.00	209.98
3	—	320	235.00	235.00
20	—	715	164.00–173.50	171.16
32	—	374	190.00–218.00	201.65
40	—	426	201.00–260.00	227.27
171	—	526	180.00–211.00	200.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	376	175.00–193.00	184.95
84	—	615	145.00–167.00	158.32
107	—	525	159.00–188.50	170.58
4	—	340	196.00	196.00
183	—	484	156.00–188.50	168.80
60	—	418	165.00–186.00	176.01
301	—	574	140.00–171.75	162.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	155.00	155.00
7	—	552	170.00	170.00
15	—	368	158.00–160.00	159.35
3	—	343	165.00	165.00
4	—	516	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	713	179.00	179.00
18	—	663	161.00	161.00
42	—	635	168.50–171.00	169.70
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,003	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	555	191.00	191.00
41	—	615	164.00	164.00
22	—	496	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
480	—	670	144.00–176.00	165.29
124	—	384	174.00–203.00	192.73
951	—	577	145.00–197.50	173.34
55	—	858	148.00–169.25	167.38
636	—	623	143.00–185.00	169.69
14	—	911	132.00–153.00	149.99
777	—	523	160.00–190.50	178.87
11	—	955	124.00–156.00	144.43
182	—	766	150.00–170.50	163.60
147	—	428	163.00–200.00	186.20
541	—	478	157.00–201.00	183.53
94	—	823	152.00–169.75	162.53
400	—	720	150.00–176.75	166.42
10	—	332	187.00–205.00	197.53
3	—	285	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	559	178.50	178.50
44	—	667	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	337	144.00–175.00	169.16
23	—	582	135.00–167.50	158.45
32	—	672	134.00–155.00	147.91
3	—	764	140.00–141.00	140.66
6	—	710	150.00–152.50	151.26
71	—	476	160.00–182.00	168.59
12	—	379	150.00–184.00	160.89
27	—	624	135.00–163.00	155.63
40	—	422	140.00–184.00	172.12
3	—	875	140.00	140.00
82	—	522	140.00–176.00	155.96
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	488	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	767	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	197.00	197.00
5	—	569	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	453	188.00	188.00
15	—	635	151.00–155.50	153.81
11	—	673	120.00–130.00	124.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	501	185.00	185.00
10	—	594	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,270	142.00–154.00	150.24
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,085	119.00–150.00	135.95
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,122	147.00–159.50	152.60
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,187	136.00–145.50	142.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
542	—	1,381	148.00–167.75	159.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,265	49.00–62.00	55.84
82	—	1,103	25.00–49.00	42.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,629	84.00–93.00	85.88
94	—	1,524	73.00–83.00	77.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,371	62.00–73.50	67.42
12	—	1,377	54.50–60.00	58.15
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,498	115.00–118.00	116.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
530	—	1,495	148.00–166.00	160.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,360	136.00–154.50	150.49
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,169	141.00–147.00	144.83
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,145	149.00–157.50	153.02
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,116	125.00–156.00	142.15
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,768	148.00–154.50	150.98
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,517	121.00–131.00	127.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,558	132.00–146.00	139.02
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,127	80.00–107.00	96.33
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,281	110.00–119.00	114.96
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	112.00	112.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,872	101.00–107.00	103.84
31	—	1,718	78.00–100.00	87.88
6	—	1,655	42.00–72.00	63.62

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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