Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 118 priced lines covering 11,282 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,360 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 776 head.

Mon Dec 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,360Last week 18,573Year ago 14,965

Slaughter CattleReceipts 776Last week 2,096Year ago 1,824

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers under 800 lbs sold uneven, 3.00 lower to 1.00 higher; over 800 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
598	—	572	152.00–184.00	173.25
103	—	376	170.00–205.50	191.00
456	—	530	151.00–197.00	178.99
490	—	762	156.50–176.00	167.83
4	—	318	500.00	500.00
353	—	478	159.00–199.50	183.62
787	—	626	146.00–186.00	171.23
9	—	343	172.00–190.00	179.92
240	—	724	155.00–174.00	166.30
253	—	825	153.50–177.00	169.18
162	—	437	162.00–203.00	182.51
10	—	987	149.00–149.50	149.15
9	—	913	135.00–153.25	147.12
432	—	669	142.50–177.50	167.19
4	—	1,001	145.50	145.50
5	—	859	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	368	140.00	140.00
6	—	430	163.00	163.00
44	—	581	141.00–161.00	149.37
9	—	768	120.00	120.00
13	—	718	137.00–156.00	149.98
16	—	318	165.00–190.00	170.01
17	—	535	140.00–169.00	150.08
9	—	452	145.00	145.00
23	—	638	156.00–164.00	162.60
15	—	682	142.00–153.00	147.79
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,068	106.00	106.00
2	—	1,235	148.00	148.00
1	—	1,270	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,030	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	493	182.50	182.50
16	—	634	168.50	168.50
31	—	576	176.00–185.00	180.62
55	—	539	178.50	178.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,076	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	627	168.00	168.00
109	—	686	168.25–174.50	172.18
15	—	572	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	509	160.00	160.00
14	—	478	134.00–171.00	163.15
13	—	633	140.00–150.00	147.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	476	160.00–177.50	171.30
60	—	625	163.00–173.00	168.62
45	—	527	150.00–177.00	162.75
16	—	429	168.00–174.00	170.48
46	—	561	165.00–173.00	169.94
22	—	369	160.00–187.00	177.51
11	—	658	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	126.00	126.00
3	—	477	145.00	145.00
18	—	711	124.00–150.00	141.95
3	—	593	130.00	130.00
5	—	671	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	457	164.00	164.00
7	—	510	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	697	150.00	150.00
6	—	580	161.00	161.00
15	—	379	152.00–200.00	174.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	477	187.00–242.00	209.44
22	—	369	205.00–230.00	215.98
10	—	720	165.00	165.00
62	—	581	170.00–205.00	186.33
94	—	680	161.00–179.75	169.87
3	—	855	140.00	140.00
40	—	626	180.00–186.50	184.16
27	—	529	198.00–219.00	206.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
829	—	725	162.00–188.50	179.05
565	—	571	172.50–215.00	200.83
169	—	474	193.50–240.00	214.16
23	—	338	212.50–240.00	223.75
21	—	976	164.00–169.00	165.89
777	—	626	178.00–207.00	190.08
74	—	921	154.00–174.50	165.96
134	—	425	192.00–235.00	222.26
390	—	774	168.50–179.50	174.82
430	—	530	182.00–228.00	209.10
589	—	670	160.00–190.75	184.13
58	—	380	192.00–240.00	222.72
502	—	878	165.00–186.50	178.20
383	—	825	163.00–181.50	177.60
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,230	152.50	152.50
91	—	1,029	166.25	166.25
5	—	1,348	155.00–155.50	155.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	454	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	818	150.00–151.00	150.58
21	—	429	175.00–193.00	181.79
5	—	858	165.00	165.00
20	—	588	150.00–182.00	168.58
26	—	468	157.00–213.00	185.50
69	—	531	147.00–205.00	180.82
17	—	734	150.00–166.00	157.71
17	—	686	152.00–170.00	164.91
3	—	365	177.00	177.00
7	—	626	175.00–185.00	180.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	638	186.00–191.50	188.96
63	—	663	186.00–190.75	188.39
14	—	514	217.50	217.50
14	—	470	222.00	222.00
91	—	571	205.50–219.00	208.49
82	—	733	178.75–187.00	182.09
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,056	137.50	137.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,244	141.50–149.00	146.85
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	1,377	149.00–162.00	154.41
Heifers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,158	159.25	159.25
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,003	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,112	130.00–138.00	133.77
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,551	139.75–140.75	140.38
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,010	141.00–146.00	145.60
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,760	131.00–152.00	148.46
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,122	131.00–138.00	133.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
278	—	1,503	150.00–161.50	153.69
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	136.00	136.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,383	143.00–149.75	147.94
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	145.00–146.00	145.31
Steers — Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,315	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	113.00–117.00	114.74
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,569	131.50–146.00	137.88
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,376	120.00–130.50	126.36

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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