Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Iowa · Weekly summary · Mon, Dec 19
● As filed43 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2167

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
Iowa reported 43 priced lines covering 1,948 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,449 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 601 head.

Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Dec 19, 2022
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)
Feeder CattleReceipts 1,449Last week 12,360Year ago 0
Slaughter CattleReceipts 601Last week 776Year ago 608

Compared to last week, slaughter choice steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers under 800 lbs sold on a light test due to lighter receipts this week, though a higher undertone was noted. No comparison on feeder steers and heifers over 800 lbs.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8419177.50–180.00179.04
5673150.00150.00
32620155.00–160.00156.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76681155.00–169.00159.79
4773154.50154.50
7341201.00201.00
59491187.00–193.50190.37
45426189.00–198.00192.07
20713149.00–153.00151.19
101582169.00–187.00177.35
118627165.00–179.00174.51
123530183.00–193.00186.83
9376200.00–202.50200.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114532198.00–213.00204.96
80468212.50–227.00216.49
6390240.00–242.50241.23
75623191.00–205.00200.86
18809167.00167.00
17766168.00–173.00170.34
140669181.00–199.50193.01
92575191.00–211.00202.60
147721178.00–185.00183.53
10426222.00–238.00228.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3858152.00152.00
3728161.00161.00
36478195.00–201.00197.22
12447181.00181.00
7688172.50–173.00172.79
12521175.00–192.50179.37
10559167.50–172.00170.67
11628145.00–184.00173.28

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
141,98680.00–96.0087.90
21,41860.00–71.0066.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
651,31960.00–71.5065.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
281,50672.00–80.0075.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
171,16150.00–59.0054.84
51,10127.00–46.0035.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1661,383150.00–162.00156.64
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
291,307140.00–149.00146.58
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
71,104110.00–141.00130.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1891,488150.00–162.00156.67
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
171,414140.00–148.50145.19
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
91,206121.00–135.00128.05
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.