Iowa Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Iowa reported 146 priced lines covering 30,609 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 32,093 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,461 head.

Mon Jan 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 32,093Last week 3,736Year ago 29,093

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,461Last week 0Year ago 1,331

Compared to last week, no comparison available for choice steers and heifers due to no reported receipts last week. Feeder steers and heifers overall sold on a very light test, however a steady undertone was noted.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	528	162.00–197.50	182.98
19	—	440	172.50–197.50	181.47
79	—	624	160.00–187.00	174.81
140	—	574	140.00–196.00	180.01
43	—	777	141.00–176.50	153.89
24	—	388	175.00–183.00	181.38
8	—	877	145.00–159.00	156.14
71	—	477	170.00–195.00	182.37
51	—	678	140.00–186.00	169.17
73	—	727	155.00–181.00	168.02
19	—	826	141.00–171.00	157.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,889	—	723	162.00–227.00	181.80
110	—	380	202.50–235.00	218.09
1,178	—	524	181.00–232.50	210.22
151	—	957	157.75–176.50	169.60
2,903	—	679	160.00–207.50	189.96
211	—	430	200.00–239.50	221.72
243	—	917	152.00–177.50	171.67
1,178	—	870	150.00–188.50	178.10
10	—	284	187.00–241.00	220.69
34	—	332	195.50–230.00	217.69
571	—	478	188.00–232.00	211.66
1,446	—	771	159.00–195.00	179.31
1,438	—	824	150.00–189.75	180.85
1,554	—	576	170.00–219.50	203.70
2,398	—	625	162.00–213.00	193.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	406	229.50–232.00	230.21
107	—	464	212.50–241.00	231.15
4	—	381	239.00	239.00
222	—	771	177.00–185.25	179.74
191	—	627	176.00–203.25	192.75
20	—	515	211.00	211.00
74	—	823	164.00–180.50	174.74
314	—	572	195.00–223.00	210.17
146	—	672	184.50–191.00	188.66
121	—	889	168.50–207.75	197.53
167	—	720	178.00–189.00	184.41
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	165.00	165.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,225	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	819	155.00–168.25	165.22
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	629	177.00	177.00
12	—	590	172.50	172.50
3	—	936	161.00	161.00
85	—	1,015	153.00–166.00	164.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	572	164.00–166.00	165.01
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	180.00	180.00
5	—	369	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	728	156.00–169.00	164.34
6	—	355	191.17–226.00	209.46
29	—	622	171.00–180.00	177.02
44	—	439	192.50–222.00	206.13
47	—	680	141.50–188.00	168.44
16	—	327	194.50–209.00	199.54
66	—	572	170.00–199.50	179.89
106	—	537	165.50–208.00	193.54
26	—	482	186.00–200.00	197.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	521	150.50–171.00	161.62
62	—	625	151.00–173.00	162.00
51	—	563	142.00–179.00	151.49
15	—	479	154.00–168.00	159.49
8	—	425	169.00–185.00	178.93
22	—	382	150.00–169.00	164.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
260	—	635	170.00–185.50	177.67
60	—	809	160.00–164.00	162.25
96	—	576	179.00–182.00	181.28
47	—	722	163.50–173.75	169.68
156	—	668	168.75–181.50	173.48
32	—	545	170.00	170.00
15	—	786	164.00	164.00
40	—	432	184.75	184.75
22	—	890	148.75	148.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	438	180.00	180.00
52	—	563	188.00	188.00
30	—	479	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	640	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	525	185.00–195.00	192.02
61	—	670	168.00–170.00	169.33
19	—	384	184.00	184.00
37	—	722	164.50	164.50
42	—	492	194.00–194.50	194.10
10	—	610	174.00	174.00
34	—	578	166.00–180.00	171.53
7	—	407	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	531	134.00–168.00	159.28
23	—	727	126.00–158.00	143.78
5	—	346	177.00	177.00
98	—	630	120.00–169.00	155.31
66	—	474	140.00–175.00	162.03
27	—	668	128.00–165.00	153.91
1	—	260	150.00	150.00
7	—	371	162.00–163.50	163.15
46	—	426	151.00–180.00	164.12
32	—	773	140.00–160.00	146.17
99	—	579	135.00–167.00	157.86
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,004	130.00–146.00	138.03
4	—	601	151.00	151.00
6	—	1,076	130.00	130.00
3	—	565	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,706	—	576	156.50–197.00	175.34
27	—	281	150.00–201.00	182.10
1,447	—	675	146.00–185.00	170.16
70	—	332	164.00–213.00	184.43
25	—	967	141.00–154.00	145.87
593	—	777	133.00–180.00	162.95
175	—	820	153.00–174.50	167.57
93	—	870	137.00–168.35	156.99
1,732	—	624	154.00–183.00	169.11
751	—	477	150.00–195.00	181.44
6	—	920	140.00–146.00	142.33
238	—	428	156.00–199.00	181.44
149	—	382	160.00–190.00	175.65
927	—	724	133.00–176.00	164.42
1,488	—	525	160.00–191.00	178.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	475	162.00–170.00	166.52
27	—	635	155.00–159.00	156.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	873	142.00	142.00
8	—	562	166.00	166.00
16	—	486	186.00	186.00
37	—	695	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	626	131.00–180.00	157.03
7	—	491	187.00	187.00
6	—	714	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	652	133.00	133.00
5	—	645	140.00	140.00
22	—	531	160.00–168.00	161.78
6	—	477	168.00	168.00
12	—	423	170.00–194.00	185.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
294	—	1,382	159.00–172.75	166.75
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,272	148.00–160.00	154.61
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,078	121.00–151.50	145.97
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,476	109.50–121.00	114.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,597	83.00–96.00	91.57
93	—	1,445	71.00–89.00	81.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,112	52.50–69.00	62.66
29	—	1,067	20.00–56.00	43.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,443	61.00–68.00	65.53
106	—	1,346	62.00–79.00	72.16
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,482	129.00–132.00	130.51
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	85.00	85.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,542	133.00–146.00	139.28
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
395	—	1,519	160.00–173.25	167.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,399	145.00–160.00	156.17
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,229	135.00–164.00	151.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,667	76.00–109.00	91.20
3	—	1,323	54.00–71.00	61.59
9	—	1,938	99.00–129.50	115.05

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.

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